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 Environmental
Science and Landscape
Dynamics
Physical
geographers at Syracuse University focus on spatial and temporal
aspects of environmental science, with the aim of clarifying the
dynamic processes that shape the earths landscapes. Faculty
conduct research in three broad areas: human and natural
disturbance impacts on riparian habitats and forest ecosystems;
development of field and analytic techniques for examining
recent and Pleistocene environmental change; and climate
land-surface interactions. Recent research projects include
paleoenvironmental reconstruction of New York State periglacial
conditions; development of methods for identifying periglacial
slope processes; analysis of the spatial distribution of western
wildfire frequency; investigation of the impacts of wildfire on
riparian vegetation; applications of satellite remote sensing to
studies of tropical forest structure, demography, and certified
forestry; and investigation of spatial image-processing methods
for classifying tropical land-cover. Field areas for research
include Costa Rica, Brazil, California, Alaska and New York
State. The department also houses a state-of-the-art
GIS analysis
laboratory, and a recently constructed soils, geomorphology
and biogeography laboratory.
Faculty
Jake Bendix (Biogeography, geomorphology, human impacts on vegetation and
land forms,
media and environmental issues)
Peng Gao (Sediment
transport, fluvial geomorphology)
Susan Millar (Physical geography, periglacial
geomorphology, microclimatology, Arctic environmental science)
Jane Read
(Geographic information systems, remote sensing, tropical
environments,
land use and land cover change, Latin America)
Related
Courses
(Bendix)
Geo
155 The Natural Environment
Geo 316 River Environments
Geo 555 Biogeography
Geo 750 - Seminar in physical geography
(Millar)
Geo 155 The Natural Environment
Geo 319 Cold Environments
Geo 326 Weather and Climate
Geo 480 Field Methods
Geo 750 Seminar in physical geography
(Read)
Geo 315 Global Environmental Change
Geo 300 Tropical Environments
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