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Short Description

The Laboratory of Geography aims at embedding into the study of spatial systems the geographic view through the management of qualitative/quantitative data. These data are used as input to planning endeavours in order for relevant interventions, capable of coping with these problems, to be deployed.

Members of the Laboratory engage in educational and research activities that:

- address contemporary societal challenges, e.g. sustainable development, urban/regional development, smart cities and communities, climate change and local/regional development, resilience and risk management;
- focus on various regions’ typologies and spatial scales, such as coastal/insular, mountainous, peripheral, urban/periurban regions etc.

Education

The Laboratory of Geography offers the following teaching activities:

A. Undergraduate Courses

A1. “Geographical Analysis”

1. “Geography – Spatial Analysis” (Obligatory course)
2. “Applications of Geographical Information Systems” (Obligatory course of the stream “Spatial Planning and Environmental Management”)
3. “Economic Geography” (Obligatory course of the stream “Spatial Planning and Environmental Management”)

A2. “Urban/Regional Planning”

4. “Spatial Planning” (Obligatory course)
5. “Urban Planning” (Obligatory course)
6. “Applications of Urban and Town Planning” (Obligatory course of the stream “Spatial Planning and Environmental Management”)
7. “Spatial Policies and Local/Regional Development” (Obligatory course of the stream “Spatial Planning and Environmental Management”)
8. “Contemporary Approaches and Problems of Spatial Planning” (Elective course of the stream “Spatial Planning and Environmental Management”)
9. “Theory and Methods of Participatory Planning” (Elective course of the stream “Spatial Planning and Environmental Management”)
10. “Urban Planning and Residential Networks” (Elective course of the stream “Spatial Planning and Environmental Management”)
11. “Urban Geography and Mobility” (Elective course of the stream “Spatial Planning and Environmental Management”)

B. Postgraduate Courses

B1. MSc “Environment and Development”

12. “Spatial, Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions of Development and Planning”
13. “Place Identity and Development: Planning and Participatory Approaches” - Part B’: «Participatory Planning and Local Development»
14. “Residential Systems and Planning in the Urban and Natural Environment”
15. “Geographical Information Systems and Environment”
16. “Methodology and Methods of Geographical Research”

B2. MSc Geoinformatics

17. “Analysis of Residential Systems”
18. “Methods and Models of Spatial Analysis ”

B3. MSc “Urban and Regional Planning”

19. “Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Communities”
20.“Urban Transport Systems through Sustainable Mobility”

Research

The research fields of the Laboratory of Geography fall into the following areas:

- Sustainable and resilient development of urban and regional areas
- Spatial Planning and Climate Change
- Smart, sustainable and resilient cities and communities
- Cultural / Tourism Planning
- Urban Planning with emphasis on Sustainable Mobility Policies
- Spatial Planning & Sustainable Mobility
- Urban Geography and Urban Planning
- Social and Spatial Dimensions of Sustainable Mobility
- Applications of Geoinformatics in Spatial Analysis and Planning
- Geography and Spatial Analysis – Methods for Modeling Socioeconomic Phenomena
- Syntactic and Semantic Analysis of Space
- Spatial Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems and Computational Intelligence