MA Physical Geography

The main focus of the Physical Geography program is to study the interaction between human beings and nature, thus providing students with the tools needed to understand how this interaction modifies the environment at both the local and global levels. The program covers a broad spectrum of topics, including land science, global environmental change and terrestrial ecosystems, natural resource management and regional development, regional ecological security and risk, land use and landscape ecology, and integrated watershed management, all of which are aimed at providing a better understanding of the physic-geographical system and improved management of human interaction with the natural system. Research activities focus on integrated research on global environmental change and its regional responses.