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Biogeochemistry of cold environments, Carbon and nutrient cycling in permafrost and alpine catchments, and Climate change and disturbance impacts on hydrology and water quality in permafrost watersheds.
Hub-One Co-Manager
Email: bb13@queensu.ca
Impact of permafrost changes on hydrology and landscape stability, Landscape controls over permafrost-related hazards, Sediment erosion and deposition processes in cold environments, Hydrological and sediment transport modelling, and Paleoenvironmental and paleohydrological change in the arctic and boreal environments.
land use, planning theory, urban design, cultures, policy evaluation, research methodologies, China
Four decades after first teaching at Queen's, George continues to do so, offering GPHY 257 (The Geography of Middle America) Fall 2023.
Renewable Energy Development and Implementation, Agricultural and forest bioenergy, Environmental and energy policy, and Renewable energy mapping.
Carbon, water, and energy cycling in Ontario mixedwood forest; Forest energy, water, and carbon balance studies; International synthesis studies of carbon, water, and energy cycling using the FLUXNET data sets.
Research interests include governance, policy, human resource requirements, education and training, professional practices and products in geodesy, mapping and charting and land administration with particular emphasis on national mapping and cadastral organizations in Canada and abroad.
Local government reform, regional governance, urban-rural fringe, urban planning and development in China.
Undergraduate Programs Assistant
Email: geography.info@queensu.ca
Current research focuses on the confluence of transportation, ageing, and the built environment.
I am interested in characterizing and understanding biogeochemical cycling in natural systems, especially the role of microorganisms in waters, soils, and sediments. Due to observed and predicted increases in temperatures and hydrologic activity in the Arctic, this work helps us to understand how climate change will impact the terrestrial landscape of high latitude environments.
Canada's countryside, Constructions of national identity, Symbolic landscapes, The place of heritage, and Sustainable tourism.
Remote sensing; forest disturbance mapping and monitoring; time-series change detection; extraction of information applicable to sustainable forestry planning and decision-making from multi-sensor satellite data (optical (Landsat, Sentinel-2, and PlanetScope), SAR (Sentinel-1), and LiDAR (GEDI)); quantification of primary/old-growth forest loss due to logging and other anthropogenic disturbances; changes in stand composition in disturbed forests.