Research groups in the Department of Geography and Geology:
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Amazon Research Team (UTU-ART) Multiscientific research group that has activities in tropical America, especially Western Amazonia. |
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Coastal Geography Group (UTU-CGG) Geographical research on natural processes, human activity and information management in coastal areas. | |
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Development research Group
Development research on regional processes among the societies in developing coutries, specially in Africa, Asia and Latin Americas. |
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Fluvial Research Group
Research Group studies riverine systems and processes acting within the catchment and in the actual river channels. |
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Human Geography Research Group (HuGe) Research Group includes researchers, teachers and geographers interested in fields of human geography. |
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Knowledge Creation Processes Research Group (KREPRO) Studies how knowledge is created in processes through various combinations of space and time. |
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Landscape Geography Group
Research on dynamic landscapes, their patterns, processes and development in differ ent parts of the world.
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Lake Sediment Research Group Lake sediments are the high resolution archives of past environmental and climate change. |
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Urban Climate Research Group
Urban climate research with dense observation network and high frequency utilising GIS methods.
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Part of:
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Nordic Centre of excellence Tundra
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External Projects in the Department of Geography and Geology:
| Environmental Change in Iceland | 1997- | |
| Lounais-Suomen paikkatietoyhteistyön kehittämishanke (Lounaispaikka) | 1999- | http://www.lounaispaikka.fi |