Research

Laboratory of Environmental Geography

We study processes enacted upon human and natural environment in local and regional scales, with interdisciplinary fields comprised of physical geography, environmental chemistry, forest ecology, soil science, anthropology and so on. Research methods are in primary based on fieldworks associated with laboratory analyses of soil, water, plant and other environmental samples collected, interview survey, aerial photo and satellite imagery interpretation as well. Evaluation of urban soils as environmental resources is one of our major research subject together with overseas field studies.

1. Development of survey methodology for evaluation of soils in urban area.
2. Pollution and environmental risk assessment of rivers and basins in Mongolia.
3. Research on the relationship between plant growth, biological production, and soil in reclaimed lands and landfills.
4. The relationship between changes in land use/management within urban areas and environmental quality.
5. Shifting of vegetation zones in mountainous areas due to climate change.
6. Long-term monitoring of forest dynamics affected by topography.
7. Conservation and sustainable use of the natural environment in tropical semi-arid regions.