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Welcome to the IAMO Land Systems Group

The overall goal of the Land Systems Group is to advance the understanding of terrestrial social-ecological systems where humans interact with the environment through land use. We analyze the multiple repercussions of the changes in land use on human welfare, food production, carbon dynamics, and biodiversity, as well as the effects of socioecological changes on land use. We approach these issues through quantitative and qualitative assessments alike and combine approaches from social and natural sciences at different spatial scales.

Specifically, we work with spatially explicit methods that include econometric modeling, quantitative geography, crop growth modeling, remote sensing, data mining, and simulation modeling. The geographic focus of the research group is the countries of the European Union, West Balkan, former Soviet Union, and China.

 

News

15 June 2018

We made the local news! In June, members of the IAMO Land Systems Group visited the Thünengut Tellow in Warnkenhagen to work in a historical atmosphere on various aspects of land use and land use change.

Read the whole article here (in German).

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