Department of Geography, Geo-Informatics and Climatic Sciences

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Our Vision:
To be a center of excellence in generating, management and transferring of geographical science knowledge to promote sustainable national and regional development.
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Our Mission:
To advance high quality undergraduate and graduate education and training, pursue excellence in spatial science research and provide community outreach services to meet the national and international needs and contribute to sustainable development.
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Core Values
-Accountability
-Professionalism
-Inclusivity
-Integrity
-Respect
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Strategic objectives:
Promote the stature of the development at local, regional, national and international levels
Welcome To Department of Geography, Geo-informatics & Climatic Sciences

Hello and welcome to the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Climatic Sciences, one of the Departments within the School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Makerere University.

We offer crosscutting academic programmes and research, combining the aspects of Human, Physical and Environmental Geography. Our research foci spans climate science, climate change and earth observation; Coupled human-environment systems, demography and development; disaster risk management and reduction and Urban and regional systems, transformations and sustainability. We are a highly networked Department working with several local, regional and international collaborators to address some of the contemporary issues of our time. We are open to more partnerships and collaborations.Read More>>>>

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Priority Research Areas
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1. Climate science, climate change and earth observation

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2. Coupled human environment systems, demography and development.

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3. Disaster risk management and reduction .

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4. Urban and regional systems, transformations and sustainability.

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