Campus Moncloa
Campus of International Excellence
Procesos geomorfológicos, paleoambientes y suelos en la gestión ambiental de riesgos
Main research lines
- Environmental and Territorial Management
Objetives: Apply geomorphological data in territorial planning and environmental management enshrined in Spanish law (Environmental Impact Assessment, Land Act, PORN, civil protection, etc..)
Methodologies: Synthesis and evaluation of map units. - Analysis and Assessment of Natural Hazards and Landscape Restoration
Objetives: To avoid the damage on society due to the activity of geological processes and for preserving the quality of the landscape
Methodologies: Geomorphological mapping and land use. Monitoring and modelling of active geomorphic processes. Computational techniques for determining specific parameters of landforms (dynamic and geometric) and develop restoration designs. Computational techniques to calculate risk factors (hazard, vulnerability, exposure). - Mapping and analysis of the relief (paleolandscapes, Geoarchaeology)
Objetives: Represent, classify and determine the origin and evolution of landforms and landscapes in relation to the natural dynamics and anthropogenic occupations.
Methodologies: Field work: recognition, measurement and representation of geometry of landforms; study of rocks and sediments. Cabinet: identification of landforms by using photogeology techniques, remote sensing and GIS. Laboratory: chemical and mechanical analysis of materials. - monitoring geomorphological processes
Objetives: To detect changes in the dynamics of surficial geological processes in connection with climate variability and human activity
Methodologies: photogeology and remotely sensed images techniques and historical documents. instrumental measurements of physical and chemical parameters (experimental stations and plots) . Geological dating techniques (absolute and relative). Computational techniques (GIS, modeling). - Soil erosion/desertification control management
Objetives: Identify and evaluate the impact of human activity on soils in Mediterranean environments
Methodologies: Study field plots.
Top
Head:
Javier de PEDRAZA GILSANZ
Guillermina GARZÓN HEYDT
Guillermina GARZÓN HEYDT
UCM reference: 910391
Keywords:
Geomorphological processes.
Natural hazards.
Landscape.
soils consevation .
Ecological restoration.
Geo-archeology.
Environmental education.
News of the cluster
- International Mentor Program (IMP) USA-Europe
- Open call MIT-Spain - CEI Moncloa Seed Fund
- Registration is open for the new Master in Disaster Management of the Moncloa Campus
- Mª. Ángeles Querol receives the European Archaeological Heritage Prize 2015
- Open call for the 1st Competition of Ideas and Projects for a better use of urban underground energy of Madrid Subterra