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The University of Arizona
School Geography and Development
P.O. Box 210076
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: (520) 621-1652
Fax: (520) 621-2889

Department Director

Dr. Paul Robbins
453E Harvill Building, Box #2
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: (520) 626-7062
Fax: (520) 621-2889

RIPARIAN RESTORATION combines 1) capture of water/sediment allowing natural revegetation, 2) addressing social & economic drivers of land-use, and 3) policy support for conservation (AZ-Sonora borderlands pictured). With NSF support, Dr. Chris Scott, collegues, and students conduct research.
RIPARIAN RESTORATION combines 1) capture of water/sediment allowing natural revegetation, 2) addressing social & economic drivers of land-use, and 3) policy support for conservation (AZ-Sonora borderlands pictured). With NSF support, Dr. Chris Scott, collegues, and students conduct research.
SCHOOL GARDENS PROGRAM: Faculty Sallie Marston and Sarah Moore oversee a program that enables local teachers to develop/sustain school gardens and use them as learning tools, that connect students to their local environments as well as the culture, science and politics of food. Photo: Lori Harwood
SCHOOL GARDENS PROGRAM: Faculty Sallie Marston and Sarah Moore oversee a program that enables local teachers to develop/sustain school gardens and use them as learning tools, that connect students to their local environments as well as the culture, science and politics of food. Photo: Lori Harwood
VULNERABLE WATER RESOURCES: Connie Woodhouse, colleagues and graduate students across campus are working to reconstruct prehistoric rainfall and stream flow patterns from across the Western United States, by understanding the (large!) range of variability and the periodicity of drought.
VULNERABLE WATER RESOURCES: Connie Woodhouse, colleagues and graduate students across campus are working to reconstruct prehistoric rainfall and stream flow patterns from across the Western United States, by understanding the (large!) range of variability and the periodicity of drought.
Forest destruction and agriculture on the road to Santa Maria Chimalapa, Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo by: JP Jones
Forest destruction and agriculture on the road to Santa Maria Chimalapa, Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo by: JP Jones
RIPARIAN RESTORATION combines 1) capture of water/sediment allowing natural revegetation, 2) addressing social & economic drivers of land-use, and 3) policy support for conservation (AZ-Sonora borderlands pictured). With NSF support, Dr. Chris Scott, collegues, and students conduct research.
SCHOOL GARDENS PROGRAM: Faculty Sallie Marston and Sarah Moore oversee a program that enables local teachers to develop/sustain school gardens and use them as learning tools, that connect students to their local environments as well as the culture, science and politics of food. Photo: Lori Harwood
VULNERABLE WATER RESOURCES: Connie Woodhouse, colleagues and graduate students across campus are working to reconstruct prehistoric rainfall and stream flow patterns from across the Western United States, by understanding the (large!) range of variability and the periodicity of drought.
Forest destruction and agriculture on the road to Santa Maria Chimalapa, Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo by: JP Jones
Spring 2012 SGD Colloquium

  School of Geography and Development Speaker Series Spring 2012                                      Friday Colloquia meet from 3:30 to 4:45 in Harvill Room 404. The series brings prominent scholars and professionals from across a range of perspectives,... more

2011 SGD Awards

Brittany Davis $12,750 Angling for Justice: Uniting Economic and Environmental Interests on a Honduran Island The Society of Woman Geographers - Pruitt Fellowship   Sandy Dallerba $39,999 The Impact of Climate Change on Arizona’s Agriculture: the Ricardian Approach Revisited IE – Water Sustainability Program – Renewable Energy Network   Tracey Osborne $8,049 Evaluating Finance Mechanisms in Communal Forests in Mexico Faculty Seed Grant   Tracey Osborne... more

Welcome to the School of Geography and Development(SGD) at the University of Arizona

Welcome to the School of Geography and Development (SGD) at the University of Arizona, USA. SGD is part of a top-ranked; Research One, land-grant university and we cover the entire range of contemporary geography. Faculty and graduate student research interests range broadly, including the sustainability of cities; social theory and culture; climatology and environmental impacts in the American Southwest; economic development; landscape ecology and forest restoration; human impacts of global climate change; geographic epidemiology; international development and environmental sustainability; conflict over the public presentation of ethnic identity; local government restructuring; spatial interaction modeling; American migration; European fertility; GIS/visualization; environmental policy; and remote sensing of fire-induced vegetation change.

Department News

  • Diana Liverman made Regent's Professor! December 2011
    Diana Liverman, co-director of the University of Arizona's Institute of the Environment, was honored recently with designation as a "distinguished professor" for her work, which includes the human dimensions in global climate change.    Diana LIverman- Regents Professor    
  • 3rd Annual "My Arizona" lecture featuring Corky Poster
      3rd Annual "My Arizona" Lecture featuring Corky Poster sponsored by The School of Geography and Development, Univ. of Arizona "A Few Modest Urban Design Recommendations for Tucson's New Mayor" This year's guest speaker is Corky Poster.Corky Poster is a Registered Architect and Certified Planner (AICP). Mr. Poster's education includes a Bachelor of Arts degree from...
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