Department of Physical Geography and Environmental Management Problems

Areas of work: comprehensive assessment of anthropogenic impact on the environment, geoecological assessment of territories, GIS technologies, climate change, natural and climatic risks, forest fires, traditional life support systems, resilience of Arctic cities and settlements, landscape planning, sustainable development, geochemistry of landscapes of lowland and mountainous territories, landscape science, landscape ecology, development of principles allocation and conservation of World Heritage sites, spatial analysis, geoinformation modeling, atmogeochemistry, hydrochemistry, limnology, anthropogenic eutrophication of reservoirs, migration of substances in the catchment-reservoir system, formation of an economic mechanism for nature management and environmental protection, legal foundations of environmental management, environmental expertise, environmental management and environmental audit, geography of waste management production, regional aspects of land use, protection and restoration, urbanism, urban planning, paleoecology and paleogeography, geoculture, history of science, cultural landscapes and aesthetics of landscapes. There are 3 centers: the N.F. Glazovsky Scientific Coordination Center for Combating Desertification and Drought; the Center for Responsible Environmental Management; the Center for Mining Research.