Urbanization is a global process and there is no doubt that more than half of the world’s population will be living in urban areas in the future. Developing and implementing effective urban development and management approaches is therefore a major challenge for both present and future generations. Through research, teaching, consultancy and outreach activities, this thematic area aims at providing adequate knowledge, competence, skills and techniques in the analysis, formulation and implementation of sustainable urban development and management options, strategies and policies.

Economic Geography is a field of study concerned with the spatial organization and distribution of economic activity, the use of the world’s resources, and the distribution and the expansion of the world economy. It examines the relationship between the society, environment and economy. Economic Geography discusses the ways in which humans inhabiting the earth obtain their livelihoods in specific locations characterized by varying social and natural environments.

Geomorphology