Environmental Monitoring, Modelling & Management

Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Management enables you to gain a deeper understanding of environmental processes and techniques for managing environmental change. Study how to assess the causes and manage the consequences of environmental, climatic and land use change. Students choose to take either a research or a consultancy stream.

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• Focuses on the delivery of important technical skills (GIS, Remote Sensing, modelling and monitoring).
• Students form strong links with departmental research groups and external organisations in the UK and beyond.
• Established since 1997.
• Located in the heart of London.

PURPOSEFor those seeking a deeper understanding of environmental processes and techniques for managing environmental change. Provides advanced-level training in the application of environmental modelling and monitoring, remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS) to environmental management and the prevention, mitigation or adaptation to environmental change.

DESCRIPTIONThis programme examines how to assess the causes of, and manage the consequences of, environmental, climatic and land use change. You can choose to take either a "Research" or a "Consultancy" stream: they share core training elements but the Research stream links the student to a departmental research group working on aspects of environmental modelling and monitoring, while the Consultancy stream fosters links with external organisations and emphasises environmental management and consultancy over research.

We use an apprenticeship approach which embeds students in a departmental research groups (Research stream) or an external environmental, governmental or industrial agency (Consultancy stream). Both streams can include a dissertation placement collaborative with UK or overseas external organisations.

EXTRA PROGRAMME INFORMATIONStudents can opt for the Research stream or the Consultancy stream. The compulsory modules for both streams include: Environmental Remote Sensing, Environmental GIS, Modelling Environmental Change at the Land Surface and Methods for Environmental Research. Students following the consultancy stream must also take Seminars in Environmental Research Management & Policy and an option module. Students following the research stream must also take Monitoring Environmental Change and Environmental Research Design & Application.