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RESEARCH
From its very foundation, staff in the Department has been very active in research resulting in several publications both locally and internationally. Information on their research interests is available on request from the Department. The research interests of current members of staff include studies on marginality in rural areas, tourism and recreation, regional population migration, advanced applications in GIS, solid waste management, climate, water resource management, environmental impact assessment, agriculture and rural development. The staff also work closely with various non-governmental organisations and government departments such as the Department of Water Development, the Department of Natural resources, the Central Statistical Office and the Harare City Council, providing expert advice and making inputs on various issues of national development. They have also played a key role in the development of Geography as a subject in the educational curriculum of the country, both as external assessors in the teacher training colleges and through the Geographical Association of Zimbabwe.
From its very foundation, staff in the Department has been very active in research resulting in several publications both locally and internationally. Information on their research interests is available on request from the Department. The research interests of current members of staff include studies on marginality in rural areas, tourism and recreation, regional population migration, advanced applications in GIS, solid waste management, climate, water resource management, environmental impact assessment, agriculture and rural development. The staff also work closely with various non-governmental organisations and government departments such as the Department of Water Development, the Department of Natural resources, the Central Statistical Office and the Harare City Council, providing expert advice and making inputs on various issues of national development. They have also played a key role in the development of Geography as a subject in the educational curriculum of the country, both as external assessors in the teacher training colleges and through the Geographical Association of Zimbabwe.
RESEARCH SPEARHEADS
The DGES has identified several key research (spearheads). However, these spearheads are subject to review annually according to any changes in research trends. The research areas serve as guidelines to students writing research proposals for dissertations in the DGES and are as given below:
Geoinformation Science (GIS, RS, GPS) for environmental monitoring and facility management
- Biodiversity monitoring and rangeland assessment
- Water and soil resources management
- Environmental hazards analysis
- Facility and infrastructure management
- Scale issues in environmental modelling with GIS and RS
- Topographic analysis
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Population, development and the environment
- Fertility, Migration
- Poverty
- HIV/AIDS
- Regional development
- Urban environments
Tourism studies in geography
- The structure and organisation of Tourism at various levels (e.g., national and provincial levels)
- The environmental (i.e., biophysical and socio-economic) impacts of tourism
- Analysis of Tourism policies
- Tourism and globalization
Environmental impact assessment and analysis
- Environmental impacts of mining and industry in general
- Environmental impacts of Gold panning
- Implementation and issues of ISO 14001 in industry and mining
- Waste management.