(Note: The School of Geography will be re-located from the Faculty of Arts to the Faculty of Social Sciences with effect from the 2007-08 academic year.)

Major Research Areas

Climatology and hazards :
Applied climatology: aspects of urban climate, human bioclimate, tropical climatology, agricultural climatology in the tropics; atmospheric and hydrologic hazards; applications of remote sensing to climatology and hazard management; land use and development in south China .

Contact Person
Dr W.J. Kyle
Tel: 2859 7022
Fax: 2559 8994
Email: billkyle@hku.hk

Environmental science and management :
Environmental modelling (air and water quality, time-series analysis and forecasting) and management (environmental impact assessment, nature and resource conservation); sustainable development (indicators and assessment).

Contact Person
Dr C.N. Ng
Tel: 2859 7025
Fax: 2559 8994
Email: cnng@hku.hk

Geographical information systems and cartography :
Geographic information systems (principles and applications, resource management, critical area analysis); computer and analytical cartography; cartographic and digital map production; spatial analysis; quantitative methods; transport geography; tactile mapping.

Contact Person
Dr P.C. Lai
Tel: 2859 2830
Fax: 2559 8994

Geomorphology and quaternary science :
Geomorphology; environmental science and natural hazards; hydrology and hydrochemistry; quaternary science; physical environmental studies in Tibet and South and North China .

Contact Person
Dr D. Zhang
Tel: 2859 7027.
Fax: 2559 8994
Email: zhangd@hku.hk

Globalization, urbanization, and cities :
Globalization and E-economy on spatial change; world cities; urbanization; comparative urban structures; industrial geography; transport geography; Chinese cities; China's economy.

Contact Person
Professor V.F.S. Sit
Tel: 2859 2298
Fax: 2559 8994
Email: hragvis@hku.hk

Hydrology and sediment studies :
Hydrology; applied hydrology; flood; drought; water quality (including acidity of water in the hydrologic cycle); sediment production and transport in the fluvial system , water and recreation .

Contact Person
Dr M.R. Peart
Tel: 2859 7021
Fax: 2559 8994
Email: mrpeart@hku.hk

Soil science and biogeography :
Soil science (soil structure, human impacts, urban soils); biogeography (urban vegetation and greening, landscape and amenity planting, afforestation, revegetation of disturbed lands, recreational impacts, countryside conservation); urban ecology and environmental planning.

Contact Person
Professor C.Y. Jim
Tel: 2859 2835
Fax: 2559 8994
Email: hragjcy@hku.hk

Tourism and recreation geography :
Tourism and recreation geography; globalization of consumption and production; China and Asia-Pacific tourism development; visitor management and tour operation.

Contact Person
Dr Y.P. Li
Tel: 2859 2837
Fax: 2559 8994
Email: liyiping@hku.hk

Transport and economic geography, and spatial analysis :
Transport geography; spatial analysis (application of GIS in analyzing spatial problems, transport and travel surveys, quantitative methods); economic geography (globalization, geography of information technology); China studies (transport system, central-local relationships, development policies, statistical system).

Contact Person
Dr B.P.Y. Loo
Tel: 2859 7024
Fax: 2559 8994
Email: bpyloo@hku.hk

Transportation geography and container port systems:
Transportation geography, travel behaviour modelling; time budget/use studies; urban public transport in Hong Kong and China ; container port systems.

Contact Person
Dr J.J. Wang
Tel: 2859 7026
Fax: 2559 8994
Email: jwang@hku.hk

Urban and regional development in China, and economic geography :
Urban and regional development in China; land property rights in China; transnationalism and Chinese diaspora; social geography of Hong Kong; public policy and regional development; economic geography; Hong Kong-Guangdong integration.

Contact Person
Dr G.C.S. Lin
Tel: 2859 7023
Fax: 2559 8994
Email: gcslin@hku.hk

Urban and social geography, and environmentalism :
Urban and social geography (urban planning, urban environment, urban cultural heritage management); environmentalism (environmental attitude and perception, corporate environmentalism); regional environmental governance (water resources management, cross-border environmental management).

Contact Person
Dr Y.S.F. Lee
Tel: 2859 2840
Fax: 2559 8994
Email: leey@hku.hk

WTO and economic development in China :
Urban studies; regional planning; geography of finance and trade; WTO and economic development in China .

Contact Person
Dr S.X. Zhao
Tel: 2859 2838
Fax:2559 8994
Email: sxzhao@hku.hk