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Our Research: practically relevant and contemporary

Even if there are no new continents to discover nowadays, there remain many subjects of research for geographers. Spatial structures and processes in the environment and society are primarily studied. The focus is on understanding the natural components and structure of the landscape as well as the spatial impact of social processes. Problem areas of human-environment relations such as climate change, environmental risks or demographic change are among the greatest challenges of social development.

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Overview of Important Topics

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Research Areas

Our research fields range from the investigation of loesses for the reconstruction of former landscape images to the analysis of periglacial slope sediments and their water and solid matter balance to problems of social geography, urban research, political geography and the recording of demographic change in Germany. You can find more information on the pages of the professorships of the institute.
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Projects

Our research projects include a comparative analysis of loesses in Sachen, Georgia, Armenia and Andalusia as well as investigations of the hydrological processes of periglacial slope sediments of the Erzgebirge to improve flood forecasts. The individual professorships of the institute are best placed to provide information about their specific projects.
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Publica­tions

The publications of members of the Department of Geography are usually explained more comprehensively on the websites of the professorships. However, it is worth taking a look at the TU Dresden's research information system first, where publications are centrally recorded.
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Dresden Geographers in Research

The Dresden geographers are broadly positioned in research. Only particularly important fields of research can be listed here.

Research foci in the field of physical geography are the investigation of terrestrial archives (e.g. loess - paleo-soil sequences) for the purpose of paleoenvironmental reconstruction as well as the analysis of periglacial slope sediments and their water and solid matter balance - among others for the purpose of creating a runoff monitoring system in the context of flood protextion in Saxony.

In the field of social geography, the focus is on urban research, political geography and the recording of demographic change in Germany.

The professorships where research in the actual sense takes place are best able to provide information about their research results. 

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