Geography The School of Surveying, Department of Environmental Sciences, Department of Cultural Studies and the Department of Sociology have introduced a new degree course in Geography. The course forms part of the University's Undergraduate Degree Scheme with units from each of the departments. The course brings together fields of study from the natural landscape to geographical information systems to the nature of the city. A training in Geography provides an understanding of the fundamental impact of where things are and how they interact in space on the state of the world, the management of resources and prospects for a sustainable future.
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The School of Surveying has been working with Zhongshan University for four years under a project funded by the Department for International Development. A laboratory of GIS hardware and software was commissioned at Zhongshan earlier in the year. During their stay, Brian and Martin also visited ZengCheng, a new town development and gave a presentation to the Bureau of Planning. During their stay they will work on GIS relatred projects over the next few months with Dimei Tang who arrived earlier in the year. Meanwhile Yuxiang Dong has returned to China having spent the last 12 months in the School of Surveying.