During a test run of the DJI Phantom II quadcopter on July 22, 2014, the quad flew away and landed in a field. This video was recorded and shows its 2300-meter-long adventure through the University of York campus and to a nearby school field. Dave Hay, from the Environment Department, put this video on YouTube […]
Generic Political Map of East Africa
Here is a generic map of East Africa made by Nick Deere from KITE (University of York) that can be used as a study aid to label and take notes on. [TIF file] [JPG file]
Olkaria Field Survey Report: 26 March-1 April 2014
By: Christine Adongo Photography: Benoit Hazard Edited by: Colin Courtney Mustaphi 30 June 2014 1.0 Introduction Within the framework of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network’s (ITN) Resilience in East African Landscapes (REAL) project, a field-training course was proposed and implemented by Dr Benoit Hazard of EHESS. The goal of this training was to introduce […]
Useful Links
Research Partners Lauregn Lenggenhager – Environmental historian, University of Basel Scientific Publishing Elsevier Publication tipsScrivener Software to help manage writing projects GIS Tools Online geographic coordinate conversionsAnother online geographic coordinate converterOnline UTM and decimal degree converterMontana State University’s online coordinate converter Software Data VisualizationsGeoGebra Graphics SoftwareImageJ Image processing and analysis Geology software toolsSoftwareCAU Kiel Institut […]
Workshop in Palaeoenvironmental Approaches
This week some of the REAL members came together with researchers of the National Museums of Kenya to participate in a workshop in palaeoenvironmental approaches organised by Stephen Rucina, Rob Marchant, and Colin Courtney Mustaphi. The workshop was held at the National Museums in Nairobi. Some of the REAL members enjoying the sun Colin talked […]
REAL Publications
This page lists an up to date, comprehensive list of publications by the REAL network. REAL members are highlighted in bold. Final Report: Lane P, et al. 2017 and 2024. Resilience in East African Landscapes: Identifying critical thresholds and sustainable trajectories – past, present and future – Final Report. FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN Marie-Curie Action Initial Training Networks […]
Lexicon
Introduction: This page presents key terms related to the study of human-environment interactions. Some terms link to pages that explore and explain further concepts inherent to the multiple scientific disciplines used to study how humans interact with the natural environment around them. This includes historical interactions between humans and their environs, the legacy of those […]