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College of Natural Resources
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

Geoanalytics for People, Places and Nature

Geospatial Project - Areas of Research -Parks Recreation and Tourism Management NC State

Creating Analytics for Actionable Decisions

As human populations continue to grow and migrate, the limits of essential global resources such as water and land are becoming more obvious. Understanding the role that space and time play in how people perceive and interact with the natural world can help preserve these resources. That’s why faculty and students in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management work closely with the Center for Geospatial Analytics.
Home to many of the Department’s faculty, the Center for Geospatial Analytics is an interdisciplinary research and teaching hub focused on the development and application of data-driven spatial modeling and visualization tools to simulate patterns of landscape change and help decision-makers explore what may happen in the future under different scenarios. By collaborating with the center, our department fosters innovative, actionable strategies that improve policy, empower community action, and test assumptions across a broad range of disciplines — ranging from park and protected area management to environmental psychology.

Our Research in Action

Satellite image of a rice field in Bangladesh.

Collaboration, Innovation Address Food Security Needs in Bangladesh with New Rice Mapping Method

A newly published method addresses the difficulty of collecting field data in remote regions, avoiding the data-hungry machine learning models typically used to classify satellite data. 

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A traffic sign submerged in water.

New Model Adds Human Reactions to Flood Risk Assessment

The new model could offer a more realistic assessment of risk for urban planners, natural resource managers and other local government stakeholders.

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Meet Our Experts

Interested in geoanalytics research? Contact our faculty to learn more and get involved.