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Geomorphology and Geography Lab
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A lab that uses geomorphology and GIS to explore the relationship between people and nature.
AboutAbout the lab
Reading landforms to understand how people and nature are related
The Geomorphology and Geography Lab studies the shapes of landforms on the Earth's surface and the processes by which they form.
Centered on geomorphology, the lab conducts research with an eye toward applications in hydrology, Quaternary science, planetary science, and geography education, and the regions it studies span the globe.
The lab collects and analyzes landform data using geographic information systems (GIS).
The lab also develops teaching materials that support the high school course Comprehensive Geography, and creates lesson models in collaboration with current teachers.
Key terms
- GIS
- A system that overlays locations on a map with various information tied to them, and manages and analyzes it by computer
- Hydrology
- The study of how water circulates on Earth, including rain, rivers, and groundwater
- Quaternary science
- The study of changes in the Earth's environment and landforms from about 2.6 million years ago, when humans appeared, to the present
ResearchResearch themes
Centered on geomorphology, the lab combines spatial information science with geography and geography education. Using a variety of tools to turn space into data, it investigates how landforms formed and how people and nature are related.
*Illustrative imageSpatial Information Science
The lab deals with the positions of natural and man-made objects in the spaces around us, together with the information tied to them. Using a variety of tools to turn space into data, it carries out research based on that data.
*Illustrative imageGeomorphology
The lab analyzes how landforms formed and how they have changed, based on their present form and past records. Its subjects range from those close to daily life, such as land use, natural hazards, and ecological environments, to the environments of other planets.
*Illustrative imageGeography and Geography Education
The lab studies the relationships between humans and the natural environment and between humans and regions, and considers the relationship between nature and people as well as how phenomena in space may change in the future. It also puts strong effort into applying that knowledge to education.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Geomorphology and Geography Lab consist of faculty, doctoral and master's students, interns, visiting researchers, and collaborating researchers.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakashi OguchiPublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorYuriko YazawaPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorWang Ruci
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Mount Rainier glaciers 01 lidar hillshade color ( )” Washington DNR / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Spatial Information Science: “Hood Canal drumlins 03 perspective-view hillshade color ( )” Washington DNR / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Geomorphology: “Isawa-alluvial-fan” MaedaAkihiko / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Geography and Geography Education: “Satoyama landscape near Hida, Gifu” Seth Vidal / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (OFGS (Ocean Floor Geoscience / Okino-Kuroda Lab)): “Louisville seamount chain - bathymetry” World Data Center for Geophysics & Marine Geology (Boulder, CO), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA / Public domain (cropped)
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