Melvin Lippe

I call myself a land system scientist with a research interest at the interface of physical and human-environment geography and landscape ecology for understanding the interactions of people and their environment (=social-ecological systems, SESs). The multi-scale approach underlying my research builds on a range of methodological approaches, including case studies, systematic reviews, spatial analysis, geosimulation models (agent-based, cellular automata, hybrid approaches), combining biophysical and socio-economic data with qualitative information. Further interests include the mapping of land cover/land use change patterns, habitat fragmentation and landscape connectivity using satellite-based sensors (i.e., GeoEye, Landsat 8, Sentinel 1/2, Worldview) in combination with open-source data repositories.