Name: Diego Varga

Title: Ph.D. Candidate

Contact Information:
University of Girona (UdG)
Environmental Institute
Department of Geography
Place Ferrater Mora, 1.
17071 Girona (Catalonia – SPAIN)
Telephone: (+34) 972-41.81.17
Fax: (+34) 972-41.82.30
University Mail: diego.varga@udg.es
Personal mail: dievarga@gmail.com

Research Interest:
My research is focused on the use of modern digital air photos to monitor changes in land covers and to study its dynamics and its patterns in the last 50 years. We create past, present and potential maps of bird species and plant species, specifically related to non forest habitats. We are interested in geographic patterns and the dynamics of terrestrial patterns biodiversity (hot spot), fire risk distribution and the effect of climate change in these patterns and dynamics. We also study the relationship between biodiversity persistence, increase risk of fire, open habitats patterns/dynamics, land ownership and management and road networks. Therefore Geographic Information System (GIS) is a very interesting mapping tool that enables geographic or spatial data capture, storage, retrieval, manipulation, analysis and modelling.