Leo C. Zulu
Affiliated Faculty
College of Social Science
- Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
- Center for African Studies
WEBSITE
https://geo.msu.edu/directory/zulu-leo.html
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Zulu's research interests include political ecology, environment and development, community-based natural resources management in rural Africa, deforestation, food security, socio-spatial, temporal and biophysical processes of land use and land cover change in Africa and the techniques that permit their examination including Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, and vulnerability and adaptation of rural communities in southern Africa to climate change.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
- Political ecology;
- environment and development;
- community-based natural resources management in rural Africa;
- deforestation;
- food security;
- socio-spatial;
- temporal and biophysical processes of land use and land cover change in Africa and the techniques that permit their examination including Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems; and
- vulnerability and adaptation of rural communities in southern Africa to climate change.