CV David García Álvarez

My research has mainly focused on Land Use Cover Change (LUCC) Modelling and Land Use Cover (LUC) mapping. These are the topics I worked on during my PhD thesis. However, my research interests cover a wide range of topics related with territory, spatial planning, teaching and other social issues.

In the last years, I have researched about the changes that the tourism sector is experiecing after the emergence of shared economy platforms like AirBnB, the role of Geography and History in citizenship education, and the delimitation of the Asturias Central Area (Spain).

Research lines

Land Use Cover Change (LUCC) modelling

Land Use Cover (LUC) Mapping

Analysis of land use and land cover dynamics

The impact of shared economies in the tourist accomodation sector

Geography and citizenship education

Geography (other)

As part of my research work, I have visited leading university departments and research institutes across the world, like the Research Institute for Knowledge Systems (Maastricht, Netherlands), the Department of Geography and Planning from the University of Liverpool (Liverpool, United Kingdom), the City Futures Research Centre from the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia), the Centre for Transport Studies from the University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa) and the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT) of the University of Lisbon (Lisbom, Portugal).

In these visits, I have worked together with leading international researchers and colleagues, such as Hedwig Van Delden, Christopher David Lloyd, Chris Pettit, Simone Zarpelon Leao, Mark Zuizgest, Hazvinei Tsitsi Tamuka Moyo and Jorge Rocha.