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Current
Research
Slaymaker's
research can be summarized into the following categories:
The use of watersheds or drainage basins is a
fundamental unit of enquiry for the understanding of natural landscapes and
landforms. The main research objectives are to improve the conceptual and
theoretical foundation of basin analysis to better understand interactions and
future scenarios of development in mountain regions.
Papers listed in my publication
section contains different aspects of these categories.
Mountain geomorphology and hydrology:
Slaymaker has edited 2 books (Slaymaker, 1991a, 1995a). Papers on mountain
geomorphology include an overview of the field (Slaymaker, 1991), pioneering
applications of the sediment budget approach (Jordan and Slaymaker, 1991;
Slaymaker, 1992, 1993; Owen and Slaymaker, 1992, 1993, 1997; Church et al.,
1999).
Land use impacts:
Slaymaker has edited a book (Slaymaker 1996) on this theme. Papers on land use
impacts include Slaymaker (1995, 1999, 2000).
Mountain sustainable development:
Slaymaker has co-edited a book (French and Slaymaker, 1993) and Slaymaker (1994,
1996, 1999, 2000) review the challenges and opportunities presented by the
demands of sustainability in the Canadian Cordillera. The co-authored paper on
ethics and sustainability (Reed and Slaymaker, 1993) considers the implications
of scale of investigation for ethical constraints on development.
Global environmental change:
Slaymaker has co-authored a book (Slaymaker and Spencer, 1998) and edited a
journal volume on geomorphology and human activities and global environmental
changes. He has also written papers on this topic (Slaymaker, 1990, 1991, 1993,
1999).
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