details
- Name
- The Institute of Geography ltd., National science and technology centre "Parasat"
- Address
- 67/99, Kabanbai batyr str./ Pushkin str.
- Zipcode
- 050010
- City
- Almaty
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Phone
- +7 727 291 81 29
- Fax
- +7 727 291 81 02
- ingeo@mail.kz
- Centre Website
- http://ingeo.kz/
organisation profile
The Institute of Geography was founded in 1938. The main research areas of the Institute are Physical and Social-Economics geography, Geomorphology, Hydrology, Geoecology and GIS-mapping. The institute has a staff of 129 people including 13 Doctors and 23 Candidates of Sciences (PhD).
There are 7 Departments in the Institute: The Department of Glaciology, the Department of Landscape planning and nature management problems, the Department of Hydro ecology, the Department of Geomorphology and GIS-mapping, the Department of Geographical information system, the Department of Natural hazard, the Department of Recreational geography.There are 6 Research stations in the institute. The main purpose of activities of the Institute is to conduct basic (fundamental) and applied researches in next important directions:
- Estimation and prognosis (prediction) of resources and conditions of surface water of the Republic of Kazakhstan with calculation changing climate and economic activities.
- Exposure and regularity of forming and distribution of natural calamity, natural disasters and ecological dangerous changing of natural environment.
- Estimation of natural-resource potential of the Republic, problems of rational nature management and preservation of surroundings.
results in other services
edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 1858
- Collating centre
- The Institute of Geography ltd., National science and technology centre "Parasat"
- Latest update
- 11 February 2011 11:13:25 AM