Integrated Environmental Systems Institute

Integrated Environmental Systems Institute at Cranfield UniversityEstablished as a result of Cranfield's significant investment in natural resources, the Integrated Environmental Systems Institute leads Cranfield’s research on the application of biophysical science to integrated land management, specifically by:

  • applying state-of-the-art remote-sensing and geographic information systems to land resources monitoring
  • developing models of the physical, chemical and biological processes that drive landscape, river and coastal systems and applying these models in the context of economics and climate change to integrated land and water management
  • developing and exploiting applied ecology to describe the biological mechanisms and processes supporting ecosystem functions and conservation of biodiversity as a basis for ecological restoration

Led by Professor Sue White, the Integrated Environmental Systems Institute contributes strongly to research conducted by other centres in Natural Resources and Sustainable Systems, particularly:

  • The valuation of natural capital in land and water resources
  • Legal frameworks for integrated land and water management
  • Water sciences, including the supply and use of clean water and the treatment of waste water
  • The use of earth observation techniques and geographic information systems for managing soil resources
  • Soil management and conservation, particularly in relation to sediment generation and transport