Background

I am a Lecturer in Quantitative Human Geography in the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) and the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology. For the past year and a half (September 2021-December 2022), I was a postdoctoral researcher in CURDS. 

I completed my Ph.D.  in Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in August 2021 with a specialization in social vulnerability to natural hazards, geodemographics, and geospatial data analysis. My research leans toward socio-spatial inequalities to environmental hazards and health risks in urban areas, adopting various spatial demographic datasets and quantitative methodologies. 

Teaching

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Guidance and Consultation Hours

(Semester 1) Tuesdays 3:00 – 4:00 PM & Wednesdays 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

To schedule a meeting, please send me an email or schedule an appointment here.

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I am co-teaching the following modules: 

• GEO1025 Mapping a changing world: GIS for Geographers (Module Leader)
• GEO2140 Research Design and Planning for Human Geographers (Seminars)
• GEO2043 Key Methods for Human Geographers (Quantitative Blocks)
• GEO3130 Mapping the City 
• GEO8030 Geographical Inequalities and Policy
• Personal Tutor and Dissertation Mentor

Please feel free to get in touch with me if you are interested in applying for a Master's or a PhD in a topic related to my areas of research.

Research

As a quantitative human geographer, my research interests broadly align with the themes of People and Place, and Spatial Inequalities, leveraging census data and other various spatio-temporal datasets. My previous work focused on social vulnerability to hurricane hazards in the United States, using place-based approaches to model hurricane-related damages (e.g., storm surge and wind damage) and measure socio-demographic vulnerability at various spatial scales. I am keen to expand my research in the following areas using spatial data-driven approaches: synthetic population modeling, health geography, and global population crises—including the fertility crisis and our aging society.

I welcome any enquries from prospective graduate students or other collaborators!

Publications

• Articles

  • Park G, Franklin R. The changing demography of hurricane at‐risk areas in the United States (1970–2018). Population, Space and Place 2023, 29(6), e2685.
  • Schendl A, Park G, Xu Z. The spatial prevalence and associated factors of opioid overdose mortality in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (2003-2018). Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology 2022, 43, 100535.
  • Park G, Xu Z. The constituent components and local indicator variables of social vulnerability index. Natural Hazards 2021, 110, 95-120.
  • Park G. A Comprehensive Analysis of Hurricane Damage across the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coasts using Geospatial Big Data. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2021, 10(11), 781.
  • Park G, Xu Z. Spatial and temporal dynamics of social vulnerability in the United States from 1970 to 2010: A county trajectory analysis. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research 2020, 11(1), 36-54.