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Courses Taught in 2008-2009
1st
term:
GRM3021 Final Year Thesis I
GRM3023 Hong Kong Geographical Issues
GRM3223 Leisure and Eco-tourism
UGC219E Understanding Ecotourism
2nd
term:
GRM3022 Final Year Thesis II
GRM3225 Recreation Planning and Management
UGB216E Resource Issues in the Age of Globalization
Teaching Fields
Physical Geography
Natural Resources Management
Tourism and Recreation
Research Interests
Soils and Environment
Natural Resources Management
Ecotourism and Natural Heritage
Tourism and Environment
Services/Posts
Member, International Ecotourism
Society
Member, National Geographic Sustainable
Tourism Action Group
Member, World Leisure
Member of the Hong Kong A-Level
Geography Room Project, a Web-based
resource for Hong Kong A-Level teachers and students
Member, New York Academy of Sciences
November, 1999
Member, Washington based World
Bank Vetiver Information Network, Agriculture
Division, World Bank, Washington D. C.
Associate Member, Institution of
Agricultural, Engineers, Silsoe, U.K, 1990
Chairman, Parent Teacher's Association,
Phoenix International School, Hong Kong
Selected Publications
CHAN Chung Shing and MARAFA Lawal Mohammed (2006). "Components of Urban Park Systems". Parks & Recreation vol.41 no.1, pp.26-30. United States of America.
MARAFA Lawal Mohammed and CHAU Kwai Cheong (2005). "Ecotourism and Nature-based Recreation in the Protected Areas of Hong Kong: the Case of Hoi Ha Wan". The IUCN/WCPA EA 5th Conference on Protected Areas of East Asia 16. Hong Kong SAR.
MARAFA Lawal Mohammed and CHAU Kwai Cheong (2005). "Nitrogen Mineralization in Soils Along a Vegetation Chronosequence in Hong KongĄ¨ Pedosphere vol.15 no.2, pp.181-188. Beijing, China: Science Press.
MARAFA Lawal Mohammed and FUNG T. (2004). "Changes in Participation in Leisure and Outdoor Recreation Activities Among People Living in Hong Kong during SARS outbreak".
World Leisure. Vol. 46(2). 38 - 47.
MARAFA Lawal Mohammed (2003). "Sustainable tourism and ecotourism: searching for a niche in the Hong Kong tourism industry". Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. Vol. 1. No. 1. 127-144.
MARAFA Lawal Mohammed (2003). "Identifying Wilderness in the Landscapes of Hong Kong Urban
Periphery". International Journal of Wilderness. Volume 9, Number 3, 39 - 43.
MARAFA Lawal Mohammed (2003). "Integrating natural and cultural heritage: The advantage of feng
Shui landscape resources". International Journal of Heritage Studies. Vol. 9, No. 4, 307 - 323.
MARAFA Lawal Mohammed (2002) "Socio-ecological impact and risk assessments in the urban environment: a multidisciplinary concept from Hong Kong". The Environmentalist.
Vol. 22, 373-381.
MARAFA Lawal Mohammed (2002). "Effects and Resilience of some Soil Chemical Properties as a Result of Fire in an Urban Fringe". Geography, Vol.87 No.4, pp.336-344.
MARAFA Lawal Mohammed and CHAU K. C. (1999) "Morphology and chemical properties of soils along a vegetation gradient affected by fire in Hong Kong". Soil Science. 164: (9) 683-691
Research Projects
Direct Grant, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong, "Landscape Ecology of Feng
Shui Woodlands and their Potentials for Eco-tourism
using High Resolution
IKONOS images and GIS", Co-investigator (53,000.000)
Direct Grant, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong, "Investigating and analyzing
natural and cultural landscapes for sustainable
use as nature-based recreation
and ecotourism destinations in Hong Kong",
Principal investigator (HK$45,000.00).
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