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Iwake Masialeti
Ph.D. Candidate, Geography

Office: Lindley Hall, Room 222
Phone: 864-4251
Email: imasia@ku.edu
Office Hours: M 8:00-10:00, F 12:00-2:00 or by appt.

  • B.A., Geography; University of Zambia, 1983
  • M.Sc., Rural & Land Ecology Survey; Institute of Aerospace Survey & Earth Sciences, the Netherlands, 1990
    Thesis: The Use of ARTEMIS VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI) Data for Monitoring Land Cover Dynamics and Yields in the Southern Province, Zambia. Emphasis was on the application of Remote Sensing and GIS techniques, in the monitoring of land cover dynamics and crop yields.

Publications/Presentations   Research Interests

Publications:
Chidumayo, E. N., Masialeti, I., Ntalasha, H., and Kalumiana, O.S., 2001. ‘Charcoal
Potential in Southern Africa’. Final Report for Zambia. INCO-DC:
International Co-operation with Developing Countries (1998-2001). Contract Number: ERBI18CT

Nyambe, I., Mbede, E., Mwafongo, W., and  Masaialeti, I. 1998.
Monitoring of the effects of land use practices on catchments: A case study of Songwe River Catchment at the border of Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania. SANTREN. 55pp.

Presentations:
Egbert, S., Masialeti, I., and Mosiman, B. N., 2004.  ‘Assessing the Landscape Effects of Forest Depletion in the Chongwe District of Zambia using Object-oriented Land Cover Mapping and Landscape Pattern’. A paper presented at the ASPRS workshop. ASPRS Images to Decisions: Remote Sensing Foundation for GIS Applications, September 12 – 16, 2004. Kansas City, Missouri. ASPRS-70 years of service to the profession.