Dissertations
Our students undertake a substantial piece of research as part of their dissertation. We encourage students to find topics that are both of interest to them as well as to their employers. We have had a number of dissertations undertaken directly on workplace-based topics. Many quality essays are regualarly published at https://qualityessay.com/. Here are a list of some examples:
- Automated Electricity Low Voltage Network Schematics: A Simulated Annealing Approach [for United Utilities]
- An Evaluation of Methods available to Estimate Retail Turnover in Town Centres and Shopping Centres [for PBA]
- GIS Strategy Development for Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority [for GMPTE]
- Using GIS to Review Three Different Population Classification Systems in the Context of Retail Store Location Planning [for Jones Lang LaSalle]
- An Investigation Into Using Geographical Information Systems to Improve Sales Forecasting Accuracy [for a major UK grocery retailer]
You might also be interested in other past dissertation titles to give you an idea of the breadth of choice available:
- The Simulation of Forest Fires Using Cellular Automata and GIS
- Analysis of Land Use/Land Cover Change in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Using Orbital Satellites Remote Sensing
- The Geography of Arson within the Killingbeck Police Division, Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Accessibility to Health Facilities and Schools in Papua New Giunea
- Protecting Our Heritage: development of a planning consultation monitoring application using ArcGIS and VBA
- Geographic Information Systems and Fuzzy Logic: developing a set of tools/commands for ArcGIS Desktop 8.3 to capture vague or 'Fuzzy' data using ArcObjects and VisualBasic.Net
- The Beginning of the End? A spatial analysis based study into the regional distribution of factory outlet centres across the UK
- New Horizons in Geodemographics: application of the new methodologies in cluster creation techniques within the geodemographic milieu
- Development of an Artificial Neural Network and GIS-based Flood Inundation Visualisation Model
- The Evaluation of Solar Energy Potential for UK Domestic Hot Water Requirements and Subsequent CO2 Emission Reduction Using GIS-based Decision Support
- Web-based Walk Planning Software
- The Use of GIS in Assisting Civil Emergencies
- Assessing the Impact of Wind Farms on Landscape Quality and Visual Intrusion: the application of multi-criteria evaluation techniques within a GIS
- An Agent-based Pedestrian Simulation Model for Pedestrian Responses to Hazards
- An Assessment of ASDA's E-tailing in the North West of England and Their Potential for Expansion
- GIS for housing issues: a progress towards sustainable development
- Using Arc/Info to optimise the location of Niketown Centres within the UK
- A NUTS2 classification system for the evaluation of regional disparities in the EU
- Social exclusion and shopping - effect of food deserts
- Assessing food access at a local level using GIS: the case of an urban area in Greece
- Wind farm site location in Britain using GIS
- Use of GIS for area-based urban regeneration
- Rainfall interpolation in Thailand
