Peter’s research interests centre on using advanced geographic information technologies to understand the important drivers of land use and land cover change. Currently he is exploring the application of agent based models to understand the land use strategies of multi-sited forest farmers in the Amazon estuary. He has also examined the application of spatial models to explore the response of wetland vegetation communities to water level change in Great Lakes coastal wetlands. New research initiatives are focussed on database design, and decision support, for enterprise GIS applications, with a focus on telecom infrastructure management.