Positions

Professor and Chair, Earth, Environment, and Planning, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Info

hamiltons22@ecu.edu

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Co-investigator Network

Stu Hamilton

overview

Stuart Hamilton was born and raised in Crosby, England. He attended Canterbury University in England (BS), the State University of New York at Buffalo (MA), and the University of Southern Mississippi (ph.D). He is now the Chair of Earth, Environment and Planning at East Carolina University and a professor in the department. Hamilton is a remote sensing and geographic information systems specialist with an interest in nearshore environments.

member of

Association of American Geographers 2022
International Society of Mangrove Ecosystems (lifetime member) 2022
Global Land Programme 2021
Royal Society of Geographers 2013

selected publications

article
- Co-benefit premiums can enhance nature-based climate solutions
  . Nature Climate Change. 2026
- Spatial and landscape-scale variability in global mangrove soil carbon estimates
  . Scientific Reports. 2026
- Between Dunes and Estuary: Forecasting Mangrove Forest Change on Primate Culture and Isolated Livelihoods in Maranhão, Brazil
  . Geo: Geography and Environment. 13. 2025
- A 10-meter resolution human footprint dataset to support biodiversity and conservation studies in Brazil
  . Scientific Data. 12. 2025
- Impact of Land Conversion on Primate Habitats: Refining the Extent of Occurrence Data for Four Capuchin Species in North and Northeastern Brazil
  . International Journal of Primatology. 45:1049-1063. 2024
- Truefish Water Quality Monitoring of Lake Victoria: Water Quality Measures and Geospatial Sampling
  . UN FAO Report. 1:1-41. 2024
- A Global Database to Monitor Annual Mangrove Forest Change, 2000-2020: GMC-21. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR). 15:1-16. 2024
- Establishing the relationship between non-human primates and mangrove forests at the global, national, and local scales. PLOS ONE. 17. 2022
- High-resolution bathymetries and shorelines for the Great Lakes of the White Nile basin. Nature Scientific Data. 9:1-17. 2022
- A GIS-based approach for delineating suitable areas for cage fish culture in a lake. Lakes & Reservoirs. 26:1-12. 2021
- Mangroves and coastal topography create economic "safe havens" from tropical storms. Scientific Reports. 11:1-8. 2021
- The use of unmanned aircraft systems and high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor tilapia fish-cage aquaculture expansion in Lake Victoria, Kenya. Bulletin of Marine Science. 96:71-94. 2020
- Better restoration policies are needed to conserve mangrove ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3:870-872. 2019
- Mangroves shelter coastal economic activity from cyclones. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116:12232-12237. 2019
- The State of the World's Mangrove Forests: Past, Present, and Future. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 44:89-115. 2019
- (Not so) gently down the stream: River pollution and health in Indonesia. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 92:35-53. 2018
- A comparison of Colombian Pacific mangrove extent estimations: Implications for the conservation of a unique Neotropical tidal forest. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 212:223-240. 2018
- Global carbon stocks and potential emissions due to mangrove deforestation from 2000 to 2012. Nature Climate Change. 8:240-244. 2018
- The use of open source GIS algorithms, big geographic data, and cluster computing techniques to compile a geospatial database that can be used to evaluate upstream bathing and sanitation behaviours on downstream health outcomes in Indonesia, 2000-2008. International Journal of Health Geographics. 17. 2018
- The Carbon Holdings of Northern Ecuador's Mangrove Forests. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 107:54-71. 2017
- Creation of a high spatio-temporal resolution global database of continuous mangrove forest cover for the 21st century (CGMFC-21). Global Ecology and Biogeography. 25:729-738. 2016
- Fluid Borders: Rethinking Historical Geography and Fixed Map Boundaries in Contested Regions. The Professional Geographer. 68:115-128. 2016
- A Geospatial Methodology to Identify Locations of Concentrated Runoff from Agricultural Fields. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 51:1613-1625. 2015
- Ecuador's mangrove forest carbon stocks: a spatiotemporal analysis of living carbon holdings and their depletion since the advent of commercial aquaculture. PLOS ONE. 10:1-14. 2015
- No Evidence That Shrimp Aquaculture Is Responsible for Minimal Mangrove Deforestation. BioScience. 65:457-457. 2015
- Titling community land to prevent deforestation: An evaluation of a best-case program in Morona-Santiago, Ecuador. Global Environmental Change. 33:32-43. 2015
- Assessing the Role of Commercial Aquaculture in Displacing Mangrove Forest. Bulletin of Marine Science. 89:585-601. 2013
- Las Respuestas a Los Medios De Subsistencia Deforestación De Los Manglares en Las Provincias Del Norte De Ecuador. Bosque. 34:143-153. 2013
- Gulf Views: Toward a Better Understanding of Viewshed Scope in Hedonic Property Models. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. 47:489-505. 2012
- Disentangling Access and View Amenities in Access-restricted Coastal Residential Communities. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economic. 43:157-166. 2011
- Examining the relationship between international aid and mangrove deforestation in coastal Ecuador from 1970 to 2006. Journal of Land Use Science. 7:177-202. 2011
- EOF Analysis of Morphological Response to Hurricane Ivan. Coastal Sediments '07. 986-995. 2007
book
- Mangroves and Aquaculture: A Five Decade Remote Sensing Analysis of Ecuador's Estuarine Environments. Springer Nature. 2020
chapter
- <p>Science-based aquaculture zoning in Lake Victoria</p>. UN FAO. 2026
- Hurricane Rita's Impact on Vegetation: A Spatio-Temporal Statistical Approach to Characterizing Abrupt Change in, and Potential Disaster Management for, Target Areas. Routledge. 2019
- Remote Sensing of Mangrove Forests: Current Techniques and Existing Databases. Springer International Publishing. 2018
- When Space Beats Time: A Proof of Concept with Hurricane Dean. Springer International Publishing. 2017
report
- Enriching Impact Assessment: Long-Term Geospatial Evaluations in Peru
  - ADP Inception Report. Technical ReportPA-022-5S6. 2024
- Enriching Impact Assessment: Long-Term Geospatial Evaluations in Peru
  - Reconka Inception Report. Report PA-022-5S6. 2024

presentations

presentation

principal investigator on

Duck underwater berm post-deployment monitoring awarded by Hourglass Climate 2025 - 2027
COASTAL CARBON CAPTURE IN DUCK, NC awarded by Vesta 2024 - 2027
Enriching Impact Assessment: Geospatial Evaluations in Peru awarded by University of Notre Dame 2023 - 2025
Enriching Impact Assessment: Geospatial Evaluations in Peru awarded by University of Notre Dame 2024 - 2025
Water Quality Monitoring Lake Victoria awarded by Nature Conservancy 2024
Argo Navigation awarded by Salisbury University 2023 - 2024

co-principal investigator on

Ducks Unlimited Storm Water Modeling Services awarded by Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc 2026
NC Department of Environmental Quality and Working Lands Partnership awarded by North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management 2024 - 2025

professional service activities

Nature Scientific Data Scientific Datais an open access journal dedicated to data, publishing descriptions of research datasets and articles on research data sharing from all areas of natural sciences, medicine, engineering and social sciences.
https://www.nature.com/sdata/editorial-board 2024
The 6th international Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management conference (MMM6): Served on the scientific committee of MMM6 2022 - 2023
The 6th international Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management conference (MMM6): "Mangrove ecosystems for Human Well-being in a Changing Planet" Session Chair for MMM6 2022 - 2023
4open 4open is an open-access multidisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing high-quality content adhering to excellence in all disciplines of science and research, including materials and engineering.
I am under Applied Physics
https://www.4open-sciences.org/about-the-journal/editorial-board 2022
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change Frontiers in Forests and Global Change is an innovative journal that places forests at the forefront of attention for scientists, policymakers, and the public. It advances our understanding of how forests 'work', spanning from molecules to ecosystems to the biosphere.
https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/577571/overview 2022

education and training

B.S. in Geography / Applied Social Science, Canterbury Christ Church University, (Granting Institution) University of Kent
M.A. in Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo
Ph.D. in Geography, University of Sothern Mississippi

credentials

preferred title

Chair and Professor - Earth, Environment, and Planning

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