Know-how

International Cooperation:

  • Project management and project planning (z. B. ZOPP, PCM, TOMS)
  • Assignments in China, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam
  • Monitoring + Evaluation
  • Participatory Planning Approaches


Regional Planning:

  • Urban, rural and regional development
  • Cadastre Systems
  • Environment Information Systems
  • Establishment of Communal Information Systems (CIS)
  • Promotion of regional economy and SMSE's
  • Regional analysis


Geographic Information Systems (GIS) / Remote Sensing:

  • Planning and Establishment of GIS for local, regional authorities and ministries
  • GIS applications in technical cooperation projects
  • Satellite image processing
  • Global Positioning System (GPS)
  • Utilization of GIS and remote sensing techniques for flood management
  • Land use mapping


IT Know-how:

  • Operating Systems:

Windows NT, Windows'95/' 98, MS-DOS, Linux
  • Databases:

dBASE, MS Access, basic knowledge in SQL programming
  • GIS:

Arc-View 3.1, ATLAS*GIS, IDRISI, Manifold, MapInfo, PCMap, TNTmips
  • Graphics:

Adobe Illustrator, COREL Draw, Photoshop, Visio
  • Office Packages:

MS Office, Star Office
  • Web design:

NetObjects FUSION



Further Skills:

  • Moderation
  • Teaching: Planning and conduction trainings, development of training manuals
  • PR
  • Statistics


Selected Publications:

METZLER, M. (2004): Anwendung moderner Informationssysteme für eine zukunftsorientierte Regionalplanung in einem von dem Drei-Schluchten-Projekt betroffenen Raum - dargestellt am Beispiel des Xiangxi-Einzugsgebiets, Provinz Hubei, V.R. China. (in preparation)

METZLER, M. (2003): Analysis of Socioeconomic Developments in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. Unpublished consultancy report, compiled on behalf of GTZ, Kandy / Giessen.

QIANG ZHANG, Q.; YAO, Y.; METZLER, M. et al. (2002): Relationships between environmental changes and human activities since the Holocene in the Yangtze Delta, P. R. China. In: Progress in Physical Geography.

METZLER, M. (2002): Development of a Digital Planning System for the Provincial and District Planning Units of Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam. Unpublished consultancy report, Vietnamese-German Provincial Development Planning Project Ha Tinh (PDP-HT), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Ha Tinh and Giessen

KING, L.;  GEMMER, M.; METZLER, M. (2002): Das Drei-Schluchten-Projekt am Yangtze, China - Gießener Forschergruppe untersucht Auswirkungen des weltgrößten Staudammprojektes. Spiegel der Forschung, JLU Giessen, Giessen.

CHEN, J.; GEMMER, M.; JIANG, T.; KING, L.; METZLER, M. (2001): Visualisation of Historical Flood and Drought Information (1100-1940) for the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River Valley, P.R. CHINA. Discussion Papers No. 4, Sept. 2001, Zentrum für internationale Entwicklungs- und Umweltforschung, Giessen.

KING, L.; METZLER, M.; JIANG, T. (2001): Flood Risks and Land Use Conflicts in the Yangtze Catchment, China and at the Rhine River, Germany - Strategies for a Sustainable Flood Management. Schriften zur Internationalen Entwicklungs- und Umweltforschung Bd. 2, Peter Lang (Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften), Frankfurt.

METZLER, M. (2001): Documentation and Replication of the Regional Information System – Central Province. Unpublished consultancy report, conducted on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Kandy, Giessen.

METZLER, M. (2000): Business Mapping and Database Applications for the Enterprise Information Project (EIP). Unpublished consultancy report compiled on behalf of the GTZ, Eschborn.

METZLER, M. (2000): Utilization of the Regional Information System, Central Province, and Geographic Information Systems for Business Planning in Sri Lanka. Unpublished consultancy report, conducted on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Kandy, Giessen.

METZLER, M.; WANG, R. (2000): Hochwassergefährdung extreme Hochwasserereignisse in China – Visualisierung hochwasserrelevanter Daten mittels GIS. In: Rosner H.-J.: GIS in der Geographie II. Ergebnisse der Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreis GIS, 25./26. Februar 2000. Kleinere Arbeiten aus dem Geographischen Institut der Universität Tübingen, Heft 25, S. 7-18. Tübingen.

METZLER, M. (1997): Zentrale Orte in der Central Province Sri Lankas - Möglichkeiten der Zentralitätsbestimmung auf verschiedenen Verwaltungsebenen. Unpublished diploma thesis, Institute of Geography, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen.

METZLER, ‚M (1996): First AtlasGIS User Workshop. Unpublished workshop report, RRDP – Kandy, Kandy.

 

Rezension:

BÜTTNER, H. 2001: Wassermanagement und Ressourcenkonflikte. Eine empirische Untersuchung zu Wasserkrise und Water Harvesting in Indien aus der Perspektive sozialwissenschaftlicher Umweltforschung. Saarbrücken. In: STANDORT, H. 1 2003: 42 f.

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