Marafa, Lawal Mohammed（馬路華）
MSc (Moscow); PgD (UK); PhD (CUHK)
Professor (by Courtesy), School of Hotel and Tourism Management
Professor, Department of Geography and Resource Management
2/F, Wong Foo Yuan Building, CUHK
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
+852 3943 6471
lmmarafa@cuhk.edu.hk
Biography
Prof. Lawal Marafa teaches in the Department of Geography and Resource Management and the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research and teaching interests cover tourism policy, tourism and environment, ecotourism, natural resource management, sustainable development, leisure, and recreation planning and management. He has participated and conducted research on landscapes, soundscapes, ecotourism, and climate smart agriculture, and has published work in a number of journals and edited volumes.
Teaching Areas
Physical Geography
Natural Resources Management
Tourism and Recreation
Research Interests
Soils and Environment
Natural Resources Management
Ecotourism and Natural Heritage
Tourism and Environment
- Academic/Professional Services
- Director, Master of Social Science in Sustainable Tourism (MSSST), Department of Geography and Resource Management, CUHK
- Member, International Ecotourism Society
- Member, National Geographic Sustainable Tourism Action Group
- Member, Board of Directors, World Leisure Organization
- Senior Fellow, World Leisure Academy
- Member of the Hong Kong A-Level Geography Room Project, a Web-based resource for Hong Kong A-Level teachers and students
- Member, New York Academy of Sciences November, 1999
- Member, Washington based World Bank Vetiver Information Network, Agriculture Division, World Bank, Washington D. C.
- Associate Member, Institution of Agricultural, Engineers, Silsoe, U.K, 1990
- Chairman, Parent Teacher’s Association, Phoenix International School, Hong Kong