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CURRICULUM VITAE
di Adalberto Vallega
1. PERSONAL DATA
Sex: Male
Birthplace: Cairo Montenotte, Savona, Italy
Date of birth: 11 May, 1934
Citizen: Italian
2.WORK AND HOME ADDRESSES
Place of current employment: Genoa, Italy
Table 1 - Addresses
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University
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International Centre for Coastal and Ocean Policy Studies
ICCOPS
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Home
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| University of Genoa |
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c/o University of Genoa |
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Via S.Giorgio-Centro
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| Department Polis |
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Department Polis |
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Auriga House
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| Salita S. Agostino, 37 |
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Salita S. Agostino, 37 |
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17028 VEZZI PORTIO
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| 16123 GENOA, ITALY |
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16123 GENOA, ITALY |
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SAVONA, ITALY
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| Phone ++39-010-209.5858 |
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Phone ++ 39-010-209.5840 |
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Phone ++39-019-7428.001
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| Fax ++39-010-209.5907 |
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Fax ++39-010-209.5840 |
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Fax ++39-019-7428.900
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| E.mail: vallega@polis.unige.it |
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E.mail: vallega@polis.unige.it |
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E. mail: a.vallega@pn.itnet.it
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http://www.polis.unige.it/
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http://www.polis.unige.it/
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3.LANGUAGES
Italian (mother tongue); English; French.
4.UNIVERSITY QUALIFICATION
1957 Degree in Political Science, University of Genoa
1962 Degree in Geography, University of Genoa
5.UNIVERSITY POSITIONS
See Table 2.
Table 2 - University positions
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Educational roles
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| 1961-1969 |
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Assistant-professor in geography and economic geography, University of Trieste (Faculty of Education), University Luigi Bocconi, Milan (Faculty of Economics) and University of Genoa (Faculty of Education); |
| 1969-1971 |
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Lecturer in Geography, Faculty of Education, University of Genoa;
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| 1972-1990 |
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Full professor of Regional Geography, Faculty of Education, University of Genoa;
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| 1991-1995 |
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Full professor of Marine Geography, Faculty of Education, University of Genoa;
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| 1995 onwards |
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Full professor of Urban and Regional Geography, Faculty of Architecture, University of Genoa
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| 1996 onwards |
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Professor of Coastal Management
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Management roles
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| 1976-1988 |
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Director, Institute of Geographical Sciences, University of Genoa;
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| 1988-1991 |
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Head, Faculty of Education, University of Genoa;
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| 1996-1998 |
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Head, Department Polis (Urban and Regional Planning)
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| 1996 |
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Delegate by the Rector of the University of Genoa to the 1998 UN International Year of the Ocean
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The main other extra-University educational roles are presented in the following table. Only those concerned with ocean and coastal science are mentioned.
Table 3 - Extra University educational roles
1989
Valletta, Malta; International Ocean Institute, training course on the Mediterranean Sea; Lectures on the non living resource exploitation in the Mediterranean
1991
Elba Isle, Italy; Giovanni Agnelli Foundation; training course on coastal area management; scientific co-ordination and lectures
1991
Capri Isle, Italy; Giovanni Agnelli Foundation; training course on coastal area management; scientific co-ordination and lectures on fundamentals of coastal management
1992
Trieste, Italy; UNIDO, International Centre for Science and High Technology of UNIDO; training course on Coastal Zone Management; lectures on fundamentals of coastal management;
1992
Valletta, Malta; IOC/UNEP; training course on coastal management, with special reference to Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs): lectures on fundamentals of coastal management;
1993
Ljubljana, Slovenia; International Center for Public Enterprises; International MBA Degree Programme 1992-1993; lecture on integrated coastal management in the Mediterranean Sea
1993
Venice, Italy; UNIDO, 2nd International Course on Coastal Zone Management; lectures on the regional scale of coastal zone management
1994
Antalya, Turkey; MecCoast Certificate on coastal area management, EU MedCampus Programme; lectures on fundamentals of coastal management
1996
Gozo, Malta: International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS), UNIDO; Training course on Geographic Information Systems for Industrial Risk Assessment in Integrated Coastal Management
1998
Genoa, Italy: Intensive course on "Integrated Coastal Management in the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts", convened by the US/EU Consortium for Transatlantic Co-operation in Marine Policy and Coastal Management Education; local scientific co-ordinator; no. 2 lectures.
6.MAIN RESEARCH AREAS
Regional Geography; seaport and maritime transportation geography; ocean and coastal geography; urban geography; epistemology of inter-disciplinarity.
6.1 Regional geography. Being the occupant of the first chair of regional geography in the Italian University system, since the early 1970s A. Vallega has been carrying out both (i) theoretical research on the region and regionalisation, and (ii) investigations on coastal regions. In 1976 he proposed linking the Vidal de la Blache's thought, i.e. the classical theoretical approach to the region, with the general system theory. In 1982, a general system-based approach to the region and regionalisation was presented. In 1994 the shift from the general system- to the complexity-based epistemology was presented as the scientific approach consistent with the need to build up sustainable development-aimed regional policies. In 1999 he begun carrying out investigations on the shift from modern to post-modern societies.
Basic books in the field (for details see Table 8)
1976 Regione e territorio
1982 Compendio di geografia regionale
1995 La regione, sistema territoriale sostenibile
6.2 Seaport and maritime transportation geography. In the framework of the investigations on Mediterranean coastal regions, during the 1970s and 1980s A. Vallega carried out investigations on the seaports, maritime navigation and transportation. Moving from the conceptual approach by A. Vigarié on the spatial interaction between cityports, hinterlands and forelands, a view of the evolution of the trio "city, ports and transportation", framed in a stage-based historical perspective, was presented in 1980 and implemented in 1997. Maritime transportation, seaport and coastal regions have been dealt with aqs integrated spatial structures the development of which may be framed in stage-based views.
Basic books in the field (for details see Table 8)
1980 Per una geografia del mare. Trasporti marittimi e rivoluzioni
1997 Geografia delle strategie marittime. Dal mondo dei mercanti alla società transindustriale
6.3 Ocean geography. In the early 1980s investigations on seaports and maritime transportation led A. Vallega to designing stage-based constructivist approaches to the interaction between human communities and the ocean. A decade after, a systematic view of the ocean was presented basing it on the general system approach (1992) and the sustainable development concept (1994). This research area was basically implemented in the framework of the International Geographical Union (see Section 7.2). Afterwards efforts have been made to design global views of ocean governance and relevant educational approaches.
Basic books in the field (for details see Table 8)
1985 Ecumene Oceano. Il mare nella civiltà ieri, oggi, domani
1992 Sea management. Theoretical Framework
1993 Governo del mare e sviluppo sostenibile
1999 Fundamentals of integrated coastal management
6.4 Epistemology. Efforts have been concentrated on the external epistemology of geography and its conceptual backgrounds. Within this framework the prospect of transcending both positivist- and structuralism-supported geographical concept building, and that of adopting constructivist, complexity-based views, have been carried out. This approach led A. Vallega to focusing on the epistemological issues concerned with inter-disciplinarity. This subject has been dealt with in the 1990s assuming the ocean sciences as a potential arena for discussion of concepts and methods. In 1998 investigations on the role of comple(xity-based epistemology and post-modernist approaches have been initiated.
Basic books in the field (for details see Table 8)
1991 Esistenza, società, ecosistema. Pensiero geografico e questione ambientale
6.5 Human geography. Efforts for providing views of human geography, essentially for educational purposes, have been made.
Basic books in the field (for details see Table 8)
1989 Geografia umana
1999 Introduzione alla geografia umana
6.6 Intersecting subject areas. Both the approaches to regional geography (Section 6.1) and ocean geography (Section 6.3) have been implemented assuming the global change and the sustainable development as the scientific and political reference concepts. Also the geographical implications from the adoption of sustainable development on the global and multi-national scales have been discussed.
Basic books in the field (for details see Table 8)
1990 Ocean change in global change. Introductory geographical analysis
1994 Geopolitica dello sviluppo sostenibile. Il sistema mondo del secolo XXI
1995 La regione, sistema territoriale sostenibile
6.5 School books. Geographical manuals for secondarey schools have made in the 1980s and 1990s.
Basic courses in the field (for details see Table 8)
1991 Geografia degli anni novanta
1992 Il mondo verso il 2000
1995 Geografia dell'ambiente e dello sviluppo
1996 Nuova geografia degli anni novanta
1996 Geografia del mondo contemporaneo
7.CO-OPERATION MILIEUX
7.1 Academic institutions. A. Vallega's work initiated in the 1960s within the University of Trieste and the University "Luigi Bocconi" of Milan. Since the late 1960s he has been working in the University of Genoa. The educational and management roles are presented in Table 2.
7.2 International Geographical Union (IGU). As mentioned (Section 6.3), research on ocean geography has been carried out, and international co-operation was established, basically in the framework of IGU. The accomplished steps and positions held are presented in Table 4.
Table 4 - Co-operation within the International Geographical Union
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IGU Regional Conference, Barcelona: Co-ordinator and speaker in the Round Table "The new Frontiers of Marine Geography".
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| 1995 |
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Presentation of the project of Study Group on Marine Geography to the IGU Executive Committee.
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| 1986-1988 |
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Chairman of the IGU Study Group on Marine Geography.
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| 1989-1996 |
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Representative of the Italian National Research Council (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) for IGU.
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| 1989-1996 |
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Chairman of the Italian Committee for IGU.
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| 1988-1992 |
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Chairman of the IGU Commission on Marine Geography.
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| 1990 |
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IGU Asian Pacific Regional Conference (Beijing, August 1990):
i) Honorary Vice-Chairman of the International Symposium on Marine Geography, Policy, Science, Legislation and Management; ii) convener for Session 11 (Environmental Management and Regional Development); iii) papers to Symposium on marine geography, Session 2 (The changing Geography) and Session 11; iv) co-chairman of Session 11 (August, 19).
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| 1994 |
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Prague, Czech Republic, IGU Regional Conference on "Environment and quality of life in Central Europe: Problems of transition", August 22-24. Chairmanship of Session B.4.7, Environmental management of Eastern European Seas; presentation of a paper.
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| 1995 |
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International Geographical Union, Regional Conference of Latin American and Caribbean Countries "Latin America in the World: Environment, Society and Development"; Havana, July 31-August 5: (i) Symposium C, Environment: Problems and New Alternatives", presentation of paper on "Regional Seas towards Sustainable Development. The case of the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas; (ii) Meeting of the Commission on Marine Geography, convened jointly with the Mediterranean Human Dimensions Programme, on "Regional Seas towards Sustainable Development", paper on "The Mediterranean and Caribbean Areas Prospect for Geography".
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| 1995 |
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International Geographical Union, International Conference on "Global Changes and Geography", Moscow, August 14-18: (i) Packaged Session 6 "Changes of the ocean environment and its practical use"; paper on "The global change of the Mediterranean. A challenge to geography"; (ii) Packaged Session 14 "Human dimensions of regional changes: the case of the Mediterranean: chairmanship of a round table on "Sustainable development in the Mediterranean"; (iii) Packaged Session 18 "Political Geography of Global Changes", paper on "The geopolitical role of the regional conventions and related legal tools facing sustainable development. The lesson from the Mediterranean".
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| 1996 |
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Liaison person between IGU and UNESCO/IOC with reference to the 1998 UN International Year of the Ocean.
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| 1996 |
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28th International Geographical Congress "Sea, Land, and the Human Effort" (The Hague, The Netherlands, 4-10 August). Convenor and chairman of the Meeting "Agenda 21 for Ocean Geography; presentation of papers on Session C.16 and Session C16/C17; id. (jointly with B. Cori, the University of Pisa, Italy) to the Symposium on the Mediterranean Sea.
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| 1996 |
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Election as Vice-president of IGU.
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| 1997 |
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Co-ordinator of the IGU Oceans/Océans programme (*).
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| 1997 |
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First operational steps of co-operation between IGU and IOC.
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| 1998 |
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International Conference "Education and Training in Integrated Coastal Management. The Mediterranean Prospect", closely linked with the IGU Oceans/Océans programme (see Section 7.3)
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| 1998 |
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Regional Conference on "The Atlantic: Past; Present and Future" (Lisbon, August 30-September 2):
- member of the Conference Scientific Committee;
- participation in the Panel "Ocean Management at global and regionale level" with the presentation of a speech on "Ocean research and policy" (Sept. 2nd);
- scientific co-ordination of the Symposium "Geography for ocean science and ocean sustainable development" (September 2nd);
- presentation of the background paper "IGU vis-à-vis the implementation of the deep-ocean and coastal research" in the mentioned Symposium;
- scientific co-ordination and the presentation of the "International Charter on Ocean Geography", adopted as the final document of the Conference in its Closing session.
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| 1998 |
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Joint Seminar of International Geographical Union and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO "The role of ocean science and geography in facing ocean management for the third millennium" (Sagres, Portugal, 3-5 September): (i) scientific co-coordination ; (ii) preparation of the tentative conclusions; (iii) presentation of the background paper "Geography vis-à-vis ocean sustainable development in global change. the perspective from the Igu oceans programme".
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| 1998 |
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Oceans 21, programme on geographical research on coastal and deep-ocean management, convened jointly by the International Geographical Union and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission ol UNESCO: co-ordinator.
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| 1999 |
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As a representative of the International Geographical Union, participation in the UNESCO World Conference on Science (WCS), Budapest June 26-July 1st.
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| 1999 |
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Representative of IGU EC in the Comité scientifique de la Bibliographie Géographique Internationale
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(*) The Oceans/Océans programme was designed by A. Vallega on the basis of his extended paper "Agenda 21 for Ocean Geography " and with the support of the Declaration Geography within the ocean science and facing ocean sustainable development. It was adopted as a conclusion of a special session of the 27th International Geographical Congress (The Hague, The Netherlands, 1996). The programme was approved by the IGU General Assembly (August 1996) and was formally adopted by the IGU Executive Committee in November 1996.
7.3 International Centre for Coastal and Ocean Policy Studies (ICCOPS) and co-operation with the United Nations
In 1992 A. Vallega served as the scientific co-ordinator of the International Conference Ocean Management in Global Change, convened in Genoa, June 1992, with the co-operation of the UN Office for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UN OALOS), as the main event of the Celebrations of the Quincentenary of the Discovery of the Americas. Moving from a resolution adopted by the Conference participants, A. Vallega worked out the project of the International Centre for Coastal and Ocean Policy Studies (ICCOPS), of which was the founder and the first president (1992-1994). ICCOPS was recognised as a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), then he was included in the NGOs roster of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and acquired the consultative status to the Barcelona Convention. In this framework, A. Vallega co-operated with the UN system as presented in Table 5.
Table 5 - Co-operation with the United Nations organisations
| 1989, 1992, 1993 |
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Lectures on coastal and ocean management to UNEP and UNIDO supported courses.
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| 1990-1992 |
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International Conference on Ocean Management in Global Change: scientific organisation in co-operation with the UN Office for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (now Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs).
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| 1991-1992 |
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Participation in the third (Geneva) and fourth (New York) PrepCom sessions of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED).
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| 1992 |
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Founder and first president of the International Centre for Ocean and Ocean Policy Studies (ICCOPS), Genoa, Italy.
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| 1993 onwards |
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Co-operation with UNEP/MAP for the preparation of "Agenda 21 for the Mediterranean" and the "Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean" |
| 1994 onwards |
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Co-operation with the Priority Actions Programme, Regional Activity Centre of MAP.
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| 1995 |
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Scientific organisation of the international workshop on Regional Seas towards Sustainable Development. Challenges for Research and Policy (sponsorship by IGU). Main paper and session paper. |
| 1995 |
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Ninth Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention, Meeting of the Plenipotentiaries to the Barcelona Convention (Barcelona, Spain, June 5-10): presentation of The Mediterranean Exercise dealing with the subject areas of interaction between research and the new Convention framework.
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| 1996 |
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Liaison person between IGU and UNESCO/IOC with reference to the 1998 UN International Year of the Ocean.
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| 1997 |
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Preparation of the project of the Master degree in Integrated Coastal Management.
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| 1998 |
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International Conference "Education and Training in Integrated Coastal Management. The Mediterranean Prospect" (Genoa, May 25-29), convened in collaboration with the UNESCO, IOC (UNESCO), UNEP-MAP, UNIDO-ICS and IGU, and the sponsorship of EC DGXII. Roles: scientific co-ordinator: Conference background presentation; background speaker in Session 2; speaker in Session 4; preparation of the project of Master degree in integrated coastal management.
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8 .PUBLICATIONS
8.1 Co-operation with journals. Since 1996 A. Vallega has been serving as the Associated Editor of the Ocean and Coastal Management journal. The whole framework of co-operation with journals is presented in Table 6.
Table 6 - Co-operation with journals
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| Ocean and Coastal Management |
Member of the editorial board (1993-1995); Associate Editor (1996)
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| Annales de Géographie (France) |
International Editorial Board
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| Géographies (France) |
Scientific Committee
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| Journal of Cultural Heritage |
Editorial Board
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| Journal of Marine Systems (UK) |
Editorial Board
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| Journal of Transport Geography (UK) 1993-98 |
International Editorial Board
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| Marine Policy (UK) |
International Editorial Board
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| Urban Systems (Italy) |
Editorial Advisory Board
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| Meridiano (Argentina) |
Scientific Committee
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8.2 Book editing. A. Vallega was the founder and has served as the editor of the Ocean Change Publications (Publisher: Franco Angeli, Milan, Italy), sponsored by the International Geographical Union. The other main editing roles, including those of special issues guest editor, are presented in Table 7.
Table 7 - Editing of books and special issues of journals
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Books
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| 1985 |
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Coastal planning: realities and perspectives, Genoa, University and International Geographical Union (IGU); together with C. Da Pozzo and P. Fabbri.
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| 1988 |
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The new frontiers of marine geography, Rome, National Research Council and IGU Study Group on Marine Geography; together with H.D. Smith.
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| 1990 |
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The management of semi-enclosed seas: the emerging pattern and the Ligurian case, Genoa, Regione Liguria and IGU Commission on Marine Geography; together with H. D. Smith.
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| 1990 |
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The development of integrated sea-use management, London, Routledge; together with H.D. Smith.
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Special issues of journals
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| 1994 |
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The regional approach to the ocean, Special issue of Coastal and Ocean Management, Vol. 24, No. 1. |
| 1995 |
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Human dimensions of regional changes. The case of the Mediterranean; together with B. Cori; special issue of the "Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana.
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| 1996 |
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Sustainable development at the regional level: The Mediterranean of Ocean and Coastal Management, Special issue of Coastal and Ocean Management, Vol. 31, No. 2-3.
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8.3 Main books and others. This is the chronological sequence of the main books, including the textbooks for secondary schools (marked by asterisks).
Table 8 - Main books: general frameworks
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Place and publisher
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| 1976 |
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Regione e territorio |
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Milan, Italy; Mursia
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| 1980 |
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Per una geografia del mare. Trasporti marittimi e rivoluzioni economiche |
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Milan, Italy; Mursia
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| 1982 |
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Compendio di geografia regionale |
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Milan, Italy; Mursia
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| 1983 |
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Mari, porti e litorali. Termini per un glossario |
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Savona, Italy: Chamber of Commerce
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| 1984 |
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Geografia regionale. Avviamento metodologico |
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Bologna, Italy; Patron
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| 1984 |
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Unitizzazione e ciclo di trasporto |
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Savona, Italy: Chamber of Commerce
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| 1985 |
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Dai porti al sistema portuale. Teoria generale e caso ligure |
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Savona, Italy: Chamber of Commerce
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| 1985 |
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L'Australia e l'Oceania |
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Turin, Italy, UTET
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| 1985 |
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Ecumene Oceano. Il mare nella civiltà ieri, oggi, domani |
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Milan, Italy; Mursia
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| 1989 |
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Geografia umana |
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Milan, Italy; Mursia
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| 1990 |
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Ocean change in global change. Introductory geographical analysis
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University of Genoa, Italy, IGU Commission on Marine Geography
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| 1990 |
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Esistenza, società, ecosistema. Pensiero geografico e questione ambientale |
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Milan, Italy; Mursia
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| 1991 |
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* Geografia degli anni novanta (three volumes) |
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Florence, Italy; Le Monnier
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| 1992 |
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Changing waterfront in coastal area management
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Milan, Italy; Franco Angeli
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| 1992 |
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Sea management. A theoretical framework |
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London; Elsevier Applied Science
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| 1992 |
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*Il mondo verso il 2000 |
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Florence, Italy; Le Monnier
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| 1993 |
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Governo del mare e sviluppo sostenibile |
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Milan, Italy; Franco Angeli
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| 1994 |
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Geopolitica dello sviluppo sostenibile. Il sistema mondo del secolo XXI |
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Milan, Italy; Franco Angeli
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| 1995 |
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* Geografia dell'ambiente e dello sviluppo (six volumes) |
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Florence, Italy; Le Monnier
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| 1995 |
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La regione, sistema territoriale sostenibile
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Milan, Italy; Franco Angeli
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| 1996 |
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* Nuova geografia degli anni novanta, (seven volumes) |
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Florence, Italy; Le Monnier
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| 1996 |
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La nuova geografia umana |
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Milan, Italy; Mursia
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| 1996 |
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* Geografia del mondo contemporaneo |
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Florence, Italy; Le Monnier
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| 1997 |
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Geografia delle strategie marittime. Dal mondo dei mercanti alla società transindustriale |
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Milan, Italy; Mursia
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| 1998 |
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Fundamentals of integrated coastal management |
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Dordrecht, Kluwer
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| 1999 |
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Ocean Governance. A geographical perspective (in preparation) |
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London, Routledge
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| 1999 |
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Introduzione alla geografia umana |
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Milano, Mursia
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A. Vallega has published about 250 articles in journals and papers in books (170 in Italian; 60 in English; 20 in French). |
