Francesco Adamo

Professor Francesco ADAMO is Senior Research Associate at gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development (United Kingdom). Professor Adamo is also a Consultant and Emeritus Professor of Geography, Development Studies and Planning, President of GeoProgress (www.geoprogress.eu) - a Non Profit Organisation for the Earth’s ecosystem and the human communities progress. From 1960 to 1966, Professor Adamo studied at University of Turin (both Political Sciences and Natural Sciences), worked at the Banco Ambrosiano and carried out his military compulsory service in Alpine Corps. Professor Adamo was Full Professor of Economic and Political Geography at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Ancona, Turin and Eastern Piedmont. He has carried out scientific and teaching activity also in the University of Addis Abeba, Pisa and Lucca. He has been Founder and Head of the II Faculty of Economy of the University of Turin, in Novara, Founder and Head of the Campus of Casale Monferrato and Coordinator of the new Bachelor Degree Program in Promotion and Management of Tourism of the University of Eastern Piedmont. He has been Promoter and Principal Investigator of several scientific and research programmes; expert of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Italian for Development Co-operation; Advisor for the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, in global environmental policies; Advisor for Italian Department for Tourism; Research Project Evaluator for Italian Research Ministry and for the European Commission; Consultant of Town and Country planning for Local Administrations and other public bodies. . Professor Adamo has carried out research activity and scientific advising in all the main fields in which human geography is articulated, facing varies economic-social problems, from macro to the micro level, as well as from the analytical to the regulative and political perspective. His experiences of research, concerning developed and developing countries, regards in particular: 1) Situation and evolution of the economic structure of regional systems, at different scales, focusing on interactions with local environment (social, institutional, natural) and external conditions, and identifying the main development problems, constraints and potentialities; 2) Regional development policy, land-use and environmental planning; 3) Market organization, retail distribution, location and marketing strategies; 4) Politics and policy problems of international trade and economic development, focusing on "North/South" relationship and international co-operation for development, energy and natural resouces geopolitics. Italian native speaker, he is fluent in English.

Globalisation and Underdevelopment

"Globalizzazione e sottosviluppo" (Globalisation and Underdevelopment), in Globalizzazione e mobilità geografica (Proceedings of the meeting held in Vercelli, June 2001), ed. C. Brusa, Memorie della Società Geografica Italiana, Roma , 2002

The industrial district and Italian development

"El districto industrial y el desarrollo italiano" (The industrial district and Italian development) , I Seminario Venezolano de Gerencia: La PyME en el umbral del siglo XXI, Caracas, ASOPYME, marzo 1993.

Neoprotectionism and the geography of the world market

“Neoprotectionism and the geography of the world market”, in David L. HUFF (Ed.), International Dimensions of Commercial Systems, International Symposium, International Geographical Union - Commission: Geography of Commercial Activities, Austin, Texas, July 1992; and "Neoprotezionismo e regionalizzazione del mercato mondiale" , in Economia Marche, a.XI, n. 2, agosto 1992.

An Environment and Development Geography for the I.E.F. action

"An Environment and Development Geography for the I.E.F. action", contribution to the 27th International Geographical Congress, Washington, August 1992, in the Proceedings of the Congress and in “La Sardegna nel mondo mediterraneo”, Bologna Patron, 1995.

For the protection of our common earth and for human progress: The International Environment Fund

“For the protection of our common earth and for human progress: The International Environment Fund (I.E.F.), paper given to a Working Group of the European Parliament for the UN Conference on Environment and Development of Rio de Janeiro, 1992.

Integration and regionalization of the world market

"Integrazione e regionalizzazione del mercato mondiale" (Integration and regionalization of the world market), in Le barriere non tariffarie e tutela del consumatore, edited by O. Calliano, Rome, Istituto per il Commercio Estero (ICE), 1992.

A world eco-fund for the regulation of the international environmental system

"A world eco-fund for the regulation of the international environmental system", in United Nations Workshop on Creative Financing for Environmentally Sound Technologies, Belèm do Parà(Brazil) 2nd-7th December 1990, New York, United Nations Centre for Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD), Document 21, Group F.

Local resources and development

"Risorse e sviluppo" (Local resources and development), in A.Ge.I, Atti del XXV Congresso...,ib., Catania, 1989, vol. I, Sezione Quarta, pp. 193-197.

Development Aid: The case of Etiopia

La cooperazione allo sviluppo. Il caso dell’Etiopia (Tavola Rotonda – Ancona 16-9-1987)”, in Educazione allo Sviluppo e alla Pace. Progetto pilota per le scuole secondarie superiori 1986/88, ed. by Provincia di Ancona, Unicef and Provveditorato agli Studi di Ancona , Roma, Edizioni CISD, 1988, pp.249-275 (co-ordination and interventions)

Reading and bibliographic guide to the economic development problems

Antologia e guida bibliografica sui problemi dello sviluppo economico (Reading and bibliographic guide to the economic development problems) (given in the Seminar on "Development and Underdevelopment", held in Senigallia, 10th - 16th September 1987, in the sphere of the "Progetto pilota per l'educazione allo sviluppo e alla pace" promoted by Provincia di Ancona-Unicef-Provveditorato agli Studi di Ancona), Ancona, Dip.to di Economia - University of Ancona, July 1987 (introduction to the work and coordination).

The values of the environment in present capitalist transition: the role of geography

"I valori ambientali nella transizione: quale ruolo per la geografia?" (The values of the environment in present capitalist transition: the role of geography), Round Table in the 25th Italian Geographical Congress (Torino, 26th - 31st May 1986), in Geothema 4: Tavole Rotonde e Seminari, Bologna, Patron ed., 1988 (introductory lecture and coordination of the Round Table).

The Urban Crisis in Italy

"The Urban Crisis in Italy", in G. Heinritz & E. Lichtenberger (Eds), The take-off of suburbia and the crisis of the central city, Proceedings of the international symposium in Munich and Vienna 1984, Stuttgart, Steiner V., 1986,pp. 207-227.

The need for a new international order

"A necessidade de uma nova ordem internacional" (The need for a new international order), Lecture to the Round Table "A America Latina e a perspectiva de uma nova ordem internacional", Conferencia Regional Latino-Americana, International Geographical Union, Rio de Janeiro, Fundaçao I.B.G.E., 1982.

The underdevelopment problem

"La problematica del sottosviluppo" (The underdevelopment problem), in La ricerca geografica in Italia 1960-1980, edited by the A.Ge.I., Varese, Ask Ed., 1980, pp. 749-761.

How to enter the market and do business in a fast industrialising country: the case of Brazil

“Come introdursi ed operare in un paese a rapido sviluppo industriale. Il caso del Brasile”(How to enter the market and do business in a fast industrialising country: the case of Brazil) , lecture to the group of work no.7 of III Workshop sulle piccole e medie imprese:"Rafforzare le piccole e medie imprese italiane nella competizione internazionale", Gardone Riviera, 20-21 giugno 1980, organized by the Fondazione G. Agnelli with the Agenzia Industriale Italiana, Torino, 1980 (also in Il Piccolo, Trieste, 22.6.1980).

North-East Brazil in the process of national and international integration

"Il Nordeste brasiliano nel processo d'integrazione nazionale ed internazionale" (North-East Brazil in the process of national and international integration), in Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, 1980, nn. 7-9, pp. 257-289.

Regional development, social and residential mobility: examples from Piedmont

"Sviluppo regionale, mobilità sociale e residenziale, con riferimento al caso piemontese" (Regional development, social and residential mobility: examples from Piedmont), in Rivista Geografica Italiana, n. 1, march 1979, 3-29.

The position of Austria in global trade and geo-economics

"La position géo-économique et commercial de l'Autriche" (The position of Austria in global trade and geo-economics), in Austriaca, Cahiers du Centre d'Etudes Autrichiennes, University of Rouen, n. 6, 1976, pp. 19-44.

Some problems of the retail reorganization and development policy in Italy

"Quelques problèmes de la politique de rèorganisation et de dèveloppement du commerce de detail en Italie"( Some problems of the retail reorganization and development policy in Italy), in Actes du colloque international de géographie: "Urbanisme commercial et rénovation urbaine", edited by the University of Liege and of the Commission of Applied Geography of the International Geographical Union., Liege 8th - 13th Sept. 1975, pp. 9-22.

The importance of labour power in a theory territorial human organization

"Il 'valore' della forza-lavoro quale fondamento di una teoria dell'organizzazione umana del territorio: alcune ipotesi" (The importance of labour power in a theory territorial human organization), in Colloquio sulle basi teoriche della ricerca geografica(Dejoz, Valle d'Aosta, 11th - 12th October 1974), Torino, G.Giappichelli Ed., 1975, pp. 39-45.

Regional Inequalities and Spatial Patterns of Planned Development in a problem-region: the Brazilian North-East

"Squilibri regionali e direttrici territoriali dello sviluppo pianificato in una regione-problema: il Nordeste brasiliano"(Regional Inequalities and Spatial Patterns of Planned Development in a problem-region: the Brazilian North-East) , in Atti della Tavola Rotonda di Geografia applicata sul tema: "Poli, Assi e Aree di sviluppo economico con particolare riguardo alle regioni sottosviluppate", Rome, 22nd-23rd May 1972, Società Geografica Italiana, pp. 111-130.

Anthrogeographical notes on Yanoàma

"Note antropogeografiche sugli Yanoàma" (Anthrogeographical notes on Yanoàma), in Annali di Ricerca e Studi di Geografia, XXV, n. 1, 1969, 28 p.

Recent demographic variations and their influences in the agglomeration of Turin

"Recenti variazioni demografiche e loro riflessi nell'agglomerazione torinese" (Recent demographic variations and their influences in the agglomeration of Turin), in Cronache Economiche of the C.C.I.A.A. of Torino, n. 316, 1969, abstr. 8 p. (paper presented at the 21th International Geographical Congress, New Dehli 1968).

Population

"La popolazione" (Population), in Venaria: la città ed il territorio, Torino, Lab. Geogr. Econ. "P. Gribaudi", University of Torino, 1968, abstr. 31 p.

Local Morphology and Industrial Expansion in the Urban Area of San Paolo, Brazil

"Morfologia locale ed espansione industriale nell'area urbana di San Paolo (Brasile)"(Local Morphology and Industrial Expansion in the Urban Area of San Paolo, Brazil) , in Atti del XX Congresso Geografico Italiano, Rome, 29th March-3rd April 1967, abstr. 9 p.

World Energy Resources: Scales and Paradigms

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Paolo Davide Farah, Piercarlo Rossi

Energy: policy, legal and social-economic issues under the dimensions of sustainability and security

Senior Research Associate