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Organisation profile
INTERFASE, a research group of the Geography Department at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), was started in 1992 by Dr. Françoise Breton. The group has a long established reputation for delivering excellent research, particularly with regard to studies on coastal management and environmental issues. The group has closely collaborated with institutions such as the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the UNEP/MAP. One of its main achievements has been the coordination of the FP7 PEGASO project (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/244170/reporting), which designed integrated policies for the coastal, marine and maritime realms of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins. INTERFASE has also been the coordinator of several European Topic Centers (ETC) that have supported the work of the European Environment Agency: ETC on Terrestrial Environment, the ETC on Land Use and Spatial Information, the ETC on Spatial Information and Analysis, and the ETC on Urban Land and Soil Systems. As a consequence, today, INTERFASE researchers are present in relevant international networks and consultation bodies on international environmental management (EU Expert Group on ICZM or the Steering Committee of the International Geographic Union- Commission on Coastal Systems (IGU-CCS) or United Nations Environment Program – Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP).
In the last decade, and linked to the research developed by the group, together with the awareness of new developments in science and society internationally, the group has identified new challenges, which demand better integration of research and policy, in true interdisciplinary groups to produce salient, credible and legitimate knowledge. The shifting global economy has witnessed recurrent crisis, increasing social and economic inequality and poverty, growing environmental crisis despite dominant narratives on sustainability, and growing disposition of vulnerable groups (with special emphasis on the Mediterranean – in which the group has a long and consolidated research experience), together with a lack of real integration of research in the natural and social sciences, inform the scientific challenges of the INTERFASE group.
The group develops and expands its scope in order to elaborate a more holistic understanding of the interface between: 1) coastal areas and the socio-economic dynamics of their hinterlands; 2) governance decision-making processes and economic development strategies; 3) epistemic and methodological approaches of the natural and social sciences
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Eduardo Ariza Sole
- Department of Geography
- INTERFASE (Research Group on Inclusive Governance and Territorial and Coastal-Marine Sustainability)
Person: Associate lecturer (non-goverment employee), Assignment to research
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Francesco Maria Camonita
- INTERFASE (Research Group on Inclusive Governance and Territorial and Coastal-Marine Sustainability)
Person: Assignment to research
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Antònia Casellas
- Department of Geography
- INTERFASE (Research Group on Inclusive Governance and Territorial and Coastal-Marine Sustainability)
Person: Associate lecturer (non-goverment employee), Assignment to research
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NATOUR: Joint Post-Graduate Study-Programme in Ecotourism and Nature Guiding
Romagosa Casals, F. & Sauri Pujol, D.
15/01/21 → 14/01/24
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ADAPTATION STRATEGIES TO SCENARIOS OF ACCELERATED GLOBAL CHANGE IMPACTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL ZONE
Casellas, A., Ariza Sole, E., Avellaneda Garcia, P., BAILEY BERGAMIN, G., Breton Renard, F., Dot Jutglà, E., Fons Esteve, J., Marin Puig, A., Pons Canovas, F. & Pont Castejon, I.
1/06/20 → 31/05/23
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COPERNICUS 6: Support to the implementation of the Copernicus Land monitoring service, in particular of the implementation of the CLMS made easy section of the new Copernicus portal version 2.0– COPERNICUS 6
Milego Agras, R., Silva Domingues, F. M. D. & Ubach Perez, R.
24/09/20 → 30/06/21
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The resident and visitor gaze: A comparison of coastal social values at risk due to sea-level rise
Meo, B., Graham, S., Ariza, E., Casellas, A. & Delfino, D., Sep 2021, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 123, p. 202-209 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Development through design: Knowledge, power, and absences in the making of southeastern Turkey
Akıncı, Z. S., Bilgen, A., Casellas, A. & Jongerden, J., Aug 2020, In: Geoforum. 114, p. 181-188 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Relationships Stretched Thin: Social Support Mobilization in Poverty
Lubbers, M. J., García, H. V., Castaño, P. E., Molina, J. L., Casellas, A. & Rebollo, J. G., 1 May 2020, In: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 689, 1, p. 65-88 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access9 Citations (Scopus)