This page proposes a selection of recent scientific publications, reports, conferences and working papers of the Human Ecology collaborators.

Scientific publications 2009-2012
Confererences and Colloques 2009-2012
Activity Reports - Human ecology Group

Scientific publications 2009-2012

• Peduzzi P., Chatenoux B., Dao H. et al., 2012. Global trends in tropical cyclone risk. In : Nature Climate Change, doi:10.1038/nclimate1410
• Naef. P. (2012). Travelling through a powder keg: War and Tourist Imaginary in Sarajevo. Via@ International Interdisciplinary Review of Tourism.
• Naef. P. (In press). 1991-2011: Traces iconographiques des «Guerres Balkaniques». Essais en anthropologie visuelle. TSANTSA – Revue de la Société Suisse d’Ethnologie, Vol. 17
• Naef. P. (In press). Touring the Traumascape: “War Tours” in Sarajevo. In: War and Trauma. Oxfordshire: Inter-Disciplinary Press.
• Naef P. (in press). Welcome to Sarajevo! Touring the powder keg. In Sion B.: Staging Violent Death: The Dark Performances of Thanatourism.
• Lawrence R., 2011. Analysing urban diversity: the pertinence of interdisciplnary and transdisciplinary contributions. In M. Bonaiuto, M. Bonnes, A. Nenci & G. Carrus (eds.). Urban Diversities: Environmental and Social Issues, pp. 19-29. Hogrefe, Göttingen.
• Lawrence R., 2011. Understanding Environmental Quality Through Quality of Life (QOL). Studies. In J. Nriagu (ed.) Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, volume 5, pp. 518–525.Burlington: Elsevier.
• Lawrence R., 2011. Urban areas in the context of human ecology. In I. Douglas, D. Goode, M. Houck & R. Wang (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology, pp. 38-47. London, Routledge.
• Lawrence R., 2011. “Housing for health promotion.” International Journal of Public Health, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 577-578.
• Lawrence R., 2011. “Looking back to the future. “ International Journal of Public health, vol.56, no.6, pp.581-582.
• Naef P., 2011. Reinventing Kotor and the Risan Bay, a Study of Tourism and Heritage in the new Republic of Montenegro. European Countryside Journal, Vol. 3 (1). pp. 46-65.
• Dao H., 2011. L'échelle d'analyse en question. In Thévoz et al. (eds), 3e Cycle CUSO SIG, PPUR, Lausanne.
• Giuliani G., Ray N., Schwarzer S., De Bono A., Peduzzi P., Dao H., Van Woerden J., Witt R., Beniston M. and Lehmann A., 2011. Sharing Environmental Data through GEOSS, International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, vol. 2/1, pp. 1-17.

• Dao H. (contributor), 2011. Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2011 "Revealing Risk, Redefining Development", United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR).

• Naef P., 2011. Du traumsacape au touristscape : Regards croisés sur Vukovar et Sarajevo. TSANTSA – Revue de la Société Suisse d’Ethnologie, Vol. 16, pp. 164-169. 
• Lawrence R., 2010. Deciphering interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary contributions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering and Science, vol. 1, no.1; pp. 125-130.
• Lawrence R., 2010. Sustainable urban ecosystems and quality of life: achievements in European countries." Malaysian Journal of Environmental management, vol.11, no.1: pp. 29-36.
• Lawrence R. (contributor), 2010. Hidden Cities (La face cachée des villes), Mettre au jour et vaincre les inégalités en santé en milieu urbain, Rapport conjoint ONU-Habitat/OMS, Nov. 2010.
• Lawrence R., 2010. "Agir en milieu urbain: un défi intersectoriel pour promouvoir la sante". In. O. Coutard & J.P. Lévy (dir.), Ecologies urbaines, pp. 258-275. Editions Economica, Paris.
• Lawrence R., 2010. "Healthy Cities: Key principles for professional practices". In A. Abdel-Hadi, M. Tolba & S. Soliman (eds.) Environment, health, and sustainable development, pp.29-42. Hogrefe, Cambridge MA.
• Lawrence R., 2010. "Housing and health promotion: moving forward." International Journal of Public Health, vol.55, no.3: pp.145-146.
• Lawrence R., 2010. "Beyond disciplinary confinement to transdisciplinarity". In V. Brown, J. Harris and J. Russell (eds.) Tackling wicked problems through the transdisciplinary imagination. London, Earthscan, pp.16-30.
• Lawrence R., 2010. "Sense of Place, Health and Quality of Life." Edited by John Eyles and Allison Williams, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008. In International Journal of Housing Policy, vol. 10, no.2, 2010,pp.216-219.
• Dao H., Peduzzi P. et al., 2010. The Global Risk Analysis for the 2009 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, Proceedings of the International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2010, http://www.idrc.info/  
• Naef P., 2010.  Mise en tourisme et production patrimoniale au Monténégro : Kotor et sa « labélisation UNESCO ». Géo-Regards 3. pp. 89-103.
• Dao H., van Woorden J., 2009. Population Data for Climate Change Analysis, Population Dynamics and Climate Change, 250 p. UNFPA, IIED.
• Labour Conditions for Construction, building cities, decent work and the role of local authorities, Edited by R. Lawrence and E. Werna, Wiley-Blackwell 2009,  282 p. 
• Dao H. avec Peduzzi P., Herold C., Mouton F., 2009. "Assessing global exposure and vulnerability towards natural hazards: the Disaster Risk Index". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Journal, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 9, 1149-1159.

Confererences and Colloques 2009-2012

• Lawrence R., Plenary session 4 | Urban Planning, Development and Non-communicable Diseases: Innovative Experiences ICG 18-20 avril | Geneva Health Forum. Geneva, Switzerland.

• Lawrence R.,  GRF One Health Summit 2012 "One Health - One Planet - One Future -Risks and Opportunities", 19-22 February 2012 in Davos, Switzerland.

• Lawrence R. (Moderator), European Public Health Association pre-conference on Nature and Public Health, University of Copenhagen, November 9th 2011.

• Lawrence R.,  EnergyPact Conference UNCTAD, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Novembre 29-30 2011.

• Forbat J. : Building Bridges and between Environmental Health and Sustainable Development. International Conference on Global Health and Public Health Education, Hong Kong, 25-27 October 2011, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• Naef. P.: “Art et patrimoine de guerre dans les Balkans: La Bunker de Konjic“. 3èmes journées scientifiques de la Société d’Ecologie Humaine : Art et Ecologie Humaine « Des cavernes aux friches industrielles ». La Friche de la Belle de Mai, Marseille, 20 octobre 2011.

• Dao H. : ESPON Workshop at the Open Days 2011 Regional and Local Economies in a Changing Global Context Performance Monitoring and Territorial Indicators, 13 October 2011, Bruxelles.
• Dao H., Plagnat P., Rousseaux V. :  ESPON INTERCO "Assessing Indicators for Territorial Cohesion", 20 October 2011, Brussels
• Lawrence R. : "Continuity and Change of Built Environments - Housing, Culture and Space across Lifespans", IAPS International Symposium 2011, 10 - 14 October 2011, Daegu, Korea.

• Naef P. : Pieroni R., Dupuis. B, 2011:  “Sorry for the noise, we’re just trying to be heard”: the transformation of Geneva’s nightscape. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference. Londres, UK. 1er septembre 2011.

• Lawrence R. : Ominpresent Values : A Devalued Dimension of Inter- and Trans-disciplinarity, Inaugural SeminarI of the International Network for Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity (INIT), Utrecht, June 16-18, 2011.
• Naef P. : From Traumascapes to Touristscapes: “War Tours” in Sarajevo and Vukovar, Trauma: Theory and Practice, Inter-Disciplinary.net - 1th Global Conference, 14-16 mars 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Naef P., « La mise en tourisme des champs de bataille » : du Traumascape au Touristscape". Séminaire "La Grande Guerre aujourd’hui". Patrimoine, territoires, tourisme, 1er mars 2011, Paris Programme 
• Naef P., Tourism Imaginaries / Imaginaires Touristiques University of Berkeley California, February 18th-20th, 2011, Voyage a travers un baril de poudre.
• Lawrence R. : Le défi intersectoriel: de la multidisciplinarité à la transdisciplinarité, 12e Conférence nationale sur la promotion de la santé 2011, 6-7 janvier 2011, Davos.
• Lawrence R. : Milieu urbain, santé et qualité de vie, Congrès national "Territoires et santé des populations", 9-10 novembre 2010, Lyon   
• Lawrence R. : The Value of Interdisciplinary Approaches for Creating Healthy Environments, Design and Health Europe 2010 International Symposium, Brussels, 7-8 October 2010.
• Dao H., Plagnat P. : Environmental Sciences: A playground for interdisciplinary issues? td-conference 2010 (Network for Transdisciplinary Research), Genève, 15-17 September 2010.
• Plagnat P. : Sustainable Development: From Interdisciplinarity in Discourse to Practices, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences International Conference, Cambridge, 2-5 August 2010.
• Dao H. : How to manage time-series data, Espon Database 2013 Workshop, Luxembourg, 6 May 2010. 
• Naef P. : Exploring War Tourism in Vietnam: the Case of the Cu Chi Tunnels, Death/Dark/Thanatourism An Interdisciplinary Conference, New York, April 22-23, 2010.
• Plagnat P. : La Corée du Sud au XXIème siècle : de la croissance industrielle à la croissance verte ? Pauline Plagnat-Cantoreggi, Déjeuner Conférence organisé par l'Association Genève-Asie, 5 mars 2010, Genève.
• Naef P. : Reinventing Kotor and the Risan Bay, a study of tourism and heritage conservation in a post-conflict context, (Un) Real Rural? - Reinventing Rural Areas in Europe through Environmental Protection, Nature Conservation and Tourism, University of Vaasa, 17 August, Finland.
• Lawrence R.: Environment/People, 2009 ISA RC43 Housing Conference: Housing Assets Housing People, Glasgow (UK), 1-4 September Programme
• Plagnat P. : Grow now, clean later! South Korea's pathway towards sustainable development , International Conference on Public Policy for Sustainable Development, 4 - 5 August 2009, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur  
•  Lawrence R. : Healthy Cities and Housing: Key Principles for Professional Practices, Workshop Engineering Solutions for Sustainability Materials and Resources, EPFL (Lausanne, CH), 22th July 2009.
• Lawrence R. : Urban health and the quality of life: global and local challenges; Challenges for courses in human ecology: experience at the University of Geneva,  International Conference on Human Ecology, June 29th to July 3rd 2009, Manchester.
• Dao H. : "Population data for climate change analysis",   Expert Group Meeting on Population Dynamics and Climate, 24-25 June 2009, New Connaught Rooms, London.
• Naef P.: "L’exotisme des champs de bataille : risque, mémoire et tourisme de guerre", Journée de la commission de géographie du tourisme et des loisirs organisé par l' Institut Universitaire Kurt Bosh, 16 juin 2009, Sion.
• Lawrence R.: "Going Back to Basics: Why the Key Principles of Sustainable Development and Agenda 21 are Crucial", 5th June, World Environment Day, Public Forum organised by the Environmental Protection Society Malaysia (EPSM) .
• Lawrence R.: "Sustaining Urban Living and Quality of Life: Achievements in European Countries", International Symposium on "Sustainable Living: Articulating the faces of Urbanisation", 4th June, Seremban, Malaysia.
• Dao H., COST C20 Working Group 2 meeting, Berlin, Germany, 2-3 March 2009
• Plagnat P. , Croissance rapide en Corée du Sud: quels impacts sur l'environnement et l'énergie , Cycle de Conférences du CUEPE, Université de Genève, Février 2009.

Activity Reports - Human ecology Group

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Scientific publications

Conferences and Colloques

Working Papers and Reports