Prof. Dr Zoran Roca
Development Geographer

country Portugal

Education:

• Ph.D. in Geography (Geography of Development; International Relations)
• M.A. in Geography (Population; Environment and Development)
• B.A. in Geography
• C.1 in Demography

Professional Career:

• Professor ( Development Studies; Human Resources and Environment)
• Researcher (Local and Regional Development)
• Director, CEGED - Centre for Geographic and Development Studies, Universidade Lus?fona, Lisbon
• International Consultant ( Population, Gender, Development, International Cooperation)

Research Interests and Publications:

• Territorial Identity and Local Development

  Publications

  • Roca, Z. 2005. (Re/De)Generation of Territorial Identity. 14th European Colloquium on Theoretical and Quantitative Geography. September 2005, Tomar.
  • Roca, Z. 2004. Affirmation of Regional Identity between Rhetoric and Reality: Evidence from Portugal. In: Boneschansker, E. et al. (2004) Cultural Uniqueness and Regional Economy. Ljouwert/ Leeuwarden: Fryskie Akademy, pp. 29-52.
  • Roca, Z.; Oliveira-Roca, M.N. 2004. Spatial Fixes and Flows, Development and Local/Global Nexus: A Contribution to the Landscape Research Agenda. 21st Session of the Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape - One Region, Many Stories: Mediterranean Landscapes in a Changing Europe. Limnos and Lesvos, Greece, 15-21 September 2004.
  • Roca, Z. 2000. Local Identity, Globalisation and Rural Development: Searching for Empirical Evidence. Conference ?European Rural Policy at the Crossroads?, Univ. of Aberdeen, URL: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/arkleton/conf2000/papers/roca-z.doc.
  • Roca, Z. 2000. Local-Global Interface and Identity in Rural Portugal. The 40th Conference of the European Regional Science Association, Barcelona, 29 August ? 1 September 2000. (CD-ROM)
  
  
• Human Resources and Development

  Publications

  • Roca, Z. 2000. As ?Crian?as de Rua? em Angola. Lisboa: Edi??es Universit?rias Lus?fonas.
  • Roca, Z. 1999. Local Development Initiatives and Agents: Relevance of Portuguese Experience for the European Countries in Transition. Proceedings of the Third Moravian Geographical Conference, CONGEO?99 Regional Prosperity and Sustainability, Brno: Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 1999, pp. 168-175.
  • Roca, Z. 1999. Local Development Contexts and Agents: An Analytical Model and Experience from Portugal. Proceeding of the Pre-Regional Conference of the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems of the International Geographical Union. August 1999, Lisbon.
  • Roca, Z. 1998. Positive Experiences in Increasing the Involvement of Young Men and Women in Rural Development in Portugal. In: Youth and Rural Development in Europe: Policy Issues and Responses. Rome: FAO. pp. 39-61.
  • Roca, Z. 1995. Women, Population and Environment in Agricultural and Rural Development - Policy Challenges and Responses. Rome: FAO.