Martin Coy

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Martin Coy (born December 25, 1954 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German geographer and university professor at the University of Innsbruck .

Life

Martin Coy studied geography, economics, agricultural policy, geology and soil science at the University of Frankfurt am Main from 1975 to 1980 . After graduating in geography, he went on to study ethnology and social anthropology at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris . In 1987, Martin Coy completed his doctorate with Gerd Kohlhepp at the University of Tübingen with a thesis on regional development in the Brazilian Amazon and thus also continued the work focus on agricultural colonization of Leo Waibel and Gottfried Pfeifer . In 1998 the habilitation followed in Tübingen.

Martin Coy has held the professorship for Applied Geography and Sustainability Research at the Institute for Geography at the University of Innsbruck since 2006 . He is also a board member of the Austrian Institute for Latin America , an advisory board for Latin America Research Austria and a member of the steering committee of the Megacities task force of the International Geographical Union .

Focus

In his work, Martin Coy is particularly concerned with the area of geographic development research , settlement and urban geography . The regional focus is on Latin America , especially Brazil , and more recently in the Alpine region . His applied research focuses particularly on aspects of sustainable urban and regional development .

Functions in publication organs

  • Geography Knowledge book series , Franz Steiner Verlag , co-editor
  • Zeitschrift Die Erde - Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin , co-editor
  • Magazine GEOGRAPHY - Archive for Scientific Geography , Advisory Board
  • Confins magazine - Revue franco-brésilienne de geographie / Revista franco-brasilera de geografia , Advisory Board
  • Journal European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe , Advisory Board
  • Journal Miscellanea Geographica - Regional Studies on Development , Advisory Board

Fonts

Books

  • Regional development and regional development planning on the periphery in Amazonia. Problems and conflicts of interest in opening up a young pioneer front using the example of the Brazilian state of Rondônia (= Tübingen Geographical Studies. Vol. 97). Tübingen 1988 (dissertation).
  • Urban development on the periphery of Brazil. Change in local living environments and opportunities for sustainable development in Cuiabá (Mato Grosso). Tübingen 1997 (habilitation thesis).
  • Martin Coy, Gerd Kohlhepp (eds.): Amazônia sustentável. Desenvolvimento sustentável entre políticas públicas, estratégias inovadoras e experiências locais. Garamond, Rio de Janeiro 2009.
  • Frauke Kraas , Surinder Aggarwal, Martin Coy, Günter Mertins (eds.): Megacities. Our global urban future. Springer, Berlin 2014, doi: 10.1007 / 978-90-481-3417-5 .

Essays

  • Regional development in Rondônia (Brazil). Integrated rural development and political framework. In: Geographical Journal . Vol. 74 (1986), H. 3, pp. 177-185.
  • Pioneer Front and Urban Development. Social and economic spatial differentiation of the pioneer cities in North Mato Grosso (Brazil). In: Geographical Journal . 78: 2, 115-134 (1990).
  • Martin Coy, Martin Pöhler: Gated communities in Latin-American megacities. Case studies from Brazil and Argentina. In: Environment and Planning. B: Planning and Design. Vol. 29 (2002), pp. 355-370.
  • São Paulo. Development trends of a Brazilian megacity. In: Geographica Helvetica . Vol. 56 (2001), H. 4, pp. 274-288.
  • Gated communities and urban fragmentation in Latin America: The Brazilian Experience. In: GeoJournal. Vol. 66 (2006), H. 1-2, pp. 121-132.
  • Axel Borsdorf , Martin Coy: Megacities and Global Change: Case Studies from Latin America. In: The Earth . Vol. 140 (2009), H. 4, pp. 341-353.
  • Socio-economic and regional starting conditions in Brazil. In: Dana de la Fontaine, Thomas Stehnken (ed.): The political system of Brazil , pp. 52–61. Springer, Berlin 2012, doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-531-93251-4_4 .
  • Environmental Justice? Socio-ecological conflict constellations in the Amazon. In: Hans-Jürgen Burchardt, Kristina Dietz, Rainer Öhlschläger (eds.): Environment and development in the 21st century , pp. 121-134. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2012, doi: 10.5771 / 9783845242880-121 .

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personal data
SURNAME Coy, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer at the University of Innsbruck
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main