Alexey Gunya, D.Sc.
Born
- December 28, 1961
Citizenship: Russian
Address: 119017,
Staromonetny per. 29, Moscow or 360000, Nalchik, ul.I.Armand 37a, IIPRU.
Social status: Married, four
children
Telephone: (+007) 495-9590027, fax.
495-9590033 or 8662-426562 or 420847, fax. (+007) 8662-423758
E-mail: gunya@policy.hu,
gunyaa@yahoo.com
CURRENT ENGAGEMENTS
Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography
(Moscow) and Institute of Informatic and Problems of Regional Development
(Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center, Nalchik)
The main focus of research is the sustainable development of mountain
areas, which encompasses the estimation of regional trends, risk factors,
informal and formal institutions of land and resources use, analyses of the
regional and local development strategies.
EDUCATION
1982-1987 - Moscow State
University of M.Lomonossov, Department of Geography.
1987 - Diploma of Moscow
State University M.V.Lomonossov: The natural-economic interrelations in
Prielbrusje (Caucasus).
1990 - PhD: «Monitoring of high mountain areas using ground and
aerospace images, case study of the National park “Prielbrusje”».
1994-1995 -
investigation project at the University of Nuremberg-Erlangen (Germany),
geographical department (project: Resources, hazards and sustainable
development in the Yagnob river valley (Tajikistan).
2000-2002 - Education
and training within the international Program “Leadership for Environment and
Development (LEAD)“ (www.lead.org)
2003-2005 - Research
fellow at the FU Berlin, Institute of East European Studies, project
„Accounting for State-building, Stability and Violent Conflict. The
Institutional Framework of Caucasian and Central Asian Transitional Societies“
2005 – Doctoral degree.
Thesis for a Doctor's degree: “Regional trends of regional development”.
Moscow, Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 1991-Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of
Sciences, D.Sc., senior scientist.
Senior
lecturer at the University of the Friendship of the People (Moscow)
(2002-2004).
Since 2002 - Institute of Informatic and Problems of
Regional Development, Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center, Russian Academy of
Sciences (Nalchik), D.Sc., chief research officer.
Field Investigations:
1991-1995 - Organiser of works and head of expedition in Tajikistan
(institute project “Tajikistan-XXI century. Electronic Atlas of development
scenarios“, in co-operation with the University of UNO)
1986-1990 and 1996-2004
– Organiser of works and head of expedition in Northern Ossetia,
Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachaevo-Cherkessia, Adygea, Stavropol and Krasnodar
Regions
Since 1999 – Leader of
the institute’s scientific program “Regional development trends and management”
2000 – Knowledge transfer and experience exchange with
Russia and CIS: sustainable development of the mountain regions. Research project in
common with Alpenforschungsinstitut (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) and
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktionsicherheit (Germany).
2001 (December) – Taking part at the project: Minority
Rights Information System (MIRIS), Europäische Academy, Bozen/Bolzano (Italy).
Preparation of the data from Caucasus regions to the MIRIS data base.
2001 - Opportunities for
transnational and cross-border co-operation in the Caucasus - a contribution to
the international year of the mountains 2002. Research project together with
Alpenforschungsinstitut (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) and Bundesministerium für
Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktionsicherheit (Germany).
2003-2005 - Co-ordinator of the field work in
Tajikistan, Usbekistan and Kirghystan whithin project Accounting for
State-building, Stability and Violent Conflict. The Institutional Framework of
Caucasian and Central Asian Transitional Societies“.
Scientific-educate activities:
2002-2004
- Senior lecturer at the Moscow University of Freindship of People
2004
– Senior lecturer at the University (Fachhochschule) Munih (Germany)
LANGUAGES
German, English –
speaking, reading and writing.
Mother language -
Russian.
Publications:
Books:
1.
Opportunities
for transnational and cross-border co-operation in the Caucasus - a
contribution to the international year of the mountains 2002. Berlin, Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz
und Reaktionsicherheit, 2002. 58 pp. Co-author Th. Bausch. Separate books in English, German and
Russian.
2.
Yagnob Valley – nature, history,
and chances of a mountain community development in Tajikistan. Moscow, KMK Scientific Press Ltd. 2002.
108 pp. In English.
3. Trend Change and Development of a
Mountain Region: Methodology, Geographical Analysis and Management Abilities.
Nalchik; KBSC RAS. 2004. 224 pp. In Russian.
Articles (selection from 76 articles):
1.
Land use in
Prielbrusje//Bulletin of MSU, series 5, 1989, N 6 (in co-authorship) (in Russ).
2.
Environmental-economic situation
- methodological aspects of study in Prielbrusje region//Proc. of the
Conference “ Rational landuse in mountains, Beshkek, 1991 ( in co-authorship,
in Russ ).
3.
Monitoring of High mountains
using ground and aerospace images, National park “ Prielbrusje” case study” //
MSU, 1990 ( in Russ ).
4.
Mountains of the former USSR:
richness, diversity, uncertainty // State of the World‘s mountains. Global
report. Wed. Book publications, London, New- Jersey. For the Conference on Environment and Development,
UNO , Brasilia, (in Engl., in co-authorship, preparation of statistical data).
5.
Transformation of Mountains
geosystems: affects on environment, with the use of GIS. Materials of the 5th
Conference on thematic mapping: “ Resource- ecological mapping of Siberia on
the basis of the modern informational technologies", 1993, (in co-
authorship, in Russ.).
6.
Mountain landscapes and agricultural
land use // Agricultural land use. MSU, 1993. P. 118-124. (in Russ.).
7.
Traditional economy and structural changes an outlying mountain area by the example of Yagnob river ( Tajikistan ) // Mitteilungen
der Frдnkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. N 41. 1994. P.465-487. (in
co- authorship, in Germ.).
8.
GIS technology and
investigations of mountain landscapes // Proc. of the Conference “ GIS
technology. Management. Land use. Business.". Moscow, 1995 (in co-
authorship, in Russ.). P. 46-47.
9.
Electronic Atlas-scenario of
Tadjikistan. In: International Symposium on Karakorum-Hindukush-Himalayan:
dynamics of Change, Abstracts. 1995 ( in Engl., in co- authorship).
10. Resources, risks and possibilities for sustainable use in the Jagnob
Valley, Tajikistan// Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen. N 2, 1996. P.
67-94. In Germ.
11. Landscape - geographical conditionally of the mountain tajiks setting in
1940-1980 (Carategin case study )//Bulletin of Russian Academy of Science, N 2,
1997. P. 109-115. In co-authorship, in Russ.
12. At Critical Juncture. In: Surviving Together.Vol.15, issue 1, spring
1997. P. 25-27. (in co-authorship).
13. Traditional agricultural landscapes and recreation in the Elbrus
region//Landscape Ecology: things to do. Proactive thoughts for the 21st
century. Proceedings, Amsterdam, 6-10 October 1997. P. 31.
14. Landscapes geographical base of the natural and economic regions and
functional zones of High mountain // Bulletin of Kabardino-Balcarian department
of Russian Academy of Science, Nalshik, 1997. in Russ.
15. Modern problems of land use in the upper Baksan // Bulletin of Russian Academy of Science, N3, P. 59-68. In Russ. (in co-authorship).
16. Aufgaben und Ansaetze einer raumplanerischen Entwicklungssteuerung im oberen Baksantal/Nordkaukasus. In: Mitteilungen der Fraenkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. 1999. Bd. 46. S. 267-303. Deutsch.
17. Azerbaijan. In: Cooperation in the European Mountain. 2: The Caucasus. IUCN. Environmental Research Series 13. 2000. P. 21-33.
18. Kabardino-Balkaria. P. 85-94.
19. Ingushetia. P. 107-113.
20. Tchechen Republic Itchkeria. P. 114-121.
21. Stavropolsky kray. P. 122-127.
22. Dagestan. P. 128-137.
23.
Inter-mountain
basins as the centres of the mountain development. In: Centres and axis of the
regional development. Moscow, Institute of Geopgraphy, 1998, p. 112-118.
24. GIS- technology in the regional development. In: New factors in the regional development. Moscow, Institute of Geopgraphy, 1999, p. 70-75. In Russ.
25. Atlas of Adygea Republic. Co-editor.
Maikop. 2001.
In Russ.
26.
State
of the transboundary co-operation in the Caucasus and the lessons from the
Alpine Convention. Caucasian geographical review. 2002. №1. PP. 27-30. In
Russ.
27.
Structure
and transformation of the existential space of a mountain community (Yagnob
Valley case study, Tajikistan). In: Nature and self-organisation of society.
Social and natural history. Issue 22. Moscow, Moscowsky lizei. 2002. PP.
183-184.
28. Applicability of the Alpine Convention model on the mountain regions of CIS: The example of the Caucasus mountain. International Mountain Symposium, 30 Sept – 4 Oct 2001, at Interlaken, Switzerland. Conference materials. Co-author T. Bausch: http://www.wms2001.ch/cd
29. The Carpathian Convention: an agreement for the preservation and sustained development of one of Europe’s mountain ranges. Academia, N28, Europaeische Academie; Bozen, 2002. C. 29.
30. Landscapes and nature management of Kosh-Agachsky district of Altai
Republic. Proceedings of RAS, Geographic series. 2002. №5. PP. 83-90.
Co-Authors A.V. Drozdov, G.S.Samojlova. In Russ.
31. GIS of Mountain region: conception of Tadjikistan electronic atlas.
Collected articles of international conference “Modeling of regional economic
and medico-ecologic processes”. Nalchik; KBSC RAS. 2002. PP.
54-59. co-authors Klassen V.P., Shirokov A.B. In Russ.
32. Caucasian convention and problems of sustainable development in the
region. Collected works of international conference “Modeling of regional
economic and medico-ecologic processes”. Nalchik; KBSC RAS.
2002. PP. 59-61. In
Russ.
33. Preserving Ethnic Diversity in
Tajikistan’s High Mountain Valleys. In: Russian Conservation News. No.30. Summer 2002.. P. 20-22.
34. regional development trends and Opportunities for transnational and cross-border co-operation
in the Caucasus. In the book “Cross-border problems of
CIS countries”. 2003. Moscow, Opus, P. 111-122.
In Russ.
35. Dynamique et stabilite de la communaute
montagnarde du Yaghnob (Tadjikistan du nord)//Les Montagnards d’Asie Centrale.
Cahiers d’Asie centrale N 11/12. Pp. 161-178. Tachkent – Aix-en-Provence. 2003.
36. Northern Caucasus: resources and
administration distribution on the local and regional level. Berliner Osteuropa Info. № 21, 2004. С. 83-88.
37. Trend changes and administration opportunities in
Kabardino-Balkaria. Caucasian geographical review. Institute of Geography of
RAS, Geographic society of Georgia. 2004. №4. P. 40-45. In Russ.
38. Contemporary tendencies in habitat using by indigenous ethnics of Caucasus (by the example of Kabardino-Balkaria) Caucasian geographical review. Institute of Geography of RAS, Geographic society of Georgia. 2004. №4. P. 97-100. (Co-authors Gunya E.A., Klassen V.P.). In Russ.
39. Trend Change and Development of a
Mountain Region: Methodology, Geographical Analysis and Management Abilities.
Nalchik; KBSC RAS. 2004. 224 pp. In Russ.
40. Mankind habitat. Economics of nature management. SPb., Piter, 2005
PP. 22-46. In Russ.
41. Ecology-economical and social aspects of natural and man-caused
catastrophes in nature management. Economics of nature management. SPb., Piter, 2005 PP. 472-493. In Russ.
42. Tertiary sector.
Economics of nature management. SPb., Piter, 2005 PP. 559-583. In Russ.
43. Economically developed countries (by the example of Federal Republic of Germany) Economics of nature management. SPb., Piter, 2005 PP. 629-645. Co-author V.N. Strelecky. In Russ.
44. Valuation methods of regional trend forming mechanism in
Kabardino-Balkaria. Caucasian geographical review. Institute of Geography of
RAS, Geographic society of Georgia. 2004. №5 (Co-author B.B.Balkarov). In Russ.
45. Analysis of the trend changes of population and agricultural
settling of Russian regions. Regional ecology problems, №2, 2005. P. 72-86. In Russ.
46. Regional trends and natural-economic systems development.
Proceedings of RAS, Geographic series. 2005. №3. P. 11-21. In Russ.
47. Regionale Vielfalt und Umgang mit Konflikten: Eine
vergleichende Analyse der Republiken Kabardino-Balkarien und
Karatschai-Tscherkessien. Ost-West-Gegeninformationen, Jg. 16, Nr. 4/2004. S.
XI-XVI. In German.
48. Thesis for a Doctor's degree. Regional trends of regional development. Moscow, Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences. Thesis for a Doctor's degree. Moscow, Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences. In Russ.
49. Agrarian nature management in Germany: postindustrial development trends of rural area and agricultural policy. In book: Sustainable development of agriculture and rural areas. Foreign experience and Russia’s problems. Moscow, KMK, 2005 P. 164-178. (Co-authors J. Kantelhardt, V.N. Strelecky). In Russ.
50. Rural area development tendencies on regional and local levels: By
the example of Dubrovka village in Bryansk region. In book: Sustainable
development of agriculture and rural areas. Foreign experience and Russia’s
problems. Moscow, KMK, 2005 P. 534-559. In Russ.
51. Complex analysis of people settling and nature management in
Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachaevo-Cherkessia. In the materials of international
scientific conference “Modeling of sustainable regional development” Nalchik,
KBSC RAS, 2005. P. 55-56. In Russ.
52. Role of administration in region’s sustainable development
supporting. In the materials of international scientific conference “Modeling
of sustainable regional development” Nalchik, KBSC RAS, 2005. P. 67-68.
(Co-authors J.G. Lipets, E.A. Gunya, V.P.Klassen.). In Russ.
53. Inter-Group Relations and Conflicts in the