Issue on applied human bioclimatology in memory of Henrique Andrade

• Autor(a) principal: Alcoforado, Maria Joao
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/35544
• topic: human bioclimatology; urban climatology

This issue of Finisterra is dedicated mostly to human bioclimatology and urban climatology, as these were the main research topics of our late colleague Henrique Andrade, to whom this issue is dedicated. Furthermore, these topics are of current interest and can be of use for applied purposes. Henrique passed away last year (January 9th 2013) and a short note on his life has already been published in this Journal (Finisterra, XLVIII, 95:9-13, available online). He taught at the Geography Department of the Faculty of Letters of Lisbon University, from 1991 until 2008, and later at the newly founded Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT) at the same University. H. Andrade was member of the board of the Centre of Geographical Studies (CEG) and of the Executive Committee of Finisterra from 2003 to 2006. He was deeply involved in research within the CliMA research group, at the Centre of Geographical Studies of the University of Lisbon. He also collaborated with several foreign colleagues, with whom he had several ongoing research projects. This presentation will include brief comments on the papers written by authors who worked with Henrique Andrade. The papers are organized into four groups: Bioclimatology – From Temperate to Tropical environments; Urban Climatology and Bioclimatology of Lisbon; Tourism Bioclimatology and Environmental Impacts, demonstrating the diversity of H. Andrade’s work. The research that he carried out in each topic will be briefly depicted and some of his bibliography is included in the reference section below. The current text does not intend to make an exhaustive account of Henrique Andrade’s whole scientific career, but only to show the relationship between his research and the papers written by some of his colleagues and co-workers. In addition to the presentation of this issue a tribute to Henrique Andrade is paid by Viriato Soromenho-Marques, a Philosopher and University Professor, with whom he taught a course on Environment in Europe to students of European Studies, at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. The text that Viriato wrote shortly after Henrique’s death depicted our colleague so accurately, that we asked him to adapt it for this homage.