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| Revue de Géographie Alpine | |
|---|---|
| Title | Revue de Géographie Alpine |
| Discipline | Geography |
| Language | French |
| Abbreviation | RGA |
| Publisher | Association de Géographie Alpine |
| Country | France |
| Frequency | Annual / Semiannual |
| History | 1913–present |
Revue de Géographie Alpine is a scholarly periodical focused on alpine studies, regional geography, and mountain research, rooted in the French and European traditions of physical and human landscape analysis. The journal has engaged networks around the Alps including institutions in Geneva, Grenoble, Turin, Milan, Lyon and Annecy, and has intersected with broader debates involving the European Union, UNESCO, and transnational research programs.
Founded in the early 20th century amid dialogues between scholars from France, Switzerland, Italy and Austria, the journal emerged alongside comparanda such as Annales de Géographie, Geographische Zeitschrift and Die Alpen. Early contributors included figures associated with the Institut de Géographie de Grenoble, Université de Genève, Université de Turin and the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, situating the periodical within intellectual currents linked to the Société de Géographie and alpine clubs such as the Club Alpin Français and the Alpenverein. Throughout the interwar period the journal interacted with debates prompted by the Paris Peace Conference (1919), the development of the International Geographical Union, and infrastructure projects like the Mont Cenis Tunnel and Gotthard Rail Tunnel. Post-1945 reconstruction, European integration associated with the Council of Europe and later the European Economic Community influenced research on regional planning, cross-border cooperation, and rural change featured in the journal. From the late 20th century, alongside rising environmental concerns exemplified by agendas of UNESCO and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the periodical expanded to include interdisciplinary links with migration studies referencing flows to Lyon, Grenoble and Turin, conservation debates involving Vanoise National Park and Gran Paradiso National Park, and infrastructural controversies such as the Mont Blanc Tunnel and Rhône–Rhine canal initiatives.
The journal addresses alpine geomorphology, glaciology, climatology, and human geography with case studies spanning the French Alps, Swiss Alps, Italian Alps, Austrian Alps, Bavaria, the Dolomites, and the Pyrenees in comparative perspective. Articles engage with landscape processes including research traditions associated with scholars from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, CNRS, ETH Zurich, Università di Padova, and the University of Innsbruck. The periodical publishes work on mountain agriculture around Tarentaise Valley, pastoralism in Valais, tourism in Chamonix, winter sports economies in Savoie, artisanal mining histories in Susa Valley, hydroelectric developments on the Rhône and Durance, and urbanization effects in Grenoble and Aosta Valley. The journal includes thematic issues on topics linked to the Alpine Convention, climate change studies referencing the IPCC, biodiversity discussions connected to IUCN listings, and heritage debates involving ICOMOS assessments of alpine cultural landscapes such as the Aosta Valley Roman ruins and Savoyard architecture.
Published by an association connected to regional geographic societies, editorial decision-making has involved scholars from Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Université de Strasbourg, Université de Lausanne, Università degli Studi di Milano, and research centers such as IRD and École Pratique des Hautes Études. The journal has appeared in print and digital formats, with distribution through academic networks at libraries like the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Swiss National Library, and university presses such as Presses Universitaires de France. Its editorial board has included members affiliated with CNRS, CNR, FNS, and collaborations with summit bodies like the Alpine Network of Protected Areas. Publication schedules have adapted to scholarly cycles and funding from regional councils including Conseil régional Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and provincial bodies in Piedmont and Valais.
Contributors have ranged from early 20th-century regionalists linked to Paul Vidal de la Blache’s circle and scholars affiliated with Albert Demangeon and Jean Brunhes to contemporary researchers connected to Fernand Braudel’s milieu and recent historians of landscape such as those from Peter S. Goodman-style transnational teams. Important articles have addressed glacial retreat studies referencing work by scientists at ETH Zurich, socio-economic transformations analyzed in case studies of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, policy appraisals of the Alpine Convention, and comparative essays on transalpine corridors like the Brenner Pass and Mont Cenis. Special issues have featured contributions by researchers associated with University College London collaborations, interdisciplinary teams from Max Planck Institute for Human Development, and transnational projects funded under Horizon 2020.
The periodical has influenced regional planning debates in bodies such as the Interreg programs, informed conservation policy dialogues involving Parc National des Écrins and Parc National du Mercantour, and shaped scholarly conversations in journals like Mountain Research and Development and Journal of Alpine Research. Citations appear in monographs published by Routledge, Cambridge University Press, and Oxford University Press that address alpine change, and the journal’s outputs have been referenced in environmental assessments for World Heritage Sites in the alpine arc. Reception among practitioners in Chambéry, Turin, and Innsbruck has linked the journal to applied studies on tourism management, risk mitigation for avalanches in Savoie and Tyrol, and cultural heritage preservation in Aosta.
Archived issues are held by institutions including the Bibliothèque universitaire de Grenoble, the Swiss Social Archives, and university repositories at Université de Genève and Università di Bologna. The journal is indexed in regional bibliographies and academic catalogues connected to CAIRN.info collections, library networks such as Bibliothèque nationale de France catalogues, and institutional repositories participating in the OpenAIRE and national research infrastructures like HAL and Google Scholar. Digital access has been facilitated through partnerships with university libraries in France, Switzerland, Italy and with consortia such as ERMIS and the European Library.
Category:Academic journals Category:Geography journals Category:Alps