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Dr. Francis A. Galgano
Associate Professor of Geography
Department of Geography and the Environment
Villanova University
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Sustainability Program Director, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Geographical Society
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G67E Mendel Science Center
610-519-3337
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https://www1.villanova.edu/university/liberal-arts-sciences/programs/geography-environment.html
Recent Publications
Laughlin, A,* and Galgano, F. A., 2024. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Drought and Violence in Darfur, Sudan. African Security Review.
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Galgano, F.A. 2024. The 1964 Jordan River Diversion Plan: Transboundary Water Basins and Conflict. Case Studies in the Environment, 8 (1): 1-18.
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Galgano, F. A. 2023. Hostis Humani Generis: Pirates and Global Maritime Commerce. Research in Globalization. 8 (2024), 100188.
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Miller, M. and Galgano, F. A. 2023. Potential Effects of Sea–Level Rise on Critical Infrastructure in New York City and Los Angeles. Pennsylvania Geographer, 60 (2): pp. 1-31.
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Galgano, F.A. & Rose, E.P.F., 2021. Military Geosciences. In: Alderton, D.H.M. & Harmon, R.S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geology. Elsevier, Oxford.
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Galgano, F. A., 2022. Contemporary National Security Threats on the High Seas. In Studies in Military Geosciences, Ehlen, J., and Bondesan, A. (eds.), New York: Springer Verlag.
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McRae, M., Galgano, F. A., Steinschneider, S., and Lee, R. (2020). Assessing Aircraft Performance in a Warming Climate, Weather, Climate and Society, 13 (1). DOI doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-20-0098.1
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Galgano, F. A., 2019 (ed.). The Environment–Conflict Nexus: Climate Change and the Emergent National Security Landscape. New York: Springer.