The paper deals with some theoretical aspects of regional geography of mountain countries. Conceptions of mountain region study and "mountainology" as a science about mountains of the World arc discussed. Data concerning environment and settling of mountain peoples and modem tendencies of economic development in mountain regions are generalized.

Translated title of the contributionRegional geography of mountain countries and mountainology
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)27-38
JournalВЕСТНИК САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА. СЕРИЯ 7: ГЕОЛОГИЯ, ГЕОГРАФИЯ
Issue number3
StatePublished - 2006

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