Part I Global Problems and Mountain Regions
1 Scientific Research Basis for Sustainable Development
of the Mountain Regions: Main Concepts and Basic
Theories ..................................................... 3
Mariyana Nikolova
2 Solar Activity - Climate Change and Natural Disasters
in Mountain Regions .......................................... 9
Milan Radovanovic
3 Mass Movement Processes Under Changing Climatic and
Socioeconomic Conditions .................................... 19
Karl Hagen and Peter Andrecs
Part II Nature Resources and Land Use in Mountain Regions
4 Mountains and Mountain Regions in Bulgaria .................. 33
Yulia Kroumova
5 The Natural Potential of Mountains in Bulgaria and Its
Sustainable Use ............................................. 41
Marina Yordanova and Zoya Mateeva
6 Morphometry and Land Use on the Mountains in Republic
of Macedonia ................................................ 63
Ivica Milevski
7 Usage of the Mountain Areas in the Republic of Macedonia .... 75
Mirjanka Madzevic and Biljana Apostolovska Toshevska
8 Landscape Structure and Ecosystem Services of Etropole
Municipality ................................................ 85
Stoyan Nedkov
9 Evaluation of the Avalanche Danger in Northwest Rila
Mountain .................................................... 95
Krasimir Stoyanov
10 Management of Snow Avalanche Risk in the Ski Areas
of the Southern Carpathians-Romanian Carpathians ........... 103
Mircea Voiculescu and Florentina Popescu
11 BEO Moussala - A New Facility for Complex Environment
Studies .................................................... 123
Chvetomir Angelov, Ivo Angelov, Todor Arsov, Nina
Archangelova, Alexander Boyukliiski, Anna Damianova,
Miroliuba Drenska, Kostadin Georgiev, Ivo Kalapov,
Alexey Nishev, Nina Nikolova, Ilia Penev, Ivan Sivriev,
Jordan Stamenov, Asen Tchorbadjieff, Stevan Todorov,
and Boyko Vachev
12 Researches of Field Evidence for Late Quaternary Climate
Changes in the Highest Mountains of Bulgaria ............... 141
Emil Gachev
Part III Social, Economic and Regional Problems of Mountain
Regions
13 Demographic Potential and Problems of the Settlements
Network in the Mountains of Bulgaria ....................... 159
Chavdar Mladenov
14 Demographic Limits to Sustainable Development of Mountain
Regions in Serbia .......................................... 173
Vladimir Nikitović
15 Regional Differences and Regional Planning of Economic
Activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina ....................... 185
Rahman Nurković and Haris Jahić
16 On the Sunny Side of the Alps: Slovenian Mountains and
Their Perspectives ......................................... 195
Dušan Prašnikar
17 Impact of Macroeconomic Changes and Property Rights on
Forest Degradation, Land Use and Environmental Situation
in Albania ................................................. 203
Fatbardh Sallaku, Odeta Tota, Bujar Huqi, Etleva Jojic,
Enkeleda Emiri, and Shkelqim Fortuzi
18 Sustainable Development in the Eastern Black Sea
Mountains: Present State and Perspectives .................. 215
Mehmet Somuncu
19 Changes in the Ethnic and Demographic Profile of the
Population in Eastern Stara Planina Region ................. 227
Nadezhda Ilieva and Boris Kazakov
Part IV Nature Protection and Conservation
20 Applying Integrated Nature Conservation Management:
Visitor Management and Monitoring of Winter Recreation
Activities Focusing Grouse Species in Berchtesgaden
National Park .............................................. 239
Sabine Hennig and Michaela Künzl
21 Human Pressure on the Environment in the "Munţii
Maramureşului" Natural Park ................................ 255
Dan Bălteanu, Mihaela Felciuc, Monica Dumitraşcu, and
Ines Grigorescu
Part V Networks and Strategies for Mountain Regions
22 Models and Strategies for Sustainable Management of
Mountain Territories in Central and Southeastern Europe .... 273
Georgi Zhelezov
23 Science Networks for Global Change in Mountain Regions:
The Mountain Research Initiative ........................... 281
Astrid Björnsen Gurung
Index ......................................................... 289
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