Mountains: A Special Issue. Issue 2 (4th March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fonstad, Mark A.
• Is Part Of: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Volume 107:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 235
• Page End: 237
• Publication Date: 2017-03-04
• Subjects: coupled human–environment systems -- environmental change -- mountains -- region -- system; 对偶的人类—环境系统 -- 环境变迁 -- 山岳 -- 区域 -- 系统。; sistemas humano-ambientales acoplados -- cambio ambiental -- montañas -- región -- sistema; Geography -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Periodicals; Geography; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 550
• DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2016.1260898
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2469-4452

Abstract

Abstract : The special issues of the Annals allow the editors to highlight themes of international significance that showcase the breadth and depth of geography in a format accessible to a broad array of readers. This ninth special issue of the Annals of the AAG focuses on mountains. The understanding of mountain environments and peoples has been a focus of individual geographers for centuries and for the organized discipline of geography for more than a century; more recently, the geographical interest in mountain regions among researchers has been growing rapidly. The articles contained within are from a wide spectrum of researchers from different parts of the world who address physical, political, theoretical, social, empirical, environmental, methodological, and economic issues focused on the geography of mountains and their inhabitants. The articles in this special issue are organized into three themed sections with very loose boundaries between themes: (1) physical dynamics of mountain environments, (2) coupled human–physical dynamics, and (3) sociocultural dynamics in mountain regions.