Mountain research
As Mountain Research , outdated Orologie , the exploration of the mountains of the earth's surface called. It examines mountain regions both globally and in terms of regularities ( typological or nomothetic ), as well as on a regional scale with the aim of a synthetic- integrative perspective ( idiographical ). Mountain research is carried out in the natural sciences , the humanities and social sciences and therefore combines a wide variety of disciplines and thus represents an interdisciplinary field of research.
Disciplines
Among other things, traditionally participate
As an applied research direction, it serves, among other things, the sustainable development of the mountain environment (e.g. settlement , transport , economy , environment ). In relation to the exploration of the high mountains in the narrower sense, one also speaks of high mountain research .
See also
Comparable research approaches
literature
- Axel Borsdorf , Valerie Braun, Georg Grabherr , Brigitte Scott & Johann Stötter (Eds.) 2010: Challenges for Mountain Regions . Tackling Complexity. Böhlau publishing house . Vienna ISBN 978-3-205-78652-8 .
- Axel Borsdorf & Georg Grabherr: Internationale Gebirgsforschung , 2007, Vienna ISBN 3-7001-3837-7 .
- Jack D. Ives & Bruno Messerli 2001: Perspectives for Future Mountain Research and Mountain Development , in: Geographische Rundschau, Issue 12, 4-7.
- Jon Mathieu 2009: From Haller to Humboldt - the beginnings of global mountain research , in: Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern, Volume 66, 95-104.
- Jörg Stadelbauer 1992: Geo-ecological mountain research as applied environmental research , in: Erdkunde, Heft 46, 290–297.
Individual evidence
- ↑ DUDEN online
- ↑ Geographical Review
- ^ Announcements from the Natural Research Society in Bern
- ↑ geography .
Web links
Research networks
- International Society for Historical Alpine Research
- Working group for comparative high mountain research
- Mountain Research Initiative (English)
Research institutions
- The Mountain Institute , Washington, DC (English)
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research , Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Swiss Alpine Studies , Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences (English)
- Ente Italiano della Montagna ( Memento of January 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Italian)
- Pyrenean Institute of Ecology Zaragoza (English)
- IEA Center d'estudis de la neu i de la muntanya (Catalan)
- European Academy of Bolzano / Bozen (English)
- Università della Montagna Milano (English)
- Institut Français d'Études Andines (Spanish)
- Centro de Investigação de Montanha , Bragança (English)
- Canadian Mountain Studies Initiative (English)
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Glaciares y Ecosistemas de Montaña (Spanish)
- Centro di Ricerca per le Aree Interne e gli Appennini (Italian)
- Center interdisciplinaire de recherche sur la montagne (French)
Trade journals
- Mountain Research and Development Journal (English; indexed in Scopus and Web of Science )
- Journal of Mountain Science (English; indexed in Scopus and Web of Science )
- Journal of Alpine Research | Revue de geographie alpine (French, Italian, German, Spanish, English; indexed in Scopus and Web of Science )
- eco.mont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management (English; indexed in Scopus and Web of Science )
- Pirineos - Revista de Ecología de Montaña (Spanish, English; indexed in Scopus )
- Bulletin de l'Institut français d'études Andines (Spanish, French; indexed in Scopus )
- HIMALAYA - The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (English; indexed in Scopus )