Sustainable Mountain Regions: Challenges and Perspectives in Southeastern Europe

“It provides valuable insight into recent research conducted in the Southeastern European mountain regions. And thus it can be of interest to a diverse audience, including students, researchers and practitioners of different fields, e.g. in the fields of geography, ecology, environmental studies and tourism. … it reaches its goal of providing multiple pieces of evidence that sustainability principles should be used at every scale of geo-ecologic planning in mountain regions.” (Eszter Tanács, Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, Vol. 66 (1), 2017)

• Mountain Development Policies in Bulgaria: Practices and Challenges.- Cooperation models and pluri-activity to exhaust value added potentials in mountain regions.- Applications of GIS-based Hydrological Models in Mountain Areas in Bulgaria for Ecosystem Services Assessment – Issues and Advantages.- Mapping carbon storage using land cover/land use data in area of Beklemeto, Central Balkan.- Consequences of non-intervention management for the development of subalpine spruce forests in Bulgaria.- A Model Assessment on the Technical Climate Change Adaptation Options of the Major Ski Resorts in Bulgaria.- Hydric significance of landscape in mountain river basin.- Small scale mountain tourism in Bulgaria development patterns and sustainability implications.- Beyond existing e-tourism for mountains: findings from the case of Zagori, Greece.- Sustainable tourism in mountain destinations:  The actual and perceived role of a Destination Management Organization.- Biodiversity protection of the forest ecosystems on the base of representative geo-ecosystems.- Predicting the potential distribution of Ailanthus altissima invasive terrestrial plant species in Măcin Mountains National Park (Romania).- Determination of the Landscapes Regulation Capacity and Their Role in the Prevention of Catastrophic Events: A Case Study from the Lom River Upper Valley, Bulgaria.- GIS and RS-based modeling of potential natural hazard areas.- Spatial discrepancies of ecological networks in the border region of Serbia and Bulgaria.- Invasive plant species in the Northern part of Mala Planina.- Monitoring glacier changes with the use of archive images: the example of the Julian Alps (NW Slovenia, NE Italy).- Tourism and the Commodification of Cultural Heritage in the Eastern Black Sea Mountains, Turkey.- The role of cultural heritage in developing of mountain tourism: The case study of Mountain Rudnik, Serbia.