Dugarenko I. Evolution of recreational functions of the territory in Crimean Mountains

This candidate's thesis is devoted to developing theoretical, methodic and practical objects for the social and geographical research of the evolution process of the recreational functions of the mountain territories and for grounding of its optimization's directions. In this research essence, factors, trends and determinates of the recreation and tourism development in the mountain regions of the world and its economic, sociocultural and ecological results are investigated. Methods of the integrative approaches to researches of evolution of recreational functions of the mountain territories are grounded. It's structural and graphical model is also developed. The stages of the development of the functional and territorial structure of recreation in the Crimean Mountains were studied, the typology of the recreational micro-region in the aspect of evolution process is developed as well. The social and geographical analysis of problems and perspectives of the evolutional development of the recreation in the region are considered, the strategic goals of its optimization are composed.