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Basic understanding of mountain systems

Mountain areas cover up to 27% of the Earth’s land surface with 1 billion inhabitants and provide essential resources like fresh water for a significant proportion of the Earth’s population. Within this lecture, students learn how mountain systems are defined and get insights into a broad range of topics from the natural and social sciences relevant for mountain regions. The course deals with contents e.g. related to geomorphology, climate and environment, tourism, agriculture or conservation, and is related to current research activieties within the research area "Mountain Regions".

Presentations from students and lecturers, lab visits.

Written or oral exame

Adler C, Wester P, Bhatt I, Huggel C, Insarov G, Morecroft M, et al. IPCC WGII Sixth Assessment Report Cross-Chapter Paper 5: Mountains. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01507-6 Martín-López B et al. (2019) Nature’s contributions to people in mountains: A review. PLoS ONE 14(6): e0217847. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217847

An excursion will be offered in the following summer semester to deepen the knowledge and gain pratical experiences.