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In modern Russia, geotourism activity is not paid enough attention, there are no regulatory base, the generally accepted system of concepts and terms, a single classification of geological and mining tourism resources. The value of the mining heritage objects in the total assessment of the tourist and recreational potential of the territories is understated, they are not always taken into account in the schemes of recreational zoning. The problems of development of geotourism are considered on the example of the N...

The modern historical geography plays an important part in the complex historical and geographical study of a region and creation of the techniques of the ecological and geographical assessment of its landscapes. The retrospective analysis of the evolution of the definition of the concept of the "ecological and geographical assessment" in the works of the leading Russian geographers showed the dependence of its treatment on the applied approaches, i.e. historical-landscape, comprehensive physical-geographical, soc...