Landscape-structural factors of the development of a mountainous region (on the example of the Chechen Republic)

Abstract

The effective development of mountainous areas in the Chechen Republic lies in considering the complex natural environment in terms of its spatial and temporal structure and applying flexible rules of natural resource management capable of ensuring adaptation to changing natural and socio-political conditions and processes. Mountainous areas of the Chechen Republic have landscape-structural features expressed in altitude-zonal and geological-geomorphological differentiation of habitats (6 altitude zones, 11 subzones, 45 landscape groups and 34 landscape localities). The development of landscapes is extremely uneven. The most developed landscapes are mountain-steppe and mountain-meadow-steppe landscapes, confined to intermountain depressions. There is a degradation of the soil and vegetation cover, erosion, and increased mudflow and landslide activity.