This book discusses the political and economic history and geography of Georgia the problems
it has faced and how it has overcome and is still overcoming them. In most countries at the
end of the 20th century the successful resolution of social-economic political demographic
and ecological problems was largely dependent on effectively protecting the population and
economic assets from natural disasters and on ensuring conditions for their sustainable
development. These problems are most acute in mountainous regions like Georgia where the
unplanned development of natural ecosystems has had drastic consequences. It is therefore
necessary to understand not only the probability of changing conditions (natural as well as
political and demographic) but also the probability of the resulting economic losses. The book
is divided into four sections historical and political geography geological processes
ecological processes and developmental geography. In the historical and political geography
section the authors present a detailed discussion on ancient history historical and political
geography ethnic groups and religions demographics and socio-cultural geography. The
geological processes section contains information on geology geodynamical processes glacial
and periglacial processes. The ecological processes section examines a variety of landscapes
and ecosystems aspects of deforestation reforestation and desertification along with
anthropogenic impacts on the environment. The developmental geography section looks at
different economies natural resources sustainable development and climate change.
