Basic knowledge Alps

An ancient cultural area populated by about 14 million people means in its change a challenge to deal with aspects and developments of the alpine region. In the course of history people have profoundly changed the landscape ecologically influenced it culturally and developed it socio-economically in order to secure their livelihood. Interdisciplinarity is the hallmark of a thematic examination of cultural geography political education folklore and cultural studies. Increasingly the Alpine region is gaining importance as a recreational area for tourism.