Adaptation of Tourist and Recreational Zones of Mountain Territories to Climate Change: Tasks and Methods for Their Solution

The work is devoted to the problems of reducing risks in tourist and recreational areas of mountainous areas associated with climate change. The main factors through which this global factor can influence this area of activity are discussed. Such slope processes as snow avalanches and mudflows are considered as such factors in mountainous areas. It is noted that the reduction of risks in the tourist and recreational zones of mountainous areas associated with climate change requires adaptation of the functioning of these zones to climate change. In this case, it is considered appropriate to consider this problem for two cases. In the first case, this problem is considered for a functioning tourist and recreational zone, and in the second case, for the zones being created, taking into account the consequences of climate change. The formulations of the tasks of adapting the existing tourist and recreational zones of mountainous regions to climate change are given, the features of information support and methods for solving these problems are discussed. A method for solving one of these problems is presented, namely, the development of models for reducing risks in the tourist and recreational zone associated with such a climatic factor as snow avalanches. It is noted that the features of the information support of this problem, which consist in the presence of uncertainties, make it natural to search for a solution to this problem within the framework of decision theory. The statement of this problem is given.