Department of  Economic, Social and Political Geography

  

Acting Head 

Vazha E. Neidze

 

 

 

The name of thesis for master's degree: " Economic and geographic  problems of modern industrial cities of Georgia"

Date of defend: December 30, 1970

 

Academic rank: Assistant  Professor

 

Major scientific trends of the department:

1.        Complex social-geographic and economic-geographic study of Georgia and its regions. (Already published  in about 20 monographs)

2.        Geographical estimation of population, settlements and urbanization of Georgia.

3.        Special  study  of individual branches of geography ( industry,  rural economy, transport, social infrastructure, tourism, spas, national parks, sport of  Georgia)

4.        Priority themes: To study the problems of Georgia as an independent country:  mountain  areas, the Black Sea coast,  social-economic development of  bordering regions, administrative- territorial arrangement of the state, estimation of political-geographical and social-ecological problems.

5.         Social-economic maps  for different type of atlases (national, regional, thematic, educational) and scientific publications.

6.         Governmental (Ministerial, department, parliamentary committee, commission et al.),contacts with non -governmental and private organizations ,  make up  programs, projects and other type of work, consultations  and experts cooperation.

7.         Educational (higher, secondary)  and reference type geographic publications.

 

Major  scientific staff:

 

1.      Neidze Vazha E. Sc.D.

2.      Bokeria Marine N. Sc.D.

3.      Zonenashvili Zhanna G. Sc.D.

4.      Doreuli Nino V. Sc.D.

5.      Shengelaya Megi Sh. Sc.D.

6.      Nadareishvili Nana O. Sc.D.

7.        Pavliashvili Nino I. Sc.D.

 

Major publications:

1.        Jaoshvili V. Urbanization of Georgia "Metsniereba", Tbilisi, 1978 (in Russian)

2.        Regional geography - I. "Metsniereba", Tbilisi, 1983 (in Russian)

3.        Regional geography - II. "Metsniereba", Tbilisi, 1991

4.        Population and economy of Georgia. "Metsniereba", Tbilisi, 1988

5.        Tbilisi. Economic-geographical estimation. "Sabchota Sakartvelo" Tbilisi, 1989

6.        Jaoshvili V. Kutaisi. "Metsniereba" Tbilisi, 1989

7.        Resorts and resort resources  of  the Georgian SSR . Atlas. The Head Department of Geodesy and Cartography of the USSR. Tbilisi-Moscow, 1989

8.        Kolkheti lowland.  Scientific preconditions for its  development "Nauka", Moscow, 1990 (in Russian)

9.        Jaoshvili V. Population of Georgia. "Metsniereba", Tbilisi, 1996

10.    NeidzeV. Political-geographical survey of Georgia. In collection of articles "Society and geography", Tbilisi, 2000

11.    Geography of Georgia.. Social-economic geography. Part II. Institute of Geography. Tbilisi.2003