Geografie 2024, 129, 145-158

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie.2024.010

Landscape functions: Some methodological issues for urban planning from a case study of Mtskheta, Georgia

Nodar Elizbarashvili1ID, Giorgi Meladze1ID, Tengiz Gordeziani2ID, Gela Sandodze1ID, Lado Grigolia1ID, Gocha Gudzuadze2

1Tbilisi State University, Department of Geography of Georgia and Landscape Planning, Tbilisi, Georgia
2Tbilisi State University, Department of Cartography and Geomorphology, Georgia

Received July 2023
Accepted March 2024

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