“…The mountain areas have always generated the reserachers' interest from varied fields, especially geographers'. In this respect, we mention in direct connection with the aimed area, the studies about the demographic risks in Apuseni Mountains (Surd et al, 2007;Mureșan, 2014), the mining brownfields with emphasis on tourism development (Morar, 2012(Morar, , 2013, population, settlements, tourist activities (Filimon et al, 2009Filimon, 2014;Herman and Benchis, 2017;Herman et al, 2019;Lung and Gligor, 2018;Lung, 2019;Novac, 2006;Stașac et al, 2016). The main objective is the analysis and highlight of the human capital in the Underprivileged Mountain Areas associated to Bihor county.…”