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Effectiveness of Adjacent and Bivariate Maps in Communicating Global Sensitivity Analysis for Geodiversity Assessment

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
This study compares adjacent and bivariate maps in communicating variance-based global sensitivity analysis (GSA) results for a geodiversity assessment spatial multi-criteria model and examines the influence of prior exposure to geodiversity and map ...
Piotr Jankowski, Seda Şalap-Ayça, Alicja Najwer, Arika Ligmann-Zielińska, Zbigniew Zwoliński   +4 more
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Service-learning, educational innovation and geography: an experience in assessing territorial heritage in the Biosphere Reserve of the area known as the Ancares Leoneses (Cantabrian mountain range, Spain) [PDF]

, 2015
Producción CientíficaThe article weighs up the didactic proposal carried out by the authors in the Biosphere Reserve of the Ancares Leoneses (RBALE) with students enrolled in the Practical and Applied Geomorphology class of the fourth year of the ...
García de Celis, Alipio José, Martínez Fernández, Luis Carlos   +1 more
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Geoconservation, history of [PDF]

, 2015
[Excerto] The word "geoconservation" was probably used for the first time in Tasmania (Australia) in the beginning of the 1990s (Sharples 1993).
A Grube, CD Prosser, G Black, J Brilha, L Erikstad, M Gray, N Ellis, P McKeever, WAP Wimbledon, WAP Wimbledon   +9 more
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Finding the proper methodology for geodiversity assessment : a recent approach in Brazil and Portugal [PDF]

, 2012
A methodology for the quantitative assessment of geodiversity was defined and tested at various scales. It was applied to the Xingu River Basin, Amazon, Brazil (about 510,000 km2), Paraná state, Brazil (about 200,000 km2), and Portugal mainland (about 89,
Brilha, J. B., França, J., Pereira, D. I., Pereira, Paulo, Rodrigues, Cleide, Santos, L., Silva, Juliana   +6 more
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Geoconservation, concept of [PDF]

, 2015
[Excerto] The exceptional scientific value of certain geodiversity elements justifies the need to implement proper measures in order to assure their conservation. Obviously, not all geodiversity elements should be envisaged for conservation.
C Sharples, CD Prosser, J Brilha, MH Henriques   +3 more
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Geological and Structural Framework, Inventory, and Quantitative Assessment of Geodiversity: The Case Study of the Lake Faro and Lake Ganzirri Global Geosites (Italy)

Geosciences
The geoconservation policies assumed by the Sicilian Region (Italy) induced to classify as geosites all the geodiversity preserved in the Sicilian natural reserves.
Roberta Somma, Sebastiano Ettore Spoto, Salvatore Giacobbe   +2 more
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Geoconservation education, research and outreach : the experience of the University of Minho (Portugal) [PDF]

, 2012
Geoconservation is an emerging geoscience. In order to gain recognition among the scientific community and in society in general, education lato sensu is of paramount importance.
Brilha, J. B., Pereira, D. I., Pereira, Paulo   +2 more
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GeodiversitySome Considerations About Quantification and Evaluation of Spatial Distribution [PDF]

, 2012
Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Manosso, Fernando, Pellitero Ondicol, Ramon   +1 more
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L’approccio del patrimonio geomorfologico nelle aree protette: geoconservazione contro geoturismo nei parchi naturali portoghesi [PDF]

, 2009
Artigo bilingue, em inglês e italianoAs in many other countries, geology and geomorphology are absent from the majority of the Portuguese protected areas statutes.
Alves, M. I. Caetano, Pereira, D. I., Pereira, Paulo   +2 more
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The geodiversity site of Sentono Gentong in Pacitan, Indonesia: Geological characteristics and quantitative assessment

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
This paper aims to identify the geological properties of Sentono Gentong and provide a quantitative assessment of its geodiversity site in Pacitan Regency, Indonesia.This area is an integral part of the vast Gunung Sewu UNESCO Global Geopark.
Hanang Samodra, Sam Permanadewi, Ronaldo Irzon, Bambang Yunianto, Chusni Ansori, Gusti Muhammad Lucki Junursyah, Emma Yan Patriani, Sigit Maryanto   +7 more
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