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2022
<p>Studies on geodiversity have been gaining prominent interest among the geoscientific community over the last decades. As operational concept, geodiversity implies a measurement and its application narrowed to a given spatial area.
Ottone Scammacca +4 more
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<p>Studies on geodiversity have been gaining prominent interest among the geoscientific community over the last decades. As operational concept, geodiversity implies a measurement and its application narrowed to a given spatial area.
Ottone Scammacca +4 more
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An open-source tool for automated geodiversity assessment
2022<p>Geodiversity assessment is a key element of geoconservational activities. It reveals the variety of earth scientific features of the examined areas highlighting the zones that may be further analysed for scientific and tourism purposes.
Márton Pál, Gáspár Albert
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Methods for assessing geodiversity
2018The assessment of geodiversity can be made with qualitative, quantitative and qualitative-quantitative methods. Qualitative methods have a descriptive character and are suitable for nominal and ordinal data. Quantitative methods are based on a set of parameters and indicators to determine a geodiversity index of a certain area. Qualitative-quantitative
Zwolinski Z., Najwer A., Giardino M.
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Current trends and future directions in quantitative geodiversity assessment
Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, 2020Geodiversity assessment is recent and is passing through a stage of methodological development and consolidation. With rapid environmental change, improving the developmental states of geodiversity assessment is of paramount importance. A scientometric analysis is presented to identify knowledge gaps, current trends and avenues for future research in ...
Jake RA Crisp +2 more
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A quantitative assessment of geodiversity in UNESCO Global Geoparks
2021<p>UNESCO Global Geoparks aim to protect globally significant geoheritage and geodiversity. However, the representativeness of geodiversity in these geoparks has never been quantified in a global context. Here, we quantify geodiversity in 147 UNESCO Global Geoparks and compare the outcome to global, Asian and European geodiversity using a
Emma Polman +2 more
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Geodiversity assessment of French Guiana: the need to integrate geodiversity within land-planning
2022Studies on geodiversity have been gaining prominent interest among the geoscientific community over the last decades. As operational concept, geodiversity implies a measurement and its application narrowed to a given spatial area. However, such concept is often integrated to support planning perspectives that focus mostly on geoconservation, neglecting
Scammacca, Ottone +4 more
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Gd-ratio as a quantitative geoindicator of geodiversity assessment
2020<p>Recently, there have been many methods for assessing geodiversity. During comparative studies, not all of these methods allow you to clearly identify which area is more or less geodiverse. <strong>We propose the Gd-ratio geoindicator, which defines the ratio of areas with very_low_and_low geodiversity to areas ...
Alicja Najwer, Zbigniew Zwoliński
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Addressing cell size selection in geodiversity quantitative assessment procedures
2023Within geodiversity assessment methods, the grid system is the most used approach to calculate a geodiversity index. Chosen for its simplicity and adjustment aptitude, it implies a fundamental and determinant decision, namely the selection of the cell size.
Catarina Lopes +2 more
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Two-level assessment of threats to geodiversity and geoheritage
2022<p>Geoconservation is an action of conserving and enhancing geological, geomorphological, hydrological and soil features and processes, sites and specimens. Originally and usually, the geoconservation activities aim at preserving specific sites of Earth-science interest, respectively geoheritage.
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Geodiversity Assessment Methods: An Updated Framework
The concept of geodiversity has gained increasing recognition since its introduction in the 1990s. Unfortunately its assessment remains a challenge due to the lack of a well-defined methodological framework. Geodiversity assessment plays a crucial role in understanding and managing abiotic nature, influencing geoconservation, spatial planning, and ...Zbigniew Zwoliński +2 more
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