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:: The geoheritage landscapes in Jinshitan scenic area include the standard Chinese Sinian strata, the typical sedimentary geology (such as: crack), fossil of trilobite and sea-worn landform landscape.
Yuezheng Li, Shiyan Chen, Yingying Li
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Geoheritage and Geoparks [PDF]
Geoparks are territories with a sustainable development strategy based on the conservation of geoheritage and its use in educational and geotourism activities, together with other natural and cultural resources of the territory. Geoparks gained the international distinction label ‘UNESCO Global Geoparks’ in 2015.
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The increase in geoheritage studies has secured recognition globally regarding the importance of abiotic natural features. Prominent in geoheritage screening practices follows a multicriteria assessment framework; however, the complexity of interest in ...
Boglárka Németh +2 more
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Societal and environmental importance of geological resources has to be fully considered, as well as their relevance to national heritage conservation, tourism development, etc.
Dmitry A. Ruban +4 more
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Digital Coalescence and Consolidated Geoconservation Outcomes: A Case Study Using ArcGIS Mobile Applications at Tasmanian Coastal Geoconservation Sites [PDF]
Geoconservation outcomes are hindered by highly subjective and conflicting criteria, varying assessment objectives, disparities in geoconservation strategy steps and the inadequate capturing and representation of geological data in dynamically changing ...
Jake Crisp +2 more
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Geological monitoring in protected areas
Recognition of geoheritage values and conservation of their geodiversity elements are largely neglected in protected areas. As geoheritage and geodiveristy were recognized as a part of nature conservation by IUCN recently, understanding the characters of
K.S. Woo, G. Worboys
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Earth Science Frontier at Urban Periphery: Geoheritage from the Vicinity of Kazan City, Russia
Characterizing geological heritage sites (geosites) available in Russia remains an urgent task. The present study focuses on two geosites from the vicinity of Kazan—a large city on the Volga River.
Vladimir A. Ermolaev +2 more
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Geoheritage: assessment, protection and management
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. For the last 20 years there has been a growing interest in the geosciences for topics related to geoheritage: geoconservation, geotourism and geoparks.
Reynard, Emmanuel, Brilha, J. B.
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Accessibility of Geoheritage Sites—A Methodological Proposal
Accessibility is an important property of geoheritage sites (geosites), which is commonly considered in their assessment. A new method, which refers partly to previous developments, is proposed to assess this property semiquantitatively.
Vladimir A. Ermolaev +2 more
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Inventory of geoheritage sites in the Kruger National Park, South Africa
The inventory of geoheritage is important for the geoconservation, management, and public awareness of geoheritage sites. Due to the limited focus on geotourism research and inventory of geoheritage sites in Africa, it is crucial to adopt a methodology ...
Khodani Matshusa, Llewellyn Leonard
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