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The Hidden Harvest: Harnessing Colorado's Geodiversity and Environmental Heterogeneity for Sustainable Agritourism

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Colorado's geologic, pedologic, topographic, hydrological, and climatic contrasts create strong but under‐synthesized opportunities for sustainable agritourism. This review investigates how geodiversity, and the broader environmental heterogeneity within which it operates, can be used to diversify farm income, strengthen place‐based visitor ...
Bonface O. Manono
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THE ROLE OF GEOPARKS IN SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY APPROACH [PDF]

Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites
This study aims to explore the role of geoheritage in sustainable tourism development by integrating geosites into tourism planning and analyzing their impact on local economies, environmental conservation, and community well-being, and visitor ...
Szilárd MALATYINSZKI, Botond Géza KÁLMÁN, Lóránt Dénes DÁVID*   +2 more
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Geomorphological heritage inventory of Irazú Volcano, Costa Rica

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2020
Volcanoes are part of the natural environment, and the interactions with humans are inescapable. The geoheritage studies in tropical regions, specifically tropical volcanos, are scarce despite the uniqueness, scientific value, and beauty of these ...
Dennis Pérez-Umaña, Adolfo Quesada-Román, Ghislain Zangmo Tefogoum   +2 more
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Exploring the Geodiversity—Biodiversity Relationships in Freshwaters for Environmental Conservation: A Global Systematic Literature Review

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 36, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Geodiversity refers to the heterogeneity of abiotic characteristics in nature, and in freshwater ecosystems, it mostly mirrors the diversity of hydro‐geomorphological features in inland waters. Although several scholars have highlighted that geodiversity contributes to habitat formation and influences biodiversity and ecological processes, it ...
Ioanna Xynogala, Eva Papastergiadou, Janne Alahuhta, Elias Dimitriou, Alexis Ramfos, Konstantinos Stefanidis   +5 more
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Potential geoheritage resources in Saudi Arabia for geotourism development: In the context of IUCN theme

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
Although geoheritage is gaining importance wordwide, much appreciation is still required for the overlooked geoheritage resources. The geoheritage of Saudi Arabia is promising and gaining much attention towards geoconversation and geotourism, but ...
Subhajit Sen, Mohamed Omar Abouelresh, Ali Hassan Al-Musabeh, Fahad Saleh Al-Ismail   +3 more
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Tourism, Well‐Being, and Sustainability: Trends, Impacts, and Perspectives

Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 5350-5363, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Research on sustainable tourism, tourists, and well‐being has key implications for tourism policies, which must align with the SDGs to enhance the well‐being of visitors and local communities. This paper analyzes the evolution of scientific production through a systematic literature review over the last 25 years.
Raquel Ibar‐Alonso, Ester Muñoz‐Céspedes, María Dolores Sánchez‐Sánchez   +2 more
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Patterns of coal-related geoheritage: A bibliographical survey

International Journal of Coal Science & Technology
Geoheritage studies offer a novel perspective for the understanding of coal resources. The related scientific knowledge needs systematization. A major bibliographical database “Scopus” was employed to identify the principal sources of this knowledge ...
Anna V. Mikhailenko, Dmitry A. Ruban
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Geoheritage: Obtaining, Explaining and Transmitting Archaeological Knowledge

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2018
:: Geoheritage is a notion that has not been discussed in Latin America, not because it is absent, but on account of a lack of a conceptual framework that places all of its related parts under a single unit. Geoheritage is usually associated with geology
Francisco Valdez
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Reconstructing human‐induced geomorphic changes through historical maps and multitemporal remote sensing data in the Cancano–San Giacomo di Fraele reservoirs (Central Alps, Italy)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 51, Issue 3, March 2026.
Reconstructing ~200 years of landscape change at the Cancano–San Giacomo hydroelectric system (Central Alps), we integrate historical cartography, archival photographs, multitemporal aerial/satellite imagery and field validation to map pre‐ and post‐impoundment landforms.
Luca Forti, Manuela Pelfini, Anna Masseroli, Michele Zucali, Fabrizio Felletti, Stefano Morosini, Fabrizio Trisoglio, Andrea Zerboni, Roberto Sergio Azzoni   +8 more
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Geoheritage and Geosites: A Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Review [PDF]

, 2022
Geological heritage represents and brings together geological elements of great local and global relevance. It also promotes conservation and sustainable use. This study aims to perform a bibliometric analysis of the contributions that address the topics
Carrión-Mero, Paúl, Edgar Berrezueta, Herrera-Franco, Gricelda, Paúl Carrión-Mero, Néstor Montalván-Burbano, Caicedo-Potosí, Jhon, Berrezueta, Edgar, Jhon Caicedo-Potosí, Montalván Burbano, Néstor, Gricelda Herrera-Franco   +9 more
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