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Including cultural context improves communication outcomes for quaternary geoheritage: evidence from southeast Arabia [PDF]

open access: yesGeoscience Communication
Effective science communication plays a crucial role in enhancing public understanding of Quaternary science. One promising strategy involves highlighting the interconnectedness of Quaternary sites, archaeology, and human culture.
K. Sayama   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A bibliometric perspective on the status of digital geoheritage conservation and geotourism in Africa

open access: yesInternational Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
Digital technologies are transforming how geological heritage is documented, conserved, interpreted, and promoted for geotourism and sustainable development.
Kamaldeen O.L. Omosanya
doaj   +1 more source

Geoheritage Resource of Small Mud Lakes in the Semi-Arid Environments of the Russian South

open access: yesResources, 2019
Lakes constitute a significant freshwater resource and are often regarded as being an important part of a country’s natural heritage. However, their geological heritage (geoheritage) value remains significantly understudied.
Yuri A. Fedorov, Dmitry A. Ruban
doaj   +1 more source

New horizons in geodiversity and geoheritage research: Bridging science, conservation, and development

open access: yesMoravian Geographical Reports
Geodiversity and geoheritage research has gained increasing prominence in natural and social sciences, reflecting their critical role in nature conservation, regional development, geosystem services, and environmental change.
Kubalíková Lucie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leveraging digitalization in geoheritage and geoparks: Analysis of advancements and trends through bibliometric analysis and the antecedents, decisions, outcomes-theories, contexts, methods (ADO-TCM) framework

open access: yesInternational Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
This study aims to systematically analyze the role and trends of digitalization in geoheritage and geopark management, identifying research gaps and future opportunities to support sustainable development and policy-making.
Jessica Hermawan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geodiversity, Geoheritage and Geoconservation for Society

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
Geology is part of the planet's “natural capital”, the stock of global natural assets. These assets provide many benefits for society, often referred to as “ecosystem services”. However, traditionally these have mainly focused on biotic services and have undervalued the abiotic ones. The latter are known here as “geosystem services” and they all derive
openaire   +2 more sources

The Use of Geosites in Education—A Case Study in Central Poland

open access: yesResources
One of the important ways to promote geoheritage values is to use geosites in school education. Particularly useful for this are nature reserves that include interesting geological and geomorphological sites. The area of Świętokrzyskie Province is one of
Wojciech Zgłobicki   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The uses and challenges of the geopark label as a place branding tool. The case of the Geopark of the Tremp Basin-Montsec (Catalonia-Spain)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2019
Based on the theoretical analysis of the uses of heritage as developed by the social and economic sciences since the 1990s, this article aims to explore the role played by geoheritage as a place branding strategy.
Fabien Van Geert
doaj   +1 more source

Desert oases as geoheritage-rich areas: present knowledge and sustainability perspectives in the western desert of Egypt and beyond

open access: yesGeography, Environment, Sustainability
Contemporary progress in geological heritage (geoheritage) studies in deserts has allowed the identification of a new resource for sustainable development in oases.
D. A. Ruban, Emad S. Sallam
doaj   +1 more source

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