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Territorial upgrading through geoheritage management and enhancement in the Emilia Apennines (Italy)

2023
Geotourism, as a form of sustainable tourism, promotes the conservation of geodiversity by spreading knowledge in Earth Science and through appreciation of geological features among the general public. Moreover, geotourism support regional economic development of those communities living and working around sites of geological and geomorphological ...
Vittoria Vandelli   +2 more
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Sand dune migration as a factor of geoheritage loss: Evidence from the Siwa Oasis (Egypt) and implications for geoheritage management

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 2019
Abstract Anthropogenic damage of geoheritage is documented widely, but natural processes can also lead to geoheritage loss. For instance, sand dune migration causes submergence of unique geological and palaeontological sites in desert environments of the Sahara.
Kholoud M. AbdelMaksoud   +3 more
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Expanding the Geoconservation Toolbox: Integrated Hazard Management at Dynamic Geoheritage Sites

Geoheritage, 2013
This article discusses the developing field to make use of visually impressive and artistic digital tools to document geoheritage sites. Whilst applauding the contribution these techniques make to records of heritage, such techniques should not replace physical access and conservation.
Bratton, Andrew   +3 more
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Geoheritage and geodiversity management – the questions for tomorrow

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 2013
Abstract Geodiversity is an important term for future geoheritage management strategies. It is modelled on the term biodiversity that today dominates the work of nature conservation. It describes a complexity of natural attributes in all scales and represents both opportunities and challenges for management strategies.
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Maximising the leverage of geoheritage research for effective sustainability policy and territorial management

2021
<p>The dissemination of Geoheritage research can be reinforced by building solid partnerships between researchers and national and regional stakeholders as practical experience has shown in the Chablais UNESCO Global Geopark. Increasingly, territorial management bodies, particularly those hosting UNESCO designations such as UNESCO Global ...
Justice, Sophie   +3 more
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MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF GEOHERITAGE AT MEDOBORY NATURE RESERVE

PROBLEMS OF GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE UKRANIAN CARPATHIANS AND ADJACENT AREAS, 2020
The article deals with the management plan for the geoheritage sites as a component of the “Management Plan for the Medobory Nature Reserve and the Protection of its Natural Sites”. Critical analysis of the need for a comprehensive study of components of inanimate nature, in particular, geological-geomorphological structure of the protected areas with ...
Yuriy Zinko   +4 more
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Visages of geodiversity and geoheritage: a multidisciplinary approach to valuing, conserving and managing abiotic nature

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2023
Abstract Geodiversity and geoheritage studies are multidisciplinary, drawing from all sides of geosciences and extending them into the humanities, geoarchaeology, spatial planning, territorial and risk management, economics, tourism, or culture using integrated and interdisciplinary research approaches.
Lucie Kubalíková   +5 more
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Quantitative Assessment of Geotopes as an Effective Tool for Geoheritage Management

Geoheritage, 2011
A quantitative methodology for the assessment of geotopes that can be used for the sustainable management and conservation of the geological heritage of an area is here presented. As sustainable development, education and conservation are core issues for the successful management of any protected area, this study focuses on the development of specific ...
Charalampos Fassoulas   +3 more
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An Overview of New Technologies Applied to the Management of Geoheritage

Geoheritage, 2014
In recent years, as in other spheres of activity, new technologies have gradually entered different phases of geoheritage management. The EDYTEM laboratory has led a technology watch and some experimentation, as part of a European LEADER programme, to better understand, test and develop the uses of these innovative practices in the field of geoheritage.
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