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What role geoparks play improving the health and well-being of senior tourists? [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 In recent years geoparks, helped by governmental policies, have become tourist destinations especially among senior visitors. The paper aimed to analyse whether geoparks contribute to improving the health of tourists older than 65 years and what were ...
Rafael Robina-Ramírez +3 more
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DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GEOPARK MANAGEMENT SYATEM IN SOUTHWEST CHINA BASED ON GIS [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2023 Geoparks contain various geological relics and peculiar geological landscapes, which have good ornamental value and are non-renewable precious wealth.
J. Li +5 more
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Journal of Social Development Studies, 2022 Geoparks are a fairly new concept, raising to popularity only around the very end of the twentieth century with the formation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Global Geoparks Network (UNESCO GGN).
Diemas Sukma Hawkins
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Правовое государство: теория и практика, 2021 The article is dedicated to the study of foreign and the first national expe-rience in the creation and operation of geoparks and their legal regulation. Purpose: to analyze the problems of creating geoparks and the development of the national network of
ZLOTNIKOVA Tamara Vladimirovna
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The performance of the Geoparks Commission of the Brazilian Geology Society, from 2018 to 2020
Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil, 2021 This study presents the context of the creation and development of actions of the Geoparks Commission of the Brazilian Society of Geology (CG-SBG). For this, documentary research of the entity’s minutes and existing records in other media was carried out.
Marilda Santos-Pinto +4 more
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International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2021 UNESCO Global Geoparks were established in 2015. With respect to sustainable development, there are numerous sites globally that have potential for immediate substantial economic development because of the diverse range of geological phenomena they offer
YuJin Lee, Ramasamy Jayakumar
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Germany’s UNESCO Global Geoparks and National GeoParks: Experiences from a Two-Tier System
Land, 2022 Initiatives in Germany were among the pioneers of the international geopark movement. The Vulkaneifel Geopark was involved in the development of the first international geopark initiative at the end of the 1990s, establishing the European Geoparks ...
Heidi Elisabeth Megerle, Christof Ellger
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A proposed governance model for the adoption of geoparks in Australia
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2022 Purpose: Good governance is crucial in establishing and managing geoparks and is a requirement by UNESCO if global status is to be achieved. Australia has three levels of government, government agencies and not for profit organisations that can assist in
Alan Briggs, David Newsome, Ross Dowling
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Geoparks in SE Poland as Areas of Tourism Development: Current State and Future Prospects
Resources, 2021 Geoparks currently form the basis for the development of geotourism and, therefore, proposals of new geoparks are developed in many countries, including Poland, where over 20 locations for geoparks have been proposed so far.
Jakub Skibiński +3 more
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Terras de Cavaleiros Geopark: A UNESCO Global Geopark [PDF]
, 2020 The Terras de Cavaleiros Geopark (TCG), a UNESCO Global Geopark, is located in Northern Portugal and is established on rare and unique geological, scenic, ecological and cultural values. The most significant geological value is related to the most complete sequence of Pre-Mesozoic allochthonous geological units in NW Iberia.
Pereira, D. I., Pereira, Paulo
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