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The Scenic Beauty of Geosites and Its Relation to Their Scientific Value and Geoscience Knowledge of Tourists: A Case Study from Southeastern Spain

Land, 2021
Scenic beauty is one of the most-commonly used indicators in the inventory and assessment of geosites for geoconservation, geoheritage management and geotourism development.
Getaneh Addis Tessema, Jean Poesen, Gert Verstraeten, Anton Van Rompaey, Jan van der Borg   +4 more
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Advancing Geosite Evaluation through Continuous Visitor-Centric Assessment [PDF]

Geoheritage
Márton Pál, Gáspár Albert
exaly   +2 more sources

Geotourism and geoethics as support for rural development in the Knjaževac municipality, Serbia

Open Geosciences, 2022
The main goal of this study is to emphasise the geotourism potential and the values of geoethics as drivers of rural development in the territory of the Knjaževac municipality, which is one of the richest areas in Serbia in terms of geoheritage. Numerous
Marjanović Miloš, Radivojević Aleksandar R., Antić Aleksandar, Peppoloni Silvia, Di Capua Giuseppe, Lazarević Jelena, Marković Rastko S., Tomić Nemanja, Milićević Ana Langović, Langović Zlatko, Mišić Ivica, Marković Slobodan B.   +11 more
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Geosite Assessment and Communication: A Review

Resources, 2023
This work is aimed at reviewing the current state of the art in geosite selection, assessment, and communication. We first highlight the main papers that have defined paramount concepts such as geodiversity, geoheritage, and geosites.
Federico Pasquaré Mariotto, Kyriaki Drymoni, Fabio L. Bonali, Alessandro Tibaldi, Noemi Corti, Paolo Oppizzi   +5 more
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Geomorphological and hydrological heritage of Mt. Stara Planina in SE Serbia: From river protection initiative to potential geotouristic destination

Open Geosciences, 2022
Mt. Stara Planina is located in the eastern part of the Republic of Serbia and represents the westernmost part of the large mountain massif of the Balkans.
Marjanović Miloš, Milenković Jelena, Lukić Milica, Tomić Nemanja, Antić Aleksandar, Marković Rastko S., Atanasijević Jasna, Božić Dragana, Buhmiler Sandra, Radaković Milica, Radivojević Aleksandar R., Milićević Ana Langović, Gavrilov Milivoj B., Marković Slobodan B.   +13 more
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Study of Boalemo Red Limestone for Geotourism Development based on Lithological, Geochemical Analysis and Geological Heritage Assessment

JGEET: Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment and Technology, 2023
Indonesia has very diverse and unique rocks that have the potential to become a geological heritage. Based on the existing potential, an integrated management system is needed so that it can be utilized for the welfare of the community, one of which is a
Nana Juhriana Yusuf, Yayu Indriati Arifin, Ronal Hutagalung, Intan Noviantari Manyoe   +3 more
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Sandstone rock outcrops in the Outer Eastern Carpathians in Ukraine: Assessment of geotourism potential by the GAM and Brilha methods

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2023
In this paper, we assess geotourism potential of sandstone rock formations in the Outer Eastern Carpathians on the territory of Ukraine. We focus on the seven sites with sandstone rock outcrops, which are popular among hikers due to their aesthetic ...
Braychevskyy Yulian, Korohoda Nataliia, Kovtoniuk Olga, Pohorilchuk Nataliia, Romanova Oleksandra   +4 more
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Assessment of Geosite and Geomorphosite at South Solok Aspiring Geopark Area

JGEET: Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment and Technology, 2022
South Solok is one of the five districts designated as the aspiring of the Ranah Minang Geopark. Various reliefs and geological structures cause the diversity of landscapes to be an attraction for tourists and ecosystems with biodiversity.
Rina Sahara, Budhi Setiawan
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Comparative analysis of Devil's town and Bryce canyon geosites by applying the modified geosite assessment model (M-GAM) [PDF]

Zbornik radova Departmana za geografiju, turizam i hotelijerstvo, 2018
The main objective of this study is to compare two similar geosites in two countries with different levels of geotourism development, Serbia and USA.
Jonić Vladan
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Accessibility of Geoheritage Sites—A Methodological Proposal

Heritage, 2021
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.
Anna V. Mikhailenko, Dmitry A. Ruban, Vladimir A. Ermolaev   +2 more
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