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Geotouristic values of the city an example from Pruszków, SW Masovia, Poland [PDF]
, 2016 In the urbanized area of Pruszków there are objects of geological and geomorphological heritage, i.e. objects of inanimate nature. They include glacier-originated relief and deposits: Pliocene clays, till, Scandinavian boulders and water.
Górska-Zabielska, Maria +1 more
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Geoheritage and Geotourism Resources: Education, Recreation, Sustainability II
Géosciences, 2023 In recent years, the world’s fascination with the geoenvironment has experienced a remarkable surge [...]
H. Drinia, P. Voudouris, A. Antonarakou
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Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 98-108, April/June 2024.Abstract This note suggests that decimal latitude/longitude [dLL] locations should be used to identify features of interest, landforms, sample and investigations sites, in an ‘information landscape’ provided by the geomorphological literature. All the information associated with a labelled, or tagged, geolocation should be available for examination as ...
W. Brian Whalley
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Book review: Dictionary of Geotourism
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2021 This book is a companion to The Principles of Geotourism (Chen, Lu, & Ng, 2015). That book and the Dictionary of Geotourism are two great contributions to the literature by the esteemed Chinese geologist Professor Anze Chen. The books provide a magnificent insight into Chinese thinking about, and development of, geotourism, which they labelled Tourism ...
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Land, water and tourism in Aitutaki, Cook Islands [PDF]
, 2004 Most island governments in the South Pacific have placed a great deal of faith in a continued annual increase in numbers of tourists as a guarantee of national economic growth. This is particularly the case in the Cook Islands.
Cowling, Wendy E.
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Land, 2022 Geotourism is one of the fastest growing tourism branches. Geoparks feature prominently in geotourism as well as geoeducation. Well-designed geotrails link local geology, geoheritage and geoeducation.
Julian Stolz, H. Megerle
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Gullies and badlands of India: Genesis, geomorphology and land management
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 82-107, January 2024.Studies on gully formation (red dots on map), badlands genesis (blue dots), gully and badlands mapping (aquamarine dots), their geomorphology (yellow dots), effects (green dots) and gully/badlands management (white dots) in India are discussed. While gully formation has largely been anthropogenically induced in India, her badlands have formed naturally
Anindya Majhi +3 more
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Revista Geográfica Acadêmica, 2008 With reference to the definition of Cultural Geomorphology, a Geomorphosite is defined as a landform with particular and significant geomorphological attributions, which qualify it as a component of a territory’s cultural heritage. This definition is illustrated with some examples.
Panizza, Mario, Piacente, Sandra
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Quarries in landscape and geotourism [PDF]
Geographia Polonica, 2012 In Poland there are about 590 actively quarried deposits of mineral resources referred to as natural building stone, or quarry stone (database Midas). According to data from the Polish Geological Institute 730 medium and large quarries are located throughout the country. Most of the quarries work sandstone, limestone, granite, basalt or dolomite.
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Northeast Minnesota: New Possibilities in the North Country [PDF]
, 2016 This is the second of four case studies examining the opportunities and challenges in Greater Minnesota. In the first report, Walljasper examined some of the big ideas coming out of the southeast, including the development of the Destination Medical ...
Jay Walljasper
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