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Challenges in the Popularization of the Earth Sciences. Geotourism as a New Medium for the Geology Dissemination [PDF]

Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 2015
This article contains some remarks made by the Geotourism Association on common problems found in the development of geotourism. The main issues considered are related to the analysis of the methods used in scientific communication, the problems raised ...
Matteo Garofano
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Relationship between the Geotourism Potential and Function in the Polish Part of the Roztocze Transboundary Biosphere Reserve

Geosciences, 2021
The Polish part of the Roztocze Transboundary Biosphere Reserve area is characterized by diversified geotourism resources with relatively high value. However, their potential seems not to be fully used in the current product offer.
Teresa Brzezińska-Wójcik
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The History of Geopark Development in Australia, A New Way Forward [PDF]

Geoconservation Research, 2022
Geoparks in Australia have had a complex recent history. Following the demise of the former Kanawinka UNESCO Geopark in 2012, two potential UNESCO Global Geopark projects supported by local government agencies and embracing large areas were initiated in ...
Angus Robinson
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Geological diversity fostering actions in geoconservation: An overview of Brazil

International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2022
The geodiversity of Brazil is associated with the geological evolution of the South American Platform, the part of the South American Plate that behaved as a stable portion during the formation of the Andean and Caribbean mobile belts, in the Mesozoic ...
Maria da Glória Garcia, Debora Silva Queiroz, Vanessa Costa Mucivuna   +2 more
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Stratigraphy of volcanic memory: Sociocultural dimensions of volcanic risk in the Southern Andes, Chile

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1018-1033, December 2023., 2023
Abstract This article focuses on communities that reoccupy territories affected by volcanic eruptions to extend understanding of people's social appropriation of environments exposed to natural hazards. We take as a case study three rural settlements affected by several eruptions from the Carran‐Los Venados and Puyehue‐Cordón Caulle volcanic systems ...
Francisca Vergara‐Pinto, Andrés Marín   +1 more
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Identifying and prioritizing marketing strategies for the building energy management systems using a hybrid fuzzy MCDM technique

Energy Science &Engineering, Volume 11, Issue 11, Page 4324-4348, November 2023., 2023
This study aims to promote the adoption of building energy management systems by identifying and ranking existing marketing strategies. A combination of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats analysis and a multicriteria decision‐making technique is applied, identifying 18 marketing strategies.
Mohammad Ali Beheshtinia, Shakiba Sayadinia, Masood Fathi   +2 more
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Developing a scale for measuring influential factors towards geotourism development

Acta Commercii, 2020
Orientation: This article provided a theoretical enhancement for geotourism development positing the geotourism development index that contributed to gaining understanding of geotourism development by different stakeholders.
Khodani Matshusa, Peta Thomas, Llewellyn Leonard   +2 more
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Landscape domains and information surfaces: Data collection, recording and citation using decimal latitude‐longitude geolocation via the FAIR principles

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 48, Issue 11, Page 2141-2151, 15 September 2023., 2023
I argue that a concise [decimal latitude,longitude] tuple form of geo‐referencing be used to identify landforms and sample sites, in data strings and image metadata. This form enables searching and information exchange from geomorphology into and beyond Critical Zone studies via the FAIR data principles: findability, accessibility, interoperability and
W. Brian Whalley
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Place re‐making and sense of place after quarrying and social‐ecological restoration

Sustainable Development, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 2240-2255, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Rapid urbanization increases pressure on extracting construction materials through quarrying, which is disrupting and re‐making places worldwide. In this study, we examine how people's place making and sense of place are reconfigured through quarrying.
Kamila Svobodova, Tobias Plieninger, Petr Sklenicka   +2 more
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INTEGRATED UAV, GNSS AND GPR METHODS FOR KARST TERRAIN ANALYSIS IN AN ARID REGION: A CASE STUDY FROM THE SAURA VALLEY, WESTERN KAZAKHSTAN [PDF]

Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites
Karst processes have a significant impact on the formation of the relief in the Mangystau region (Western Kazakhstan), where arid climatic conditions and the predominance of carbonate rocks contribute to the development of both surface and subsurface
Aruzhan BEKTURSYNOVA , Roza TEMIRBAYEVA, Yuisya LYY, Zhanerke SHARAPKHANOVA   +3 more
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