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Geoparks and Geotourism in China: A Sustainable Approach to Geoheritage Conservation and Local Development—A Review

open access: yesLand, 2022
Geoparks and geotourism are relatively new activities within tourism. However, both have grown rapidly over the past decade. Geoparks, as an innovation for the conservation of geoheritage, play an important role in the development of geotourism ...
Kejian Xu, Wenhui Wu
doaj   +1 more source

The English Origins of Geotourism (as a Vehicle for Geoconservation) and Their Relevance to Current Studies

open access: yesActa Geographica Slovenica, 2011
This paper contextualises the recognition of the geotourism concept. It stresses the underpinning geoconservation purpose that drove its development in England. It notes the multidisciplinary nature of geotourism research.
Thomas A. Hose
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Geotourism Resources on a Local Level: A Case Study from Southern Moravia (Czech Republic)

open access: yesResources, 2019
In the last decades, the geotourism has shown a considerable growth all over the world and it is appreciated and accepted as a useful tool for promoting natural and cultural heritage and for fostering local and regional economic development, especially ...
Lucie Kubalíková
doaj   +1 more source

Climate Change and Geotourism: Impacts, Challenges, and Opportunities

open access: yesTourism and Hospitality, 2023
Climate change and rising sea levels present significant challenges for geotourism destinations and activities. Accelerated changes in geomorphological processes threaten or diminish both the physical existence and aesthetic qualities of geoheritage ...
John E. Gordon
doaj   +1 more source

Geodiversity Research Methods in Geotourism

open access: yes, 2018
With the emerging new approaches in the field of geodiversity, we can get better use of geographic space in geoparks and increase the number of geotourism destinations. Depending on what we want to study in geodiversity, a suitable research method should
Magdalena Kuleta
core   +1 more source

Geotourism / Geoturystyka

open access: yes, 2008
W artykule dokonano analizy rozwoju turystyki przemysłowej i geoturystki w oparciu o istniejące walory znajdujące się na terenie Tarnowskich Gór. Jest to jedno z najciekawszych miast w Polsce, posiadających walory, które stanowią dziedzictwo narodowe ...
Kowol, Magdalena, Różycki, Paweł
core   +2 more sources

Mapping of water erosion risk by the erosion potential method (EPM) using Sentinel 2 A data: the case of Dades basin, central high Atlas, Morocco

open access: yesJournal of Engineering and Applied Science
The present paper has treated the effect of water erosion in the Dades basin, situated in the southern front of Central High Atlas (Morocco). Through the erosion potential method, using satellite data, including, Sentinel-2 A images and SRTM, to assess ...
Said Moujane   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Hidden Harvest: Harnessing Colorado's Geodiversity and Environmental Heterogeneity for Sustainable Agritourism

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Colorado's geologic, pedologic, topographic, hydrological, and climatic contrasts create strong but under‐synthesized opportunities for sustainable agritourism. This review investigates how geodiversity, and the broader environmental heterogeneity within which it operates, can be used to diversify farm income, strengthen place‐based visitor ...
Bonface O. Manono
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of geosites as a basis for geotourism development: A case study of the Toplica District, Serbia

open access: yesOpen Geosciences, 2023
Toplica district represents an area in Southern Serbia with significant forms of geoheritage that have not been valorized yet. The aim of this pioneering study is to systematically analyze and evaluate all manifestations of the geodiversity in the ...
Ivanović Marko   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reflections about the conceptual bases of Geotourism and its sub-segments Space Geotourism, Celestial Geotourism and Astrotourism to create a univocal definition

open access: yesAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023
The concept is part of the essence of a mentally represented element. The concept is part of the process of identification, categorization and description, which allows researchers to define and compare themes between two or more different categories. Following this idea, the main objective of this article is to establish a non-exhaustive reflection on
VITÓRIA SANTOS-SOUZA   +1 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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