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John E. Gordon
Geotourism spans a range of visitor interests, from the specialist geotourist to the more general visitor. As well as supporting geoconservation outcomes, it provides economic, cultural, relational and social benefits for both visitors and host communiti...
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John E. Gordon
Geotourism spans a range of visitor interests, from the specialist geotourist to the more general visitor. As well as supporting geoconservation outcomes, it provides economic, cultural, relational and social benefits for both visitors and host communiti...
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Vanessa Cocal-Smith, Graham Hinchliffe and Michael G. Petterson
The geoheritage value in the Thames District, North Island, New Zealand, is notable for its over 50 epithermal gold deposits associated with the Coromandel Volcanic Zone, significant to the region?s geological, cultural, and mining heritage. This case st...
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Alexandros Aristotelis Koupatsiaris and Hara Drinia
The relationship between humans and the environment in the modern world is challenging. UNESCO Global Geoparks are current holistic approaches for protecting and managing geographical areas that emphasise local communities and sustainability. This paper ...
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Senay Ozkaya de Juanas, Fernando Barroso-Barcenilla, Mélani Berrocal-Casero and Pedro Miguel Callapez
Accessible palaeontological sites conform highly adequate out-of-school environments for meaningful learning experiences regarding formal and non-formal teaching of geosciences. With a perspective of international cooperation, two correlative Cenomanian?...
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Gricelda Herrera-Franco, Paúl Carrión-Mero, Néstor Montalván-Burbano, Jhon Caicedo-Potosí and Edgar Berrezueta
Geological heritage represents and brings together geological elements of great local and global relevance. It also promotes conservation and sustainable use. This study aims to perform a bibliometric analysis of the contributions that address the topics...
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Vasilis Golfinopoulos, Penelope Papadopoulou, Eleni Koumoutsou, Nickolas Zouros, Charalampos Fassoulas, Avraam Zelilidis and George Iliopoulos
The assessment of the geosites of Chelmos-Vouraikos UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) was carried out based on an established methodology for the evaluation of geoparks? geosites. Such assessments should be used for sustainable development and geoconservation...
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George Zafeiropoulos, Hara Drinia, Assimina Antonarakou and Nikolaos Zouros
The purpose of this review is, initially, to emphasize the importance of geoenvironmental education for the promotion and preservation of geological heritage and geoethical values, and based on these, to present the current situation in Greece. Geoeducat...
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Susana Machado, Lia Mergulhão, Bruno Claro Pereira, Pedro Pereira, Jorge Carvalho, José António Anacleto, Carlos Neto de Carvalho, João Belo, Ricardo Paredes and Andrea Baucon
The Cabeço da Ladeira paleontological site in central Portugal became known as the ?Jurassic Beach?. Formerly an active quarry, the site was protected in order to preserve the large exposures of a Middle Jurassic (early? Bajocian) carbonate tidal flat wi...
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Lucie Kubalíková, Ale? Bajer and Marie Balková
Geodiversity has an irreplaceable significance for both biodiversity and for human society as it has numerous functions and offers various benefits and services. These have been already recognized and assessed by using numerous approaches and methods (e....
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Boglárka Németh, Károly Németh and Jon N. Procter
The increase in geoheritage studies has secured recognition globally regarding the importance of abiotic natural features. Prominent in geoheritage screening practices follows a multicriteria assessment framework; however, the complexity of interest in v...
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Rannveig Ólafsdóttir
Geotourism is one of the newest concepts within the field of tourism, and primarily focuses on promoting geological and geomorphological features in landscapes as tourist attractions. This new niche market segment within tourism is based on the conservat...
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Rannveig Ólafsdóttir
Geotourism is one of the newest concepts within the field of tourism, and primarily focuses on promoting geological and geomorphological features in landscapes as tourist attractions. This new niche market segment within tourism is based on the conservat...
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Monica Meini, Giuseppe Di Felice and Marco Petrella
The article illustrates the interest in transhumance routes, the ancient paths connecting high and lowland pastures in Southern Italy and other Mediterranean regions, as elements of particular importance for sustainable geotourism management. As a contri...
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Charalampos Fassoulas, Emmanouel Nikolakakis and Spiridon Staridas
Digital tools that aid geolocation, geointerpretation and geomodelling are increasingly used in the promotion of geoheritage and geoconservation. UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGps) are complex regions that require a variety of approaches to advance geoconser...
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Jaroslav M. Gutak, Dmitry A. Ruban and Natalia N. Yashalova
Marine geoheritage comprises unique geological features of modern and ancient seas and oceans. The Russian Altai (southern Siberia) is a vast and geologically rich area, which was covered by a marginal sea of the Panthalassa Ocean in the Devonian. New ge...
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George Zafeiropoulos and Hara Drinia
A new assessment method named GEOAM (geoeducational assessment method), that will be a useful tool for highlighting the geoeducational and geoethical value of a geosite, is proposed. This method takes into account, initially, 11 criteria, which are group...
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Márton Pál and Gáspár Albert
Geodiversity is the variety of natural elements that are excluded from biodiversity, such as: geological, geomorphological, and soil features including their properties, systems, and relationships. Geodiversity assessment measures these features, emphasi...
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Ermioni-Eirini Papadopoulou, Vlasios Kasapakis, Christos Vasilakos, Apostolos Papakonstantinou, Nikolaos Zouros, Athanasia Chroni and Nikolaos Soulakellis
Augmented reality (AR), in conjunction with 3D geovisualization methods, can provide significant support in monitoring geoconservation activities in protected geosites, such as the excavation process in fossil sites. The excavation process requires a mon...
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