Inventory and quantitative assessment of geosites and geodiversity sites: a review

J Brilha - Geoheritage, 2016 - Springer
The inventory and quantitative assessment of the most valuable occurrences of geodiversity
are essential steps in any geoconservation strategy and in the establishment of priorities in …

Geodiversity: a significant, multi-faceted and evolving, geoscientific paradigm rather than a redundant term

M Gray - Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 2021 - Elsevier
Using outlines of ten geodiversity-related topics plus some related studies, this paper argues
that geodiversity has contributed to many new insights, new avenues of research and new …

Geodiversity assessment of Paraná State (Brazil): an innovative approach

DI Pereira, P Pereira, J Brilha, L Santos - Environmental management, 2013 - Springer
Geodiversity is considered as the natural range of geological, geomorphological, and soil
features, including their assemblages, relationships, properties, interpretations, and …

Current trends and future directions in quantitative geodiversity assessment

JRA Crisp, JC Ellison, A Fischer - Progress in Physical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Geodiversity assessment is recent and is passing through a stage of methodological
development and consolidation. With rapid environmental change, improving the …

[PDF][PDF] A modified geosite assessment model (M-GAM) and its application on the Lazar Canyon area (Serbia)

N Tomić, S Božić - International journal of environmental research, 2014 - ijer.ut.ac.ir
The aim of this paper is to present a modified version of GAM (M-GAM) which should
showthat the results gained by using this version are more accurate and realistic. The …

Geodiversity and biodiversity

H Tukiainen, M Toivanen, T Maliniemi - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Non-living and living nature are inherently connected. Geodiversity, which consists of the
variation in geology, soils, topography, geomorphology and hydrology, is seen as the …

[HTML][HTML] Geodiversity assessment with global and local spatial multicriteria analysis

A Najwer, P Jankowski, J Niesterowicz… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper reports on geodiversity assessments of three national parks in Poland, performed
independently by experts and volunteers. Each national park selected for the study …

Geomorphosites assessment methods: comparative analysis and typology

VC Mucivuna, E Reynard, MGM Garcia - Geoheritage, 2019 - Springer
Due to the increase in geoconservation studies, several methods of qualitative and
quantitative assessment of geosites have been published since the 1990s. However, the …

Geoheritage and geodiversity management–the questions for tomorrow

L Erikstad - Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 2013 - Elsevier
Geodiversity is an important term for future geoheritage management strategies. It is
modelled on the term biodiversity that today dominates the work of nature conservation. It …

Assessing geotourism resources on a local level: A case study from Southern Moravia (Czech Republic)

L Kubalíková - Resources, 2019 - mdpi.com
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 …