Geoheritage: Assessment, Protection, and Management - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128095318 ISBN 13: 9780128095317

Publisher: Elsevier, 2018

Synopsis

For the last 20 years there has been a growing interest in the geosciences for topics related to geoheritage: geoconservation, geotourism and geoparks. Geoheritage: Assessment, Protection, and Management is the first and only reference book to cover these main topics as well as the relationship of geoheritage to other subjects such as landscapes, conservation, and tourism. The book also includes methodologies for assessment, mapping, and visualisation, along with case studies and colour images of some of the most important global geosites. This book is an essential resource for geoscientists, park and geopark managers, tourism and regional planning managers, as well as university students interested in geoheritage, geosites, geomorphosites, geoconservation, and geotourism. It also includes critical information on UNESCO’s Global Geoparks, World Heritage and Biosphere Reserve sites, national parks and protected areas in general, land-use planning and nature conservation policies, and in the general contribution of geodiversity for sustainable development.

• Winner of the 2019 AESE Award for Outstanding Publication
• Written by a panel of 46 authors from 14 countries in all continents
• Based on conceptual, methodological, and applied research carried out by academics and practitioners
• Includes 160 colour images and maps of geoheritage sites
• Features six case studies from sites in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America

About this title

About the Authors

Emmanuel Reynard is a geographer and Professor at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a member of the Geoheritage Specialist Group of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and the President of the Scientific Committee of the Chablais UNESCO Global Geopark, France. He also serves in the Geoheritage Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences. Previously, he chaired the IAG Working Group on Geomorphosites and the Swiss Academy of Sciences’ Geosites Working Group.

José Brilha is a geologist and Professor at the University of Minho, Portugal. He is a member of the UNESCO IGCP Scientific Board, of the UNESCO Global Geopark Evaluation Team, and of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and its Geoheritage Specialist Group. He was President of ProGEO, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Geoheritage, member of the Geoheritage Task Group of IUGS, of the Portuguese Committee for IGCP, and of the Portuguese Geoparks Forum.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128095318
• ISBN 13: 9780128095317
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 482
• Editor: Reynard Emmanuel