GEOPARKS, GEOHERITAGE AND GEOTOURISM: OPPORTUNITIES AND TOOLS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY - Special issue coordinated by: Maurizio LAZZARI, Aniello ALOIA
Journal Title: GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites - Year 2014, Vol 13, Issue 1
Abstract
This special issue focuses on the three main concepts that can represent an important opportunity of growth and sustainable development for a specific territory or area: geoparks, geoheritage and geotourism. In particular, we mean for Geoheritage a generic but descriptive term applied to sites or areas of geologic features with significant scientific, educational, cultural, or aesthetic value. In some zones of the Earth the geoheritage is particular important and it is concentred in a limited protected geographical area, the Geoparks, where geological heritage sites are part of a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development. These sites represent for the local community, directly, but also for all the society, an added value that can increase and improve the local economy, using the synergy between geodiversity, biodiversity and culture, in addition to both tangible and non-tangible heritage.
Authors and Affiliations
LAZZARI Maurizio, ALOIA Aniello
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