Geoheritage

Auteur
Emmanuel Reynard is a geographer and Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). He chaired the working group on Geomorphosites of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) from 2001 to 2013, and has been president of the Working Group on Geosites of the Swiss Academy of Sciences since 2006. He is a member of the Executive Committee of IAG and Honorary Professor of the University of Bucharest (Romania). He develops research on geomorphological heritage and geotourism, water management in mountain areas, and geohistorical studies of landscape changes. José Brilha is a geologist and Professor at the University of Minho (Portugal). He is President of ProGEO (The European Association for the Conservation of the Geological Heritage), member of the UNESCO Global Geopark Evaluation Team and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and its Geoheritage Specialist Group. He was 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. Currently, he develops applied research on geodiversity, geoconservation, and geoparks.

Texte du rabat
Geoheritage: Assessment, Protection, and Management covers the breadth of geoheritage including geodiversity, geoconservation, geotourism and geoparks; it also explores the relationship of geoheritage to landscapes, conservation, and tourism. The book includes methodologies for assessment, mapping, and visualization; along with 12 geographically varied case studies, and ~200 figures and maps of some of the most important global geosites. This second edition significantly expands the previous coverage and adds new chapters on relationships of geoheritage and geodiversity with biodiversity, climate change, natural hazards, ecosystem services, education and urbanization. Geoheritage Second Edition is an essential resource for geoscientists and students working in the fields of geoheritage, geosites, geomorphosites, geoconservation, and geotourism.

Contenu

Geodiversity

1. Geodiversity: The Backbone of Geoheritage and Geoconservation
2. Methods for Assessing Geodiversity
3. Geodiversity Action Plans - A Method to Facilitate, Structure, Inform and Record Action for Geodiversity
4. Geodiversity and Biodiversity: Which Links?
5. Geodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Geoheritage

6. Geoheritage: Inventories and Evaluation
7. The Specificities of Geomorphological Heritage
8. Fossils, Heritage and Conservation: Managing Demands on a Precious Resource
9. Geoheritage and Museums
10. The Landscape and the Cultural Value of Geoheritage
11. Geomining Heritage as a Tool to Promote the Social Development of Rural Communities
12. GSSPs as International Geostandards and as Global Geoheritage
13. Urban Geoheritage
14. Geoheritage and Natural Hazards
15. Geoheritage and Climate Change

Geoheritage and Conservation

16. The Conservation of Geosites: Principles and Practice
17. Geoheritage Conservation and Environmental Policies: Retrospect and Prospect
18. Geoheritage and World Heritage Sites
19. Geoheritage and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Uses of Geoheritage

20. Geoheritage and education
21. Geoheritage: Getting the Message Across. What Message and to Whom?
22. Digital Geovisualisation Technologies Applied to Geoheritage Management
23. Geoheritage and Geotourism
24. Geoheritage and Geoparks

Case Studies

25. Potential Geoheritage Sites in Ethiopia: Challenges of Their Promotion and Conservation
26. Geodiversity and Geoconservation in Land Management in Tasmania - A Top-Down Approach
27. Geoheritage Evaluation of Caves in Korea: A Case Study of Limestone Caves
28. Managing Conservation, Research, and Interpretation of Geoheritage Assets at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado, USA
29. Varvite Park, A Brazilian Initiative for the Conservation and Interpretation of Geoheritage
30. Techniques for the Monitoring of Geosites in Cabañeros National Park, Spain
31. New case study - Africa
32. New case study - China
33. New case study - South Asia
34. New case study - Middle East
35. New case study - Latin America

36. New case study - Antarctica

37. The Future of Geoconservation