Calcerous tufa and sinter are among the most impressive natural spectacles in karst landscapes whose scientific aesthetic value is universally recognized. Being visually often very appealing they attract numerous visitors. At same time landforms extremely vulnerable can be seriously damaged even by minor interference. The challenge is, therefore, to protect calcerous heritage, communicate its v...

Methods for quantitatively assessing geological heritage have been used in a variety of settings and different purposes, such as environmental impact assessment, inventory natural heritage, tourism promotion, conservation unit management. In this sense, there are adaptations to each study relation the methodology regional context which research is developed, final objective. This proposes takin...

A conflict between the preservation of the character of existing historic towns and “change” has formed the central argument for conservation. More recently, heritage has superseded conservation, where marketing of heritage as a product according to the demands of the consumer, mainly tourists, has resulted in the commercialisation of heritage over conservation values. Today, the symbiosis of b...

With the opening of the long-awaited Boyne Valley Centre in Summer 1997, the time has perhaps come to reassess the relationship between heritage and tourism in Ireland. In recent years, particularly since the start of the 1990s, there has been considerable debate and controversy about heritage issues, illustrating a high degree of public interest in the field. This paper outlines the main featu...

The abundant dinosaurian tracksites of the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian-Barremian) Broome Sandstone of the Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia, form an important part of the West Kimberley National Heritage Place. Previous attempts to document these tracksites using traditional mapping techniques (e.g., surface overlays, transects and gridlines combined with conventional photography) have bee...

Protected under National Nature Reserve, managed by the Departmental Council of Alpes de Haute-Provence, and labeled UNESCO Geopark, Ammonites Slab Digne-les-Bains (SE France) exhibits 1,550 ammonites over a large open-air surface. Despite virtual absence special enhancement for visitors, this spectacular geosite high scientific heritage value has played an important role in years 1990–2000 eme...

Elena Nilsen, U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Division Robert Rosenbauer, U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Division Edward Furlong, U.S. Geological Survey, Methods Research and Development Program Mark Burkhardt, U.S. Geological Survey, Methods Research and Development Program Stephen Werner, U.S. Geological Survey, Methods Research and Development Program Lisa Greaser, U.S. Geological Survey,...

117 As Head points out, “the cultural heritage sector uses the classical geographical sense of landscapes as modified by human activity, with an emphasis on ancient monuments and historical buildings.” In other words, cultural landscape heritage is generally approached in terms of material or morphological artifacts that constitute culturally determined physical, and therefore visible, modifica...

AASG/USGS Geologic Map Data Model Committee* Gary Raines, Chairman, US Geological Survey, [email protected] Boyan Brodaric, Geological Survey of Canada, [email protected] Jim Cobb, Kentucky Geological Survey, [email protected] Ralph Haugerud, US Geological Survey, [email protected] Greg Hermann, New Jersey Geological Survey, [email protected] Bruce Johnson,...

Geoheritage is recognized as a component of the cultural heritage, especially in areas like UNESCO Global Geoparks. In Sesia Val Grande Geopark (northern Italy), “Comuniterrae project” participated project focusing on elaboration Community Maps Middle Lands and including 10 municipalities located “mid” territory between valley bottom highlands. Local communities have inventoried 270 elements, b...