Worldwide Trends in Methods and Resources Promoting Geoconservation, Geotourism, and Geoheritage 2023

This study aims to provide a systematic analysis of the literature of methods and resources supporting geoconservation and geotourism worldwide, while identifying current and future trends in the field. This paper offers a comprehensive bibliometric analysis which comprises the period of 2011-2021 after an in-depth systematic literature review of 169 papers, using Web of Science. The volume of research on these topics is growing rapidly, especially in Italy, Poland, Brazil, Russia, and China; these constitute the most productive countries. The main identified geomorphological environments are sedimentary, volcanic, aeolian, coastal, fluvial, and karstic. We discovered that the main methods for evaluating geoconservation and geotourism are geomorphological mapping, the study of economic values for geotourism, field work as a research tool, geoheritage management, documentation, exploration, and inventories of geoheritage at a regional level. The main determined resources are UNESCO Geoparks, educational activities, digital tools, geomanagement, economic values, geoitineraries, and geoeducation programs. To our knowledge, this is the first study dealing with methods and resources publicizing geoconservation and geotourism, worldwide. Knowing about the most successful methods and resources for promoting geoconservation and geotourism can definitely be useful for future endeavors in countries where geoheritage studies are starting to be developed.

Autores	Quesada-Valverde, ME; Quesada-Roman, A
Título	Worldwide Trends in Methods and Resources Promoting Geoconservation, Geotourism, and Geoheritage
Afiliaciones	Universidad Costa Rica
Año	2023
DOI	10.3390/geosciences13020039
Tipo de acceso abierto	gold
Referencia	WOS:000938739000001
Artículo obtenido de:	WOS

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