Assessment and selection of geomorphosites and trails in the Miage Glacier area (Western Italian Alps)

Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 951-967

  Bollati, Irene ^a   Smiraglia, Claudio ^a   Pelfini, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Educational application; Glacial geomorphosites; Italian Alps; Miage Glacier; Touristic trails

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS-COVERED GLACIER; EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS; GLACIAL GEOMORPHOSITES; ITALIAN ALPS; RISK EDUCATIONS; SCIENTIFIC DATA; TOURISTIC TRAILS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

EDUCATION;

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL VALUE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOSITE; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; GLACIER; GLACIOLOGICAL TRAIL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ITALY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOURISM;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ICE COVER;

ALPS; ITALY; MIAGE GLACIER; VALLE D'AOSTA;

EID: 84877874420     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9995-2     Document Type: Article

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