The Arouca Geopark (Portugal) as an educational resource: A case study

Episodes

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 481-488

  Henriques, Maria Helena ^a,d   Tomaz, Carlos ^b,d   Sá, Artur Abreu ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Rua General Humberto Delgado   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; GEODIVERSITY; HERITAGE TOURISM; STUDENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84881416024     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2012/v35i4/004     Document Type: Article

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