Quantitative Assessment of Geotopes as an Effective Tool for Geoheritage Management

Geoheritage

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-193

  Fassoulas, Charalampos ^a,b   Mouriki, Dimitra ^b   Dimitriou Nikolakis, Panagiotis ^b   Iliopoulos, George ^b,c  

^a University of Crete ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assessment; Geoconservation; Geoheritage; Geoparks; Geotopes

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOTOURISM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GEODIVERSITY; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE; GREECE; MOUNT IDA; RETHYMNE;

EID: 84889234791     PISSN: 18672477     EISSN: 18672485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12371-011-0046-9     Document Type: Article

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