Geodiversity meanings in global geoparks: an empirical study

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2018, Pages

  Ruban, Dmitry A ^a   Yashalova, Natalia N ^b  

^a SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b CHEREPOVETS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Environmental philosophy; Geological heritage; Global geopark; Nature conservation; Web page analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; WEBSITES;

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY; GENERAL MODEL; GEODIVERSITY; GEOLOGICAL HERITAGES; GLOBAL GEOPARK; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; WEB-PAGE ANALYSIS;

GEOLOGY;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERT SYSTEM; GEODIVERSITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NATURE CONSERVATION; PHILOSOPHY; UNESCO;

EUROPE;

EID: 85056904797     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-018-7962-9     Document Type: Article

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