03996nam 22006975 450 991029945570332120200630110624.03-319-10708-910.1007/978-3-319-10708-0(CKB)3710000000337857(EBL)1967287(OCoLC)900193774(SSID)ssj0001424311(PQKBManifestationID)11788020(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001424311(PQKBWorkID)11362904(PQKB)11785448(DE-He213)978-3-319-10708-0(MiAaPQ)EBC1967287(PPN)183519086(EXLCZ)99371000000033785720150113d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom Geoheritage to Geoparks Case Studies from Africa and Beyond /edited by Ezzoura Errami, Margaret Brocx, Vic Semeniuk1st ed. 2015.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2015.1 online resource (270 p.)Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism, Conservation and Management Series,2363-765XDescription based upon print version of record.3-319-10707-0 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Geoheritage and Geoparks in Africa and Middle-East: Challenges and Perspectives -- Geotourism and Geoparks: Africa’s Current Prospects for Sustainable Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation -- Geosites, Sites of Special Scientific Interest, and Potential Geoparks in the Anti-Atlas (Morocco) -- Use of Website and GIS Databases for Enhancement of Geosites in Algeria -- Dinosaur Track Sites in Algeria: A Significant National Geological Heritage in Danger -- Geoparks in China -- Using the Geoheritage Tool-kit to Identify inter-related Geological Features at Various Scales for Designating Geoparks – Case Studies from Western Australia.This unique book is dedicated to helping promote geoheritage, geoconservation, and geoparks in Africa and the Middle East. Local, regional, global and thematic case studies including a geoheritage toolkit are used to illustrate the scope and depth of geoheritage and highlight some current geoparks and aspiring candidates in Africa, the Middle East, China , Europe,and Australia. This special issue mainly consists of the proceedings of the First International Conference on Geoparks in Africa and Middle East (FICGAME) held in, El Jadida, Morocco in 2011. The conference, hosted by the Faculty of Sciences of Chouaib Doukkali University, was organized by the African Geoparks Network and the African Association of Women in Geosciences incollaboration with the UNESCO Cairo Office.Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism, Conservation and Management Series,2363-765XNature conservationGeologyEnvironmental managementNature Conservationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U26008Geologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G17002Environmental Managementhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U17009Nature conservation.Geology.Environmental management.Nature Conservation.Geology.Environmental Management.913Errami Ezzouraedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBrocx Margaretedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtSemeniuk Vicedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910299455703321From Geoheritage to Geoparks2519432UNINA