Overview

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.

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Author:   Ezzoura Errami ,  Margaret Brocx ,  Vic Semeniuk
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   6.971kg
ISBN:  

9783319364162

ISBN 10:   3319364162
Pages:   269
Publication Date:   14 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

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.

Reviews

The volume edited by Erramr et al. is strongly recommended to all specialists in geoconservation and geotourism. Geologists (professionals, students, and amateurs) working in Africa or planning their vacation on this marvelous continent will find this book enriching. lt contains a lot of examples of geological phenomena that will be worth to mention in lectures on general and environmental geology. (Dmitry A. Ruban, Zentralblatt fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Issue 1-2, 2016) This book is ... a very valuable resource to any volcanologists working on protected volcanic landforms or wishing to be more engaged in volcanic geoheritage studies. ... Overall, I find this book a very informative and interesting read that offers numerous ideas for further research on volcanic geoheritage. (Karoly Nemeth, Bulletin of Volcanology, Vol. 78, 2016)

This book is ... a very valuable resource to any volcanologists working on protected volcanic landforms or wishing to be more engaged in volcanic geoheritage studies. ... Overall, I find this book a very informative and interesting read that offers numerous ideas for further research on volcanic geoheritage. (Karoly Nemeth, Bulletin of Volcanology, Vol. 78, 2016)

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