Book ID: CBB458956205

Geoheritage and Geotourism: A European Perspective (2016)

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Hose, Thomas A. (Author)


Boydell Press


Publication Date: 2016
Physical Details: 352 pp.
Language: English

Europe's engagement from the late sixteenth century onwards in scientific Earth science inquiry has generated numerous and varied collections of minerals, rocks, and fossils, together with their associated archives, artworks and publications, forming a rich cultural geoheritage held in major private and especially royal and aristocratic collections, museums, universities, archives and libraries. The mines, quarries, geological structures, landforms, minerals, rocks and fossils - or geodiversity - that underpin these collections populate past and present-day Earth science literature. However, for too long their scientific, historic and cultural significance was not universally recognised and generally they were not accorded adequate resources and protection - or geoconservation. Hence, geotourism was developed in the 1990s to raise public awareness of Europe's geoheritage and geodiversity and to promote its geoconservation; the volume's theoretical essays and case studies examine these four core geoelements and provide a timely introduction for anyone interested in natural history museums, countryside management, and landscape-based tourism. Contributors: Kevin Crawford, Peter Davis, John E. Gordon. Thomas A. Hose, Jonathan G. Larwood, Slobodan B. Markovic, Martin Munt, Emmanuel Reynard, Nemanja Tomic, Djordjije A. Vasiljevic, Margaret Wood, Volker Wrede

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Authors & Contributors
Giovanni Pratesi
Annarita Franza
Rosenberg, Gary D.
Luzzini, Francesco
Clary, Renee M.
Gregory P. Dietl
Concepts
Earth sciences
Geology
Collections
Science and culture
Museums
Natural history
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
Early modern
20th century, early
Premodern
Places
Italy
Europe
Naples (Italy)
Hawaii (U.S.)
Florence (Italy)
United States
Institutions
Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Universita di Firenze
Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin)
Habsburg, House of
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