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| Working Group on Geomorphosites: research, assessment and improvement |
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Chair: Prof. Emmanuel Reynard
Lausanne (Switzerland)
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Co-Chair: Dr. Paola Coratza
Modena (Italy)
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Introduction
The main objective of the Working Group is to improve knowledge and assessment of geomorphological sites, with particular emphasis on conservation, education and tourism attractivity in respect to these sites.
The Working Group on Geomorphosites was created in September 2001 at the 5th International Conference of Geomorphology held in Tokyo. It is chaired by Emmanuel Reynard, University of Lausanne (Switzerland) and Paola Coratza, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy).
Geomorphosites are landforms to which the society confers a certain value for scientific, but also cultural, ecological, aesthetic or economic reasons. The main objectives of the WG concern the five following aspects:
- Improvement of research on geomorphosite issues (assessment, mapping, conservation, education and tourist promotion) and development of a research community on geomorphosites;
- Development of methods for assessing and mapping geomorphosites;
- Inclusion of geomorphosite studies in university cursus;
- Development of relationships between geomorphosite studies and human sciences;
- Public relations with international programmes concerning geoconservation and geotourism.
Contact:
Chair: Prof. Emmanuel Reynard, Institut de Géographie, Quartier UNIL-Dorigny, Bâtiment Anthropole, CH - 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, Tel. +41216923065 - Fax. +41216923075, e-mail
Co-Chair: Dr. Paola Coratza, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, largo S. Eufemia 19, I- 41100 Modena, Italy, Tel. +3959 205 5857 - Fax +3959 205 5887, e-mail
Secretary: Géraldine Regolini-Bissig, Institut de Géographie, Quartier UNIL-Dorigny, Bâtiment Anthropole, CH -1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, Tel.+41216923077 - Fax. +41216923075, e-mail
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Thematic bibliography on geomorphosites - online |
Under the auspices of the IAG Working group "Geomorphosites", the Institute of Geography of the University of Lausanne proposes a thematic bibliography on geomorphosites. The aim of this bibliography is to collect the existing literature on geomorphosites in order to furnish a data base concerning different domains like geomorphosite protection, assessment and promotion; many references also deal with the presentation of regional inventories of geomorphosites. The bibliography contains several types of documents and focuses on European literature. Such a bibliography could not be exhaustive; even so, we hope that it could be useful to people dealing with geoconservation, geosites, geoparks or geotourism. The bibliography is also available in form of CD-rom containing the list of references in three different formats:
- Bibliography_Endnote is a file in Endnote format. Endnote is a software of bibliographical references database. To read this file, one needs the software Endnote 9.0 to be installed on your computer.
- Bibliography_Word is a file in .doc format.
- Bibliography_pdf is a file in .pdf format.
The CD-ROM is available for 5 Euro at the following adress :
Géraldine Regolini-Bissig
Institute of Geography, University of Lausanne, Anthropole, CH - 1015 Lausanne
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"Mapping Geoheritage", Proceedings of the workshop held in Lausanne, 17-20 June 2008. The proceedings of the workshop have been published by Géraldine Regolini-Bissig and Emmanuel Reynard, in the collection Géovisions of the Institute of Geography of Lausanne University.
The volume presents eight contributions. In the first article, G.Regolini-Bissig (University of Lausanne) proposes recommendations for elaborating geotourist maps. The second paper, written by S.Martin (University of Lausanne) is a kind of application of Regolini-Bissig's proposals. It presents the different steps for the preparation of a geotourist map of the glacio-karstic area of Tsanfleuron (Swiss Alps). Four papers present case studies in various geomorphological contexts. P.Brandolini (University of Genova) and M.Pelfini (University of Milano) propose a method for mapping geomorphological hazards along hiking trails used for geotourism. B.Erhartiè (Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts) discusses mapping issues at the scale of the country and of a geosite. A.Rovere and colleagues (University of Genova) discuss mapping issues of underwater geoheritage. Finally, M.Pelfini and colleagues (University of Milano) present investigations carried out on glacial geomorphosites in the Italian Alps. The last two papers have a more technical value. The first one, written by L.Ghiraldi and colleagues (Universities of Modena and Torino), concerns the use of GIS and geomatics tools in the assessment and exploitation of geomorphosites, whereas the second, written by M.Giardino and colleagues (University of Torino) presents a specific GIS mobile mapping tool useful for data collection and mapping in the field.
Reference: Regolini-Bissig G., Reynard E. (eds) (2010). Mapping Geoheritage, Lausanne: Institute of Geography, Géovisions n° 35, 127 p. The digital version is available on the website.
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From Geosites to Geomorphosites: how to decode the landscape?
This is the title of a special issue of the French journal "Géomorphologie: relief, processus, environnement", edited by Christian Giusti, member of the WG.
The volume collects 8 papers related to the session TS3 Theoretical aspects: geosites and geomorphosites of the conference "Geomorphosites 2009: raising the profile of geomorphological heritage through iconography, inventory and promotion" organised in Paris in 2009. It follows another special issue on geomorphosites published by the journal in 2005 (see below).
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Geomorphology and Cultural Heritage - The book is published by Paola Coratza and Mario Panizza (editors) and collects 17 papers.
The volume collects articles related to the Topical Symposium T17.01 "Geomorphological sites in a cultural integrated landscape" of the 32nd International Geological Congress (32IGC) (Florence, Italy, 2004); sessions S16 "Geomorphology and natural-cultural heritage" and WG4 "Geomorphological Sites: research, assessment and improvement" of the 6th International Conference on Geomorphology (Zaragoza, Spain, 2005) and session T30 "Geomorphological heritage: assessment, appraisal and safeguard" of the Quinto Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra, GeoItalia 2005 (Spoleto, Italy, 2005).
Reference: Coratza P., Panizza M. (eds) (2010). Geomorphology and Cultural Heritage, Memorie Descrittive per la Carta Geologica d'Italia, vol. 87, 189 p.
Download the volume.
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"Geomorphosites" was edited by Emmanuel Reynard, Paola Coratza and Géraldine Regolini-Bissig and constitutes the synthesis of the WG's activity during the period 2001-2009. It was published by Pfeil Verlag in Munich (Germany) in May 2009.
The book was written by a panel of 26 authors from 18 universities. It is organised in four sections (19 chapters): What are geomorphosites?; Assessment and mapping; Protection and promotion; Examples of geomorphosite management.
Geoheritage – that are the geological and geomorphological
elements of nature worthy of being conserved – is an important
component of the natural heritage. In most cases, it constitutes
the skeleton of the landscape. The new interest of the scientific
community for the geomorphological heritage – the so-called
geomorphosites – has induced the International Association of
Geomorphologists (IAG) to create in September 2001, at the
5th International Conference on Geomorphology held in Tokyo,
a specific working group aiming to improve knowledge and
scientific research on the definition, assessment, cartography,
promotion and conservation of geomorphosites. During the last
eight years, experiences were shared during workshops and
international conferences and the main results were published
in international journals. This book proposes a synthesis of the
research on the geomorphological heritage, both at the conceptual
and methodological level. The results presented here are
based on numerous studies carried out by various researchers
in different contexts (academic research, environmental
impact assessment, conservation, geotourism) and countries.
This book, written by a first class international team, will help
researchers and students dealing with geotourism, geodiversity,
geoconservation and geoparks in their tasks.
The book is available (30€) directly by the editor. Download order form
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In this special issue of Geographica Helvetica (Swiss Journal of Geography), edited by E. Reynard, recent research results on the assessment of geomorphosites and geodiversity carried out in different countries are presented. The articles explore the concept of geodiversity, present experience with various assessment methods in different contexts, and discuss management issues of a geomorphosite at the local scale. The volume contains 6 papers written by members of the WG.
Read the introduction. The special issue of Geographica Helvetica is available online here.
Contents
Reynard, E., Coratza, P.:
Geomorphosites and geodiversity: a new domain of research
Serrano, E., Ruiz-Flano, P.: Geodiversity. A theoretical and applied concept
Reynard, E., Fontana, G., Kozlik, L., Scapozza, C.:
A method for assessing "scientific" and "additional values" of geomorphosites
Pereira, P., Pereira, D., Caetano Alves, M.I.:
Geomorphosite assessment in Montesinho Natural Park (Portugal)
Zouros, N.:
Geomorphosite assessment and management in protected areas of Greece. Case study of the Lesvos island - coastal geomorphosites
Panizza, V., Mennella, M.:
Assessing geomorphosites used for rock climbing. The example of Monteleone Rocca Doria (Sardinia, Italy)
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This special volume was realised within the framework of the research project MIUR- COFIN 2001 "Geositi nel paesaggio italiano: ricerca, valutazione e valorizzazione" (Geosites in the Italian landscape: research, assessment and promotion ) and is published with the "Recommendation Rec (2004) 3 of the Council of Europe on conservation of geological heritage and areas of special geological interest".
Most of the authors are members of the Working Group "Geomorphosites" and the volume constitutes the Proceedings of the workshops co-organized by the Working Group and the MIUR-COFIN project in Modena (2002) and Cagliari (2003).
Il Quaternario, Italian Journal of Quaternary Sciences
18 (1), 2005 - Volume Speciale (Geomorphological Sites and Geodiversity)
A cura di Sandra Piacente & Paola Coratza
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Géomorphologie: Relief, Processus, Environnement publishes contributions in French or English on geomorphology in its broadest sense.
This volume focuses on the different issues in current geomorphosites research, i.e. assessment, mapping, protection and promotion.
The various articles have been submitted by members of the Working Group on Geomorphosites.
Géormorphologie - relief, processus, environnemnt
Juillet-Septembre 2005 - n° 3
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