Geoheritage and Geoconservation: Some Remarks and Considerations

Eva Pescatore, Mario Bentivenga and Salvatore Ivo Giano ()
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Eva Pescatore: Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana Via Ateneo Lucano, 10, IT85100 Potenza, Italy
Mario Bentivenga: Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana Via Ateneo Lucano, 10, IT85100 Potenza, Italy
Salvatore Ivo Giano: Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana Via Ateneo Lucano, 10, IT85100 Potenza, Italy

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-22

Abstract: Topics related to geoheritage research, protection, and conservation, as well as the enhancement and dissemination of geoheritage knowledge, have experienced an important increase in interest regarding the perspectives of both research and management policies. In geoheritage and geodiversity management, geoconservation is a term that encompasses a series of actions dedicated to conservation, research on and the protection of geoheritage, and the enhancement as well as dissemination of knowledge in this area. Geoconservation is a kind of container, with several compartments dedicated to different aspects that identify geoheritage and geodiversity, including scientific, technical, administrative, didactical, and political aspects. These aspects are necessarily different according to (i) objects directly or indirectly involved in geoconservation actions; (ii) the area of application (protected and unprotected natural areas; emerged, submerged, or mixed areas; and urban, urbanized, and/or anthropized areas); (iii) final goals; and (iv) the final end users. This paper presents a schematization of geoconservation concepts and applications as expressed in the literature and as a result of personal experience in addressing issues related to geoheritage management.

Keywords: geoconservation; geoheritage; physical landscape; territorial planning; geoheritage management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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