Geoheritage: Assessment, Protection, and Management, Second Edition provides a comprehensive exploration of geoheritage, beginning with an introduction to geodiversity and progressing to the characterisation of in situ and ex situ geoheritage, its protection and sustainable use. It also offers advanced concepts and methodologies for site assessment, mapping, conservation, visualisation and management, and features 12 case studies spanning five continents.
Authored by 75 experts from 22 countries, this edition includes nearly 200 figures and maps. New chapters expand the scope of the first edition to address geoheritage’s links to biodiversity, climate change, natural hazards, ecosystem services, education and cities.
This essential resource is perfect for geoscientists and students in the fields of geodiversity, geoheritage, geoconservation and geotourism, as well as professionals involved in nature conservation, protected areas and geoparks.
Edited by:
Emmanuel Reynard (University of Lausanne Switzerland),
José Brilha (University of Minho,
Portugal)
Imprint: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 191mm,
Weight: 450g
ISBN: 9780443289972
ISBN 10: 0443289972
Pages: 796
Publication Date: 22 August 2025
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
,
Undergraduate
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Geodiversity 1. Geodiversity: The Backbone of Geoheritage and Geoconservation 2. Methods for Assessing Geodiversity 3. Geodiversity Action Plans – A Method to Facilitate, Structure, Inform and Record Action for Geodiversity 4. Geodiversity and Biodiversity: Which Links? 5. Geodiversity and Ecosystem Services Geoheritage 6. Geoheritage: Inventories and Evaluation 7. The Specificities of Geomorphological Heritage 8. Fossils, Heritage and Conservation: Managing Demands on a Precious Resource 9. Geoheritage and Museums 10. The Landscape and the Cultural Value of Geoheritage 11. Geomining Heritage as a Tool to Promote the Social Development of Rural Communities 12. GSSPs as International Geostandards and as Global Geoheritage 13. Urban Geoheritage 14. Geoheritage and Natural Hazards 15. Geoheritage and Climate Change Geoheritage and Conservation 16. The Conservation of Geosites: Principles and Practice 17. Geoheritage Conservation and Environmental Policies: Retrospect and Prospect 18. Geoheritage and World Heritage Sites 19. Geoheritage and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Uses of Geoheritage 20. Geoheritage and education 21. Geoheritage: Getting the Message Across. What Message and to Whom? 22. Digital Geovisualisation Technologies Applied to Geoheritage Management 23. Geoheritage and Geotourism 24. Geoheritage and Geoparks Case Studies 25. Potential Geoheritage Sites in Ethiopia: Challenges of Their Promotion and Conservation 26. Geodiversity and Geoconservation in Land Management in Tasmania – A Top-Down Approach 27. Geoheritage Evaluation of Caves in Korea: A Case Study of Limestone Caves 28. Managing Conservation, Research, and Interpretation of Geoheritage Assets at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado, USA 29. Varvite Park, A Brazilian Initiative for the Conservation and Interpretation of Geoheritage 30. Techniques for the Monitoring of Geosites in Cabañeros National Park, Spain 31. New case study – Africa 31. New case study – China 31. New case study – South Asia 31. New case study – Middle East 31. New case study – Latin America 31. New case study – Antarctica 37. The Future of Geoconservation
Emmanuel Reynard is a geographer and Professor at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a member of the Geoheritage Specialist Group of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and the President of the Scientific Committee of the Chablais UNESCO Global Geopark, France. He also serves in the Geoheritage Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences. Previously, he chaired the IAG Working Group on Geomorphosites and the Swiss Academy of Sciences’ Geosites Working Group. José Brilha is a geologist and Professor at the University of Minho, Portugal. He is a member of the UNESCO IGCP Scientific Board, of the UNESCO Global Geopark Evaluation Team, and of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and its Geoheritage Specialist Group. He was President of ProGEO, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Geoheritage, member of the Geoheritage Task Group of IUGS, of the Portuguese Committee for IGCP, and of the Portuguese Geoparks Forum.
