Better Understanding of Geoheritage Challenges within the Scope of Economic Geology: Toward a New Research Agenda
Recognizing geoheritage, i.e., the entity of unique geological features with heritage value, as a geological resource for society is a relatively novel idea. It is argued that non-industrial exploitation of this resource brings benefits through tourism, eco-/geosystem services, and research and educ...
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| author | Dmitry A. Ruban Vladimir A. Ermolaev Antonius J. (Tom) van Loon |
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| description | Recognizing geoheritage, i.e., the entity of unique geological features with heritage value, as a geological resource for society is a relatively novel idea. It is argued that non-industrial exploitation of this resource brings benefits through tourism, eco-/geosystem services, and research and education. Experience-related peculiarities of the contemporary economy can be brought in correspondence with the geoheritage value. This new resource deserves extensive investigation and exploration, just like mineral and energy resources. The scope of economic geology should, consequently, embrace also geoheritage as an economically important geological resource. This requires joint efforts of both economic geologists and experts in geoheritage and nature conservation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f6660f3ab12841608e6d29300bce62642023-11-30T22:29:05ZengMDPI AGHeritage2571-94082022-12-016136537310.3390/heritage6010019Better Understanding of Geoheritage Challenges within the Scope of Economic Geology: Toward a New Research AgendaDmitry A. Ruban0Vladimir A. Ermolaev1Antonius J. (Tom) van Loon2Department of Organization and Technologies of Service Activities, Higher School of Business, Southern Federal University, 23-ja Linija Street 43, 344019 Rostov-on-Don, RussiaDepartment of Commodity Science and Expertise, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Stremyanny Lane 36, 117997 Moscow, RussiaCollege of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, ChinaRecognizing geoheritage, i.e., the entity of unique geological features with heritage value, as a geological resource for society is a relatively novel idea. It is argued that non-industrial exploitation of this resource brings benefits through tourism, eco-/geosystem services, and research and education. Experience-related peculiarities of the contemporary economy can be brought in correspondence with the geoheritage value. This new resource deserves extensive investigation and exploration, just like mineral and energy resources. The scope of economic geology should, consequently, embrace also geoheritage as an economically important geological resource. This requires joint efforts of both economic geologists and experts in geoheritage and nature conservation.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/1/19geoheritageexperience economytourism |
| spellingShingle | Dmitry A. Ruban Vladimir A. Ermolaev Antonius J. (Tom) van Loon Better Understanding of Geoheritage Challenges within the Scope of Economic Geology: Toward a New Research Agenda Heritage geoheritage experience economy tourism |
| title | Better Understanding of Geoheritage Challenges within the Scope of Economic Geology: Toward a New Research Agenda |
| title_full | Better Understanding of Geoheritage Challenges within the Scope of Economic Geology: Toward a New Research Agenda |
| title_fullStr | Better Understanding of Geoheritage Challenges within the Scope of Economic Geology: Toward a New Research Agenda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Better Understanding of Geoheritage Challenges within the Scope of Economic Geology: Toward a New Research Agenda |
| title_short | Better Understanding of Geoheritage Challenges within the Scope of Economic Geology: Toward a New Research Agenda |
| title_sort | better understanding of geoheritage challenges within the scope of economic geology toward a new research agenda |
| topic | geoheritage experience economy tourism |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/1/19 |
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