Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

The Geoheritage of Northwestern Central Morocco Area: Inventory and Quantitative Assessment of Geosites for Geoconservation, Geotourism, Geopark Purpose and the Support of Sustainable Development

The Geoheritage of Northwestern Central Morocco Area: Inventory and Quantitative Assessment of... Throughout the course of the last years, geoconservation is increasingly becoming on the A-list of topics holding more and more attention, given its importance on geoheritage regarding several scales: conservation, geotourism, geoeducation, and local development. Central Moroccan massif is one of the Variscan massifs that amass a number of geosites (sedimentological, basin genesis, petrographical, paleoclimate …) allowing the understanding of the relevant period of the Earth’s evolution and the geodynamics of the area, as well as, it contains geosites from the Ediacarian to Quaternary. In this perspective, the current work aimed to identify priority sites for geoconservation actions, geoeducation, and geotourism. All geological sites were inventoried and evaluated by a quantitative assessment relying on the scientific value, the degradation risk, the educational and touristic potential uses regarding both the protection priorities and the use management. The inventory of geosites and their quantitative assessment were performed by the method of Brilha (Geoheritage 8:119–134, 2016). The takeaways of this work may help improve the sustainable development of the area through the establishment of geopark, the implement of a geoconservation strategy and the geotourism action plan. In addition, it could be the path to achieve a global target of the sustainable goals in the Central Morocco area. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Geoheritage Springer Journals

The Geoheritage of Northwestern Central Morocco Area: Inventory and Quantitative Assessment of Geosites for Geoconservation, Geotourism, Geopark Purpose and the Support of Sustainable Development

Download PDF
26 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer-journals/the-geoheritage-of-northwestern-central-morocco-area-inventory-and-YhWMFNoa3w

References (172)

Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to International Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage 2022
ISSN
1867-2477
eISSN
1867-2485
DOI
10.1007/s12371-022-00712-w
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Throughout the course of the last years, geoconservation is increasingly becoming on the A-list of topics holding more and more attention, given its importance on geoheritage regarding several scales: conservation, geotourism, geoeducation, and local development. Central Moroccan massif is one of the Variscan massifs that amass a number of geosites (sedimentological, basin genesis, petrographical, paleoclimate …) allowing the understanding of the relevant period of the Earth’s evolution and the geodynamics of the area, as well as, it contains geosites from the Ediacarian to Quaternary. In this perspective, the current work aimed to identify priority sites for geoconservation actions, geoeducation, and geotourism. All geological sites were inventoried and evaluated by a quantitative assessment relying on the scientific value, the degradation risk, the educational and touristic potential uses regarding both the protection priorities and the use management. The inventory of geosites and their quantitative assessment were performed by the method of Brilha (Geoheritage 8:119–134, 2016). The takeaways of this work may help improve the sustainable development of the area through the establishment of geopark, the implement of a geoconservation strategy and the geotourism action plan. In addition, it could be the path to achieve a global target of the sustainable goals in the Central Morocco area.

Journal

Geoheritage – Springer Journals

Published: Sep 1, 2022

Keywords: Central Morocco; Geosites; Inventory; Quantitative assessment of geosites; Geoconservation; Geotourism; Geopark

There are no references for this article.