Photogrammetric Modelling for Urban Medieval Site Mapping. A Case Study from Curtea de Argeş, Romania

Nistor, Constantin; Mihai, Bogdan; Toma, Liviu; Cârlan, Irina

doi:10.1515/quageo-2017-0026

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“…The strength of this kind of dissemination consists in storytelling about the anthropogenic impact on urban sustainability, which is incisive thanks to the attractiveness of historical cities' heritage and mix of natural and cultural values. In Table 1 (see also Supplemental Material-topic code d) mainly European examples are available on the topic [107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117], even though every city in the world has this opportunity. The relationship between nature and culture is certainly very strong in the European cities and it is important for successful geotourism.…”

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Urban Geomorphology Methods and Applications as a Guideline for Understanding the City Environment

Pica,

Lämmle,

Burnelli

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Cities all over the world have developed on different geological-geomorphological substrates. Different kinds of human activities have operated for millennia as geomorphic agents, generating numerous and various erosion landforms and huge anthropogenic deposits. Considering the increasing demand for land and the expansion of the built-up areas involving and disturbing any kind of natural system inside and surrounding the actual urban areas, it is not negligible how important the dynamics of the urban environment and its physical evolution are. In this context, this manuscript addresses insights into eight case studies of urban geomorphological analyses of cities in Italy, Greece, and Brazil. The studies are based on surveying and mapping geomorphological processes and landforms in urban areas, supporting both geo-hazard assessment, historical evolution, and paleomorphologies, as well as disseminating knowledge of urban geoheritage and educating about the anthropogenic impact on urban sustainability. We hypothesize that urban geomorphological analysis of several case studies addresses the physical environment of modern cities in a multi-temporal, multidisciplinary, and critical way concerning global changes. Thus, this study aims to illustrate and propose a novel approach to urban geomorphological investigation as a model for the understanding and planning of the physical urban environment on a European and global scale.

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Urban Geomorphology Methods and Applications as a Guideline for Understanding the City Environment

Pica,

Lämmle,

Burnelli

et al. 2024

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“…However, in entirely volcanic territories the diversity of materials is less and the presence of fossils is unusual [22]. This may be the reason for the underdevelopment of urban geotourism in volcanic areas compared to towns in other geological/geomorphological contexts [38,[96][97][98][99][100]. However, there are examples of urban geotourism routes and itineraries in volcanic terrains, regionally in Tenerife: Puerto de La Cruz, Icod de Los Vinos or Garachico [54,87,101]; nationally in Ciudad Real [102]; internationally in cities such as Rome and Naples in Italy, Cidade Velha in Cape Verde, examples in Mexico City, Clermont-Ferrand in France, or southern Brazil [37,49,88,[103][104][105][106].…”

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Urban Geotourism in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

Hernández

Páez

Pérez

2022

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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) stated that “sun and beach” tourist destinations needed to direct more resources towards innovation, sustainability and accessibility. This is related to the crisis that many sun and beach tourist destinations are experiencing. In the Canary Islands, changes to legislation together with urban and tourist products have been made in accordance with UNWTO proposals. For many years the island of La Palma has been offering tourists hiking, stargazing and volcano tourism besides “sun and beach holidays”. However, the 2021 eruption of Tajogaite, Cumbre Vieja aggravated the island’s tourism crisis and caused very negative effects on the economy. This work identifies, selects and characterizes places of interest for geotourism development in the two largest population centers (Santa Cruz de La Palma and Los Llanos de Aridane). Santa Cruz de La Palma has 20 points of interest; Los Llanos de Aridane has 14. All sites contribute to showcasing the diversity of the natural and cultural volcanic and non-volcanic heritage of the regions. The geotourism product in La Palma is relatively new and exploits the topography present, including natural outcrops (cinder cones, lava fields, ravines, cliffs, sedimentary deposits or beaches), and also the cultural heritage (religious and civil architecture, streets or town planning, planes). These proposals for urban geotourism take advantage of the volcanic geoheritage of La Palma and increase the breadth and quality of tourism on offer.

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“…Specific methods have been developed for assessing the touristic values of urban geomorphosites (Clivaz and Reynard 2018;Pica et al 2016, nevertheless, we argue that the more general method of Brilha (2016) allows a useful comparison of the Xitle geosites and effectively highlights the elements that impact negatively on their value and may be improved in the future. Besides, the Xitle geosites are all visible landforms whose value assessment does not require considering abundant archaeological and historical data, such as for deeply transformed, "invisible" geomorphosites in European cities (Nistor et al 2017;Pica et al 2017;Ticar et al 2017;Clivaz and Reynard 2018).…”

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Xitle Volcano Geoheritage, Mexico City: Raising Awareness of Natural Hazards and Environmental Sustainability in Active Volcanic Areas

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The conservation of geosites in a region can foster its sustainability and develop geotourism. These geosites provide geoeducation, raise people's awareness on natural hazards and increase their resilience. Low-income cities located in tectonically active areas combine high geohazards with high vulnerability and low sustainability. Geosites in these cities should be a tool to decrease people's vulnerability and foster sustainable development. Mexico City is an ideal case study for its environmental and social issues and its setting in an active 2 continental volcanic arc. The 1,700 yrs-old Xitle volcano, located in the city's SW corner, is a small scoria cone that erupted once, feeding an extensive lava field on which >600,000 people now live. The lavas are very well exposed due to thin soils and extensive quarrying.The Xitle lavas covered the first urban center in the Mexico basin, except for the main pyramid that has become a major archeological site. The cone and lavas have significant geodiversity, sustaining a unique and biodiverse ecosystem. The country's largest university preserves the lavas in an ecological reserve. We describe four exceptional geosites, assess their values, and discuss their relevance for addressing issues such as nature preservation, environmental sustainability, social inequalities, and natural hazards. The Xitle volcano provides a wide range of benefits for the city that are nonetheless unknown to its inhabitants.We describe ongoing initiatives to disseminate such information, such as the Geopedregal site, and propose ways that this heritage could be further protected and used by the city in a sustainable way.

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Photogrammetric Modelling for Urban Medieval Site Mapping. A Case Study from Curtea de Argeş, Romania

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

Urban Geomorphology Methods and Applications as a Guideline for Understanding the City Environment

Urban Geomorphology Methods and Applications as a Guideline for Understanding the City Environment

Urban Geotourism in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

Xitle Volcano Geoheritage, Mexico City: Raising Awareness of Natural Hazards and Environmental Sustainability in Active Volcanic Areas

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