Potential Values of Urban Geotourism Development in a Small Polish Town (Pruszków, Central Mazovia, Poland)

Górska-Zabielska, Maria; Zabielski, Ryszard

doi:10.1515/quageo-2017-0025

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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

et al. 2024

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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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“…The growing interest in urban geomorphology has become a pivotal aspect for various reasons. It plays an important role in preserving geoheritage [6,8,[120][121][122][123][124] and identifying natural landforms within cities [6,125,126], ultimately enhancing the potential for geotourism experiences in urban environments [11,21,[127][128][129][130][131][132][133][134]. Urban geoheritage, encompassing historical significance, unique geological features, cultural value, and human interactions, constitutes a significant aspect of the urban environment [5,7,19].…”

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Nature-Based Solution Integration to Enhance Urban Geomorphological Mapping: A Methodological Approach

Hamidova,

Bosino,

Franceschi

et al. 2024

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This study conducted an extensive literature review spanning from 1950 to 2023, exploring the methodologies in urban geomorphology and urban geoheritage assessment, and the possibility of applying Nature-Based Solutions (NbSs) in order to enhance geomorphological maps. The methodology proposed here is based on a two-step approach: (i) a bibliographic review and methodological investigation and (ii) methodological proposal in order to enhance the traditional geomorphological and geoheritage maps with NbS to reduce the geomorphological risk in urban areas. This paper aims to introduce a methodological framework and illustrated its practical application to provide researchers and practitioners with a clear understanding of its implementation in real-world scenarios. The proposed methodology was applied in the north and northeastern parts of Milan, Italy. The implementation of the proposed methodology demonstrated its effectiveness in urban contexts and its potential for further modification and extension to various urban environments in the future.

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“…Geoheritage can be viewed as a considerable resource for geotourism and geo-educational activities (Kubalíková et al 2017). Additionally, when the geoheritage is interpreted in a simple, an understandable way, it may become attractive for tourists (Górska-Zabielska, Zabielski 2017). Geotourism is a new form of tourism utilizing geological and geomorphological sites and landscapes (Thomas 2012), though Ollier (2012) believes that individual landform or geological formation are equally attractive geotouristically.…”

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Mapping Geosites as Gateways to the Geotourism Management in Central High-Atlas (Morocco)

Bouzekraoui

Barakat

Youssi

et al. 2018

Quaestiones Geographicae

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Demnate commune and High-Tessaout valley are located in the Moroccan central High-Atlas. They have a great and much diversified geological and geomorphological heritage and exceptional landscapes of high mountains.The data obtained from the current work indicate that the studied area present high tourist vocation, in the fact that this territory preserves a large number of geosites linked to many witnesses fossils of extinct animals such dinosaurs footprints, outcropping rock formations of the Precambrian and Mesozoic. Further, it has many remarkable landforms and geosites such as canyons, natural bridge, spectacular waterfalls and scree slopes. The findings support that the area attracts many tourists every year. However, this number remains restricted due to the lack of tools of promotion and mediation of its geoheritage and also due to the low exploitation of the geodiversity. Regarding this situation, geotouristic routes represented on touristic map appear as an essential tool for geotourism promotion and as an efficient means of geosciences popularisation. This paper illustrates three geotouristic routes describing the main geosites in rural areas of Demnate and High-Tessaout valley. These geotourism itineraries can help to explain the high potential interest of the studied areas in geotourism terms.

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Potential Values of Urban Geotourism Development in a Small Polish Town (Pruszków, Central Mazovia, Poland)

Cited by 12 publications

References 11 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

Nature-Based Solution Integration to Enhance Urban Geomorphological Mapping: A Methodological Approach

Mapping Geosites as Gateways to the Geotourism Management in Central High-Atlas (Morocco)

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