Geological Heritage and Biodiversity in Natural and Cultural Landscapes
Martínez-Graña, Antonio Miguel
Geological Heritage and Biodiversity in Natural and Cultural Landscapes - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021 - 1 electronic resource (226 p.)
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Geological Heritage has very diverse elements, both for its intrinsic nature and for its social and scientific significance. These elements have a scientific dimension (stratigraphic, geomorphological, lithological, paleontological, etc.) and a landscape dimension, both with implications for territorial management. In territorial management and planning, it is essential to carry out inventory and cataloging of places of natural and social interest to establish a comprehensive policy. The identification and valuation of the geological and biological heritage, and their interaction in the landscape should favor the conservation and preservation of this natural and historical heritage. Sustainable development implies rational use that prevents the degradation or loss of these unique environments of the natural environment as well as a dissemination and awareness of landscape resources for a better understanding and enjoyment, integrating activities of both environmental education and nature tourism.The diversity of a territory is the result of the complex and continuous interaction of the geological substrate (geotopical) and biological factors that model the existing ecological and evolutionary processes at the level of genes, species, ecosystems, and landscapes and that are expressed in a characteristic representation of organisms adapted to these factors. These vary according to the spatial dimensions and the temporal scales considered, in a wide range, that goes from the geological processes that involve millions of years and vast territories to the casuistic biotic, and anthropic events that can occur in an instant in any territorial sector.
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books978-3-0365-1166-5 9783036511672 9783036511665
10.3390/books978-3-0365-1166-5 doi
Research & information: general
quaternary landscape geomorphological analysis depositional-erosional terraces incision-displacement rates Tormes River landscape landscape quality landscape fragility, need of protection landscape diagnosis GIS environmental assessment petrified forest sustainable development geodiversity biodiversity Puyango geopark fluvial terraces chronology Yeltes river Duero basin (Spain) geomorphological map Appalachian landscape neotectonic drainage network superimposition-antecedence fungal indicators conservation dehesas MW Spain Corridor Designer MaxEnt species distribution models ecological corridors armed conflict Colombia conservation and development fertility human biodemography infant mortality local populations population structure protected areas socio-economic effects ecological niche dynamics reciprocal niche models biological invasions Batuecan lizard connectivity endangered species graph theory Iberolacerta martinezricai mountain lizard network analysis Ramsar Site types of wetlands priority habitats cultural values sensitivity vulnerability threatened species hydrophyte plants species' rear edges climatic change CENFA
Geological Heritage and Biodiversity in Natural and Cultural Landscapes - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021 - 1 electronic resource (226 p.)
Open Access
Geological Heritage has very diverse elements, both for its intrinsic nature and for its social and scientific significance. These elements have a scientific dimension (stratigraphic, geomorphological, lithological, paleontological, etc.) and a landscape dimension, both with implications for territorial management. In territorial management and planning, it is essential to carry out inventory and cataloging of places of natural and social interest to establish a comprehensive policy. The identification and valuation of the geological and biological heritage, and their interaction in the landscape should favor the conservation and preservation of this natural and historical heritage. Sustainable development implies rational use that prevents the degradation or loss of these unique environments of the natural environment as well as a dissemination and awareness of landscape resources for a better understanding and enjoyment, integrating activities of both environmental education and nature tourism.The diversity of a territory is the result of the complex and continuous interaction of the geological substrate (geotopical) and biological factors that model the existing ecological and evolutionary processes at the level of genes, species, ecosystems, and landscapes and that are expressed in a characteristic representation of organisms adapted to these factors. These vary according to the spatial dimensions and the temporal scales considered, in a wide range, that goes from the geological processes that involve millions of years and vast territories to the casuistic biotic, and anthropic events that can occur in an instant in any territorial sector.
Creative Commons
English
books978-3-0365-1166-5 9783036511672 9783036511665
10.3390/books978-3-0365-1166-5 doi
Research & information: general
quaternary landscape geomorphological analysis depositional-erosional terraces incision-displacement rates Tormes River landscape landscape quality landscape fragility, need of protection landscape diagnosis GIS environmental assessment petrified forest sustainable development geodiversity biodiversity Puyango geopark fluvial terraces chronology Yeltes river Duero basin (Spain) geomorphological map Appalachian landscape neotectonic drainage network superimposition-antecedence fungal indicators conservation dehesas MW Spain Corridor Designer MaxEnt species distribution models ecological corridors armed conflict Colombia conservation and development fertility human biodemography infant mortality local populations population structure protected areas socio-economic effects ecological niche dynamics reciprocal niche models biological invasions Batuecan lizard connectivity endangered species graph theory Iberolacerta martinezricai mountain lizard network analysis Ramsar Site types of wetlands priority habitats cultural values sensitivity vulnerability threatened species hydrophyte plants species' rear edges climatic change CENFA