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"Here is an engaging overview of the development of, definition of, and approach to modern geotourism, a growing movement to help sustain and showcase the distinctive geographical characteristics of many places around the world. This volume, The Geotourism Industry in the 21st Century: The Origin, Principles, and Futuristic Approach, provides a clear conceptual framework with illustrative examples from all corners of the world to better understand abiotic nature-based tourism. The volume looks at the establishment and effective management of the over 130 UNESCO geoparks around the world and other travel and tourism destinations of interest for their significant historical, cultural, and frequently stunning physical attributes. With studies from a selection of geotourist areas in Poland, Japan, Turkey, Brazil, Albania, California, Mexico, Peru, and other places, the volume explores urban geotourism, mining heritage, geomorphological landforms, geoheritage (based on cultural and historical interest), roadside geology of the U.S., community engagement and volunteer management programs, and much more. There is even a chapter on space and celestial geotourism. The volume encourages academics, practitioners, and students in the fields of tourism, geology, geography, and also environmental and conservation science to learn more about the geopark movement and this arising new discipline. Key features: provides guidance for all aspects of geotourism as it relates to the establishment and effective management of geoparks, offers specific information on the geo-conservation and effective management of geotourism in geoparks, identifies significant geological and mining heritage areas that could be formally reserved as national geoparks or geosites by nations, provides a model and schematic mechanism for integrating geodiversity into all relevant geotourism activities and also to geoheritage stakeholders, such as UNESCO, the mining industry, and others."-- Provided by publisher.

The scope and nature of geotourism in the 21st century / Bahram N. Sadry -- Historical viewpoints on the geotourism concept in the 21st century / Thomas A. Hose -- Urban geotourism in Poland / Krzysztof Gaidzik -- Mining heritage as geotourism attractions in Brazil / Antonio Liccardo, Virginio Mantesso-Neto, and Marcos Antonio Leite do Nascimento -- Geomorphosites : aesthetic landscape features or earth history heritage? / Emmanuel Reynard -- Geoheritage and geotourism in Albania / Afat Serjani -- Establishing an appropriate methodology for the management of geological heritage for geotourism development in the Azores Unesco Global Geopark / Eva Almeida Lima and Marisa Machado -- "Simply the best" : the search for the world's top geotourism destinations / Murray Gray -- Interpreting mining : a case study of a coal mine exhibit / Ted T. Cable -- Geotrails / Thomas A. Hose -- Interpreting geological and mining heritage / Ross Dowling -- Evolving geological interpretation writings about a well-traveled part of California, 1878-2016 / William Witherspoon -- Commercially successful books for place-based geology : roadside geology covers the US / William Witherspoon and John Rimel -- Community engagement in Japanese geoparks / Kazem Vafadari and Malcolm J.M. Cooper -- The role of volunteer management programs in geotourism development / Cristian Ciobanu and Alexandru Andrășanu -- Geotourism and proposed geopark projects in Turkey / Gülpinar Akbulut Özpay -- Geotourism development in Latin American UNESCO Global Geoparks : Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, and Peru / José Luis Palacio Prieto ... [et al.] -- Dinosaur geotourism : a world wide growing tourism niche / Nathalie Cayla -- Accessible geotourism : constraints and implications / Mamoon Allan -- Space and celestial geotourism / Bahram N. Sadry -- Post-mining objects as geotourist attractions : Upper Silesian coal basin (Poland) / Krzysztof Gaidzik, Marta Chmielewska -- Geotourism vs mass tourism : an overview of the Langkawi UNESCO Global Geopark / Kamarulzaman Abdul Ghani -- The future of geotourism / Bahram N. Sadry.

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