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Clara Vasconcelos, Alexandra Cardoso and Tiago Ribeiro
Geoethics is a field of knowledge currently in full development. Researchers in geoethics are primarily concerned with the anthropogenic interaction with the Earth system. Due to its nature, geoethics holds particular importance in sustainable developmen...
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George Zafeiropoulos and Hara Drinia
A new assessment method named GEOAM (geoeducational assessment method), that will be a useful tool for highlighting the geoeducational and geoethical value of a geosite, is proposed. This method takes into account, initially, 11 criteria, which are group...
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Efthymios Georgousis, Maria Savelidi, Socrates Savelides, Spyros Mosios, Maximos-Vasileios Holokolos and Hara Drinia
In order to design a geoeducation program in the context of the possibilities given to the Experimental Schools of Greece of Lower Secondary Education, teachers identified the need for diagnostically assess students? understanding of basic concepts of th...
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Cristina Casareale, Eleonora Gioia, Alessandra Colocci, Noemi Marchetti, Maria Teresa Carone and Fausto Marincioni
Despite the concrete evidence of human responsibilities with the ongoing environmental crisis, tangible changes toward low disaster-risk development models are slow in coming and delayed in implementation. This paper discusses the principles of geoethics...
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Sebastian Handl, Cristina S. C. Calheiros, Markus Fiebig and Guenter Langergraber
Global water resources are a critical value for the future of humankind. Conflicts and wars seem to rise because of such critical resources. While water-scarce countries are under extreme pressure on the long-term scale, also water-rich countries in Euro...
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George Zafeiropoulos, Hara Drinia, Assimina Antonarakou and Nikolaos Zouros
The purpose of this review is, initially, to emphasize the importance of geoenvironmental education for the promotion and preservation of geological heritage and geoethical values, and based on these, to present the current situation in Greece. Geoeducat...
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Rosely Aparecida Liguori Imbernon, Paulo de Tarso Amorim Castro and Kátia Leite Mansur
The development model assumed by human society over the last century is opposed to the Earth system?s resilience, which has resulted in global environmental problems such as global warming, desertification, depredation of geoheritage, etc. The concept of...
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John E. Gordon
Geotourism spans a range of visitor interests, from the specialist geotourist to the more general visitor. As well as supporting geoconservation outcomes, it provides economic, cultural, relational and social benefits for both visitors and host communiti...
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Tony Milligan
What follows will support the centrality of appeals to the integrity of places as a plausible way of extending the concept of integrity in the light of our actual practices of valuing. The emphasis will, however, be upon practices of valuing rather than ...
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Anne Marie Ryan and Carl-Georg Bank
An online survey of Canadian Earth scientists on geoethics?defined as the interconnection between humanity and Earth sciences?asked participants to (1) rate the importance of issues around scientific integrity, social responsibility, aboriginal concerns,...
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