An approach for quantifying geomorphological impacts for EIA of transportation infrastructures: a case study in northern Spain

Bonachea, Jaime; Bruschi, Viola María; Remondo, Juan; González-Dı́ez, Alberto; Salas, Luis Espinosa; Bertens, Jurjen; Cendrero, Antonio; Otero, César; Giusti, Cecilia; Fabbri, Andrea G.; González-Lastra, José Ramón; Aramburu, J.

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.09.008

Cited by 28 publications

(13 citation statements)

References 7 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Consequently, one group regards preferentially environmental impact assessment (EIA) and land-use inventories evaluating only scientific values (e.g. Grandgirard 1999, Rivas et al 1997, Bonachea et al 2005, Coratza and Giusti 2005, while other evaluates not only the scientific quality of the sites, but also their additional values, such as ecological, aesthetic, cultural and economic (Reynard et al 2007). Methods of the most recent group of research (e.g., Bruschi and Cendrero 2005, Serrano and Gonzales-Trueba 2005, Pralong 2005, Pereira et al 2007, besides the quality of the sites, also evaluate their use or potential for use, as they take into consideration accessibility, visibility, present use of the geomorphological interest, present use of other natural and cultural interests, legal protection and equipment and support services, which are very important for tourism development.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Preliminary geosite assessment model (gam) and its application on Fruška gora mountain, potential geotourism destination of Serbia

Vujičić¹,

Vasiljević²,

Marković³

et al. 2011

AGS

197

191

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Loess profile »Surduk« in the gully between Novi Slankamen and StariSlankamen villages -currently the only law protected loess exposure in Serbia with fossil palaeosols ABSTRACT: This paper presents a preliminary geosite physical assessment model which has the potential to assist in the sustainable planning and management of natural heritage locations and their transformation into tourism destination. The methodology is based on several existing models and presented through two groups of values -main and additional, which are further divided into indicators and subindicators respectively. The resultant model is a graph that consists of nine fields, into which geosites can be classified as fitting into nine general areas of suitability for tourism in terms of their main (scientific/educational, aesthetic/scenic and protection as market appeal and conservation) and additional values (functional and tourism use as current stage of development). This could prove to be of great help to natural heritage protection and tourism managers, as they could assess the current state of a geosite and thence propose a future path for it.

show abstract

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Preliminary geosite assessment model (gam) and its application on Fruška gora mountain, potential geotourism destination of Serbia

Vujičić¹,

Vasiljević²,

Marković³

et al. 2011

AGS

197

191

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Grandgirard 1999;Bruschi and Cendrero 2005;Pena dos Reis and Henriques 2009;Reynard 2009;Giusti and Calvet 2010;Pereira and Pereira 2010;de Lima et al 2010;Kubalíková 2013;Reynard and Coratza 2013;Brilha 2015) and to the development of numerous methods for the selection and the evaluation of geosites or geomorphosites (Rivas et al 1997;Grandgirard 1999;Bonachea et al 2005;Coratza and Giusti 2005;Pralong 2005;Serrano and González Trueba 2005;Reynard et al 2007;Pereira et al 2007;Zouros 2007;Feuillet and Sourp 2010;Comănescu et al 2012;Brilha 2015). Grandgirard (1999) stressed the importance of clearly defining the objective of an inventory.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated Approach for the Inventory and Management of Geomorphological Heritage at the Regional Scale

et al. 2015

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Due to the renewed interest for sites of geological interest, both in nature conservation and tourist sectors, numerous regional and national geosite inventories have been carried out in several countries during the last two decades. Several research groups discussed methodological issues, in particular concerning the assessment, and proposed various assessment methods. The University of Lausanne developed a method for assessing the scientific and additional values of geomorphosites in 2007. The method was widely used in regional inventories in Switzerland and abroad. This paper presents a new version of the method and discusses four main issues: (1) the assessment methodology is included in a larger process, from the selection of potential geomorphosites to their use and evaluation by stakeholders; (2) a particular attention is put on the selection of potential geomorphosites that will then be assessed and a simple approach crossing a spatial selection (the selected geomorphosites should be representative of the regional geomorphological processes) and a temporal one (the selected geomorphosites should cover the whole temporal stages of the regional morphogenesis, with both relict and active landforms) is proposed; (3) a new part is added in the assessment method; it concerns the use characteristics and fills a gap in the existing method; (4) finally, the paper discusses mapping and representation issues: specific maps are produced at two levels: simple geomorphological maps accompany the assessment of each geomorphosite and synthetic maps, covering the whole study area, are produced for the communication of results to stakeholders. For this, four types of representation (qualitative, univariate, bivariate, multivariate) are proposed. The method is illustrated by three examples of inventories carried out in Western Switzerland and Haute-Savoie (France).

show abstract

“…The unsystematic approaches to the process of geomorphosite selection have placed attention on numerical assessment resulting in high levels of objectivity expressed by the results obtained. Assessment approaches that are qualitative and quantitative are direct and indirect (or parametric) methods, respectively, as observed by Bruschi and Cendrero (2009) and Bonachea et al (2005).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Preliminary Geomorphosites Assessment Along the Panorama Route of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Chingombe¹

2019

GTG

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

South Africa's geomorphological diversity offers spectacular landscapes recognized for their ecological and cultural/archaeological associations, making the landscapes important sites for geoheritage and geotourism activities. Evaluation of value types in geomorphosites has gained in popularity in geomorphological heritage research. This study aims to apply a comprehensive methodology for South Africa using several guidelines for geomorphosite assessment. Methodological procedures focusing on geomorphosite specificities were used with numerical assessment for fifteen geomorphosites. The approach integrated qualitative and quantitative procedures for the inventory and quantification of geomorphosites of South Africa. Using a modified criterion, geosite assessments and inventories of the Panorama Route were achieved focusing on specific attributes of the locality. Fifteen geomorphosites were studied and four geomorphosite obtained high scores in Geomorphological Value (GmV) and Management Value (MgV) and consequently high score in Total Value (TV) and Ranking Value (Rk). The results for each indicator are used for ranking and comparison between sites with the interpretation of the results used for supporting site management decisions. The assessment of the geomorphosites along the Panorama Route demonstrates the potential of this type of methodology has for the understanding of geomorphosites and tourism in the province.

show abstract

An approach for quantifying geomorphological impacts for EIA of transportation infrastructures: a case study in northern Spain

Cited by 28 publications

References 7 publications

Preliminary geosite assessment model (gam) and its application on Fruška gora mountain, potential geotourism destination of Serbia

Preliminary geosite assessment model (gam) and its application on Fruška gora mountain, potential geotourism destination of Serbia

Integrated Approach for the Inventory and Management of Geomorphological Heritage at the Regional Scale

Preliminary Geomorphosites Assessment Along the Panorama Route of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About