Assessing the cultural values of the geodiversity in a Brazilian city: The historical center of João Pessoa (Paraíba, NE Brazil), Mata da Aldeia chart

A Geotouristic Coastal Itineray in the Municipality of João Pessoa, Paraíba

“…Geological, geomorphological, pedological or hydrological? ); inventory (creation of a database with the heritage elements, with the completion of descriptive files, containing various information, such as absolute location, means of access, photographic register of the site, a detailed description of geological, geomorphological, pedological and hydrological features, considering the scale of the site, from the outcrop to the landscape); semi-quantitative evaluation (degree of importance of the element for geotourism, as well as the evaluation of the degree of vulnerability, aiming at the creation of geoconservation measures, based on Pereira, Carvalho and Cunha (2019); and promotion of the value of heritage elements, through the elaboration of this Geotouristic Itinerary, one of several that will be published later).…”

“…What characterizes these facies is the presence of ferricretes, such as iron and aluminum oxyhydroxide concretions, which, due to their greater resistance to weathering, form an extensive pavement, in the form of abrasion terraces, which extend along the beach and foreground, best visible at low tides. Source: modified from Pereira (2019).…”

Geodiversity evaluation and geoconservation using grid analysis: case study, north of Ilam Province

“…The outline of the relationship of geomorphological and geological issues to tourism dates back to the years when Leopold (1949), as one of the pioneers of geomorphology and geology, referred to geoethics to lay the groundwork for the ethics of tourism services. This relationship has been favored by researchers in recent years in a different form and within the context of investigating the function of geodiversity systems in relation to tourism (Brandolini et al, 2006;Jenning, 2004;Pereira et al, 2020;Pope et al, 2002;Pralong, 2005;Serrano and Gonzalez-Trueba, 2005) or in the form of geodiversity values with geological heritage (Brilha et al, 2018;Knight, 2011;Jamorska et al, 2020;Kuleta, 2019) and geodiversity and geoconservation (Gordon, 2020;Lukic et al, 2009;Solarska and Jary, 2010;Vasiljevic et al, 2011a;Vujicic et al, 2011;Wang et al, 2015). In fact, managing and protecting geodiversity values is the most important factor in examining the management and classification goals of these areas.…”