Use of Website and GIS Databases for Enhancement of Geosites in Algeria

Bendaoud, Abderrahmane; Chabou, Moulley Charaf; Kolli, Omar; Bouzidi, O.; Djemai, Safouane; Kaabeche, H.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10708-0_10

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“…Our results indicate that Tamanrasset holds a geosite collection of national and international interests that should be protected, like Adriane in the Hoggar and the petrified forests of Tidikelet. Some of these sites possess a spiritual and cultural identity, such as Assekrem in the Hoggar (Bendaoud et al 2015), and "Roche de la demoiselle" and the "Roche du lion" in Tidikelt. They attract tourists and make the local inhabitants proud of their culture and region (Ngwira 2015;Abioui et al 2019;Beraaouz et al 2019;Fernández Álvarez 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Geosites listed and described in this document are far from being the only ones. Therefore, it is necessary to compile an inventory of the region's geosites to support their geoconservation (Brilha 2016;Bendaoud et al 2015), depending on each site's scientific value, while prioritizing the public geoeducation.…”

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“…Six of these seven sites are cultural, and one is mixed, but none of them is a geopark. Algeria possesses outstanding natural and cultural heritage sites that could be classified as geoparks, like the province of Tamanrasset in southern Algeria (Bendaoud et al 2015), an area with considerable tourism potential, with rich resources highlighted in this work. Today, Tamanrasset has a 633,887.00-km 2 national park (also known as the Ahaggar National Park), established on November 3, 1987 by Executive Decree No.…”

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Aspiring Hoggar and Tidikelt geoparks in Algeria

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Algeria does not count any classified geoparks despite its wealthy geological heritage, particularly in Tamanrasset province (southern Algeria). The economic activities in this province require promotion and diversification apart from the oil and gas industry. While tourism can be a crucial driver of its local development, tourist arrivals and infrastructures, especially in villages, indicate how underdeveloped this sector is. The present paper aims to evaluate, for the first time, both natural and cultural potential, targeting a possible geopark classification proposal in this province to boost its tourism and local development. The present study's results highlighted a concentration of geological and non-geological features (archaeology, architecture, intangible cultural heritage, biodiversity) in two (2) regions of Tamanrasset (Hoggar and Tidikelt). Both areas host the largest number of villages, favoring local inhabitants' involvement in local development and tourism activities.

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“…Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/UAVs) (Papadopoulou et al 2022;Santos et al 2018) and space-based (e.g. multispectral optical or Synthetic Aperture Radar/ SAR) Remote Sensing techniques (AbdelMaksoud et al 2019;Németh 2022;Singh et al 2021), together with the tremendous advancement of GIS technologies (Bendaoud et al 2015) have the potential to contribute significantly to the effective management of geoheritage. Remote Sensing technologies have thus great prospects as a low-cost, non-destructive tool for dealing with geoheritage.…”

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“…Some efforts for creating geoheritage databases have been implemented around the world (Ballesteros et al 2022;Bendaoud et al 2015;Martin et al 2014;Suma and Cosmo 2011). These focused on different geographical scales, from national, to regional or local level and/or to specific or generic geoheritage types.…”

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An open geospatial database as a tool for geoheritage management at national scale: The case study of Greece

Pantazopoulou,

Mouratidis,

Alexakis

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Auc Geographica

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Geological heritage or geoheritage is of at least equal significance to – and sometimes also interwoven with – cultural heritage. Hence, it holds the potential of scientific, educational, cultural, aesthetic, and touristic value. Nevertheless, geoheritage has not attracted the same level of attention as cultural heritage to date, especially regarding its sustainable management and suitable conservation strategies. Yet actions and measures are mandatory to preserve and highlight geological heritage and to reduce threats that may cause its deterioration or even extinction. To this end, geospatial science and technology provide the means for documenting and dealing with geological heritage throughout the individual steps of the geoheritage management process. In this study, we present a holistic approach to geoheritage management at the national level for Greece, based on the implementation of a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) database that also enables the coupling of geoheritage with a plethora of readily available geospatial information from remote sensing and other sources. The results demonstrate that an appropriate, geospatial record of geological heritage can have a crucial contribution to geoheritage management from its identification, to its monitoring, protection, and exploitation for educational, scientific, recreational, and other purposes.

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Geotourism—A Global Overview

Dowling

2023

Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism

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Use of Website and GIS Databases for Enhancement of Geosites in Algeria

Cited by 11 publications

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Aspiring Hoggar and Tidikelt geoparks in Algeria

Aspiring Hoggar and Tidikelt geoparks in Algeria

An open geospatial database as a tool for geoheritage management at national scale: The case study of Greece

Geotourism—A Global Overview

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