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JournalISSN: 1581-6613

Acta geographica Slovenica 

The Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts / Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti (ZRC SAZU)
About: Acta geographica Slovenica is an academic journal published by The Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts / Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti (ZRC SAZU). The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Tourism & Population. It has an ISSN identifier of 1581-6613. It is also open access. Over the lifetime, 338 publications have been published receiving 3357 citations.


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TL;DR: In this article, a preliminary geosite physical assessment model is presented, which has the potential to assist in the sustainable planning and management of natural heritage locations and their transformation into tourism destination.
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.

173 citations

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TL;DR: The authors contextualises the recognition of the geotourism concept and stresses the underpinning geoconservation purpose that drove its development in England, and provides a summary of the development of early modern geocoservation in England as a necessary precursor to the inception, recognition and development of geoteerism.
Abstract: This paper contextualises the recognition of the geotourism concept. It stresses the underpinning geoconservation purpose that drove its development in England. It notes the multidisciplinary nature of geotourism research. It provides a summary of the development of early modern geoconservation in England as a necessary precursor to the inception, recognition and development of geotourism. It notes the evolving geotourism research approach and its impact on its understandings, definitions and models; the whole is contextualised within the framework of special interest tourism. The interaction between geotourism and geoparks is considered. A new geotourism definition is provided and a plea made for its original rationale and observations to be included in studies elsewhere in Europe.

84 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the principal research in the field of geoheritage currently carried out on these three topics and presented two case studies in the Italian Dolomites and the Swiss Alps.
Abstract: Because of their specific physical characteristics (altitude, slope, orientation, climate), mountain environments have an important natural diversity. In particular, their geodiversity is generally much larger than in the lowlands, and because mountain geosites are often very aesthetic, mountain areas present a great potential for geoheritage, geoconservation and geotourism studies. This paper reviews six reasons why this potential is high and concludes that mountain areas are particularly interesting to develop educational programs on three current environmental issues: climate change; natural hazards; and human impacts on particularly sensitive geomorphological environments. Then, the paper reviews the principal research in the field of geoheritage currently carried out on these three topics and presents two case studies in the Italian Dolomites and the Swiss Alps.

50 citations

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TL;DR: In the case of Durmitor, the number and direction of moving glaciers were mostly affected by geological structure (carbonate basis) and preglacial relief (karst and fluvial relief) as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Mount Durmitor is situated in the southeastern part of the Dinaric mountain system in Montenegro. Throughout the Pleistocene there were many glaciers there, which descended to adjacent karst plateau. Types of glaciers, their number and direction of moving were mostly affected by geological structure (carbonate basis) and pre-glacial relief (karst and fluvial relief). During two phases of intensive glaciation, the surface that had been seized by glacial changes also changed. Over 54% of the surface of Durmitor was exposed to the glacial process of the stronger phase and about 36% of the weaker phase. Cirque type of glaciation dominated the third phase.

42 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present damage caused by different natural hazards in Slovenia and abroad together with the analysis of the amount of damage incurred by natural disasters together and a discussion on the comparability of data.
Abstract: This paper describes the damage caused by natural disasters in Slovenia and around the world between 1995 and 2010. The fundamental purpose of the article is to present damage caused by different natural hazards in Slovenia and abroad together with the analysis of the amount of damage caused by natural disasters together and a discussion on the comparability of data. Described is the damage caused by earthquakes, floods, fires, droughts, strong winds, hail, frost and ice, and landslides and avalanches. From the analyzed material on the amount of damage we can evaluate the financial importance of prevention, which is be a key activity in the field of protection against natural disasters.

41 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202223
202122
202025
201922
201820
201720