Assessment of Urban Geotourism Resources: An Example of Two Geocultural Sites in Brno, Czech Republic

0523895 - ÚGN 2021 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Kubalíková, Lucie - Kirchner, Karel - Kuda, František - Bajer, A.
Assessment of Urban Geotourism Resources: An Example of Two Geocultural Sites in Brno, Czech Republic.
Geoheritage. Roč. 12, č. 1 (2020), č. článku 7. ISSN 1867-2477. E-ISSN 1867-2485
R&D Projects: GA TA ČR(CZ) TL02000219; GA MK DG16P02B014
Institutional support: RVO:68145535
Keywords : urban geotourism * geocultural site * SWOT analysis * Brno * Czech Republic
OECD category: Urban studies (planning and development)
Impact factor: 2.680, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12371-020-00434-x

Geodiversity and geoheritage within urban areas have some specific characteristics in comparison to those in natural and rural areas. They influence and are influenced by urban development, they are strongly modified by human activities and they are usually closely related to the culture, architecture and history (cultural heritage). Geoheritage (especially geosites or geoheritage ex-situ) is the most important resource for urban geotourism development, together with cultural heritage represented by monuments built of stone or Earth materials. Analysing, inventorying and assessing sites of geotourist interest (including the related aspects) within urban areas can bring new possibilities to the development of geotourism and geoeducational activities. The paper briefly presents the issues and opportunities of urban geotourism and it offers guidelines for identifying, inventorying and assessing geotourist and geoeducational resources within urban areas accompanied by SWOT analysis. Two examples – geocultural sites Špilberk and Petrov (Brno City, Czech Republic) are presented.
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