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The SEA and Big-S Models for Managing Geosites as Resources for Local Communities in the Context of Rural Geoparks

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This work has received funding from the EEA Financial Mechanism 2009–2014 under the GeoSust project contract no 22 SEE/30.06.2014. We would like to thank an anonymous reviewer for useful comments and Dr. Kevin Page for editorial handling that improved our manuscript.

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  1. Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich, Clausiusstrasse 25, NO 8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    Răzvan-Gabriel Popa

  2. Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy, Jean-Louis Calderon 19-21 sector 2, Bucharest, Romania

    Răzvan-Gabriel Popa & Diana-Alice Popa

  3. University of Bucharest, Nicolae Bălcescu 1, sector 1, Bucharest, Romania

    Alexandru Andrășanu

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Popa, RG., Popa, DA. & Andrășanu, A. The SEA and Big-S Models for Managing Geosites as Resources for Local Communities in the Context of Rural Geoparks. Geoheritage 9, 175–186 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-016-0192-1

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