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Geoparks Manifesting Human Relationships to the Environment

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The socio-cultural environment of Taiwan’s geoparks and their surroundings have been shaped by history and the human activities taking place under each geopark’s unique geological and geomorphological conditions.

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Lin, JC., Su, SJ. (2019). Geoparks Manifesting Human Relationships to the Environment. In: Geoparks of Taiwan. Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04895-2_4

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