Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Geomorphological Landscapes and Geoconservation

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Book cover Landscapes and Landforms of Western Canada

Part of the book series: World Geomorphological Landscapes ((WGLC))

  • 1519 Accesses

Abstract

The intrinsic value of geomorphological landscapes is considered in the context of aesthetics, culture, socio-economics, and ecology as well as geoscience. Geoconservation has become more urgent as geodiversity, biodiversity, and cultural diversity have declined. The evolution of western Canada’s parks and natural heritage sites is a story of alternating successes and failures to achieve geoconservation in the face of hostile economic and political visions. The recent emergence of tribal parks and geoparks is yet further evidence of the lively debate that continues. The common element in these debates is the increasing awareness of the intrinsic value of the geoheritage of which geomorphological landscapes are a central part.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 149.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Badman T (2010) World Heritage and geomorphology. In: Migoń P (ed) Geomorphological landscapes of the world. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 357–368

    Google Scholar 

  • Berger AR, Iams WJ (eds) (1996) Geoindicators. Assessing rapid environmental changes in earth systems. Balkema, Rotterdam

    Google Scholar 

  • Blythe R (1986) Divine landscapes. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers, San Diego

    Google Scholar 

  • Borrini-Feyerabend G, Kothari A, Oviedo G (2004) Indigenous and local communities and protected areas: towards equity and enhanced conservation. Best practice protected area guidelines series no. 11. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge

    Google Scholar 

  • Brocx M, Semeniuk V (2007) Geoheritage and geoconservation—history, definition, scope and scale. J R Soc West Aust 90:53–87

    Google Scholar 

  • Bruno DE, Crowley BE, Gutak JM, Moroni A, Nazarenko OV, Oheim KB, Ruban DA, Teiss G, Zorina SO (2014) Paleogeography as geological heritage: developing geosite classification. Earth Sci Rev 138:300–312

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bruschi VM, Cendrero A (2005) Geosite evaluation; can we measure intangible values? Il Quat 18:293–306

    Google Scholar 

  • Burek CV, Prosser CD (2008) The history of geoconservation: an introduction. Geol Soc Lond Spec Publ 300:1–5

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Calder J, Badman T (2009) Earth heritage: a common past … and future. World Herit 52:6–15

    Google Scholar 

  • Catto N, Catto G (2012) Landscape response to human impact in coastal Newfoundland, Canada: 29,000 km of “untouched” coastline. In: Landscape archaeology conference, LAC 2012, Topoi, special volume 3, pp 225–227

    Google Scholar 

  • Dingwall P, Weighell T, Badman T (2005) Geological world heritage: a global framework. IUCN, Gland

    Google Scholar 

  • Dixon G (1996) Geoconservation: an international review and strategy for Tasmania. Occasional paper 35, Parks and Wildlife Service, Tasmania, Australia

    Google Scholar 

  • MDA Federal (2004) Landsat GeoCover ETM+ 2000 Edition Mosaics Tiles N-11-50, N-12-55. ETM-EarthSat-MrSID, 1.0, USGS, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2000. Data available at the Global Land Cover Facility. www.landcover.org

  • Goudie AS (2002) Aesthetics and relevance in geomorphological outreach. Geomorphology 47:245–249

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Goudie AS, Viles H (2010) Landscapes and geomorphology: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press, Oxford

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Gray M (2004) Geodiversity. Valuing and conserving abiotic nature. Wiley, Chichester

    Google Scholar 

  • Gray M (2005) Geodiversity and geoconservation: what, why, and how? George Wright Forum 3

    Google Scholar 

  • Gregory KJ (2000) The changing nature of physical geography. Arnold, London

    Google Scholar 

  • IUCN and UNEP-WCMC (2015) The world database on protected areas (WDPA) (Online), (October 2015). UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge. www.protectedplanet.net

  • Kareiva P, Watts S, McDonald R, Boucher T (2007) Domesticated nature: shaping landscapes and ecosystems for human welfare. Science 316:1866–1869

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Koja S (ed) (2006) Gustav Klimt: landscapes. Prestel Verlag, Munich

    Google Scholar 

  • Kottek M, Grieser J, Beck C, Rudolf B, Rubel F (2006) World Map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification updated. Meteorol Z 15:259–263. doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130. Retrieved 01 June 2013

  • Leopold A (1949) Sand county almanac. Oxford University Press, Oxford

    Google Scholar 

  • Mc Keever PJ, Zouros N (2005) Geoparks: celebrating earth heritage, sustaining local communities. Episodes 28:274–278

    Google Scholar 

  • McNamee T, Kraulis JA (1994) The national parks of Canada. Key Porter Books, Toronto

    Google Scholar 

  • Migoń P (2009) Geomorphosites and the World Heritage List of UNESCO. In: Reynard E, Coratza P, Regolini-Bissig G (eds) Geomorphosites. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, pp 119–130

    Google Scholar 

  • Migoń P (2014) Stories behind superlative scenery. World Heritage 63:22–27

    Google Scholar 

  • Mitchell N, Leitão L, Migoń P, Denyer S (2013) Study on the application of criterion (vii): considering superlative natural phenomena and exceptional natural beauty within the World Heritage Convention. IUCN World Heritage Study no. 10, Gland, Switzerland

    Google Scholar 

  • Nash R (1968) The American environment: readings in the history of conservation. Addison Wesley, Boston

    Google Scholar 

  • Ollier CD (2012) Problems of geotourism and geodiversity. Quaest Geogr 31:57–61

    Google Scholar 

  • Pasquarè F, Pozetti M (2007) Geological hazards, disasters and the media: the Italian case study. Quat Int 173–174:1661–1671

    Google Scholar 

  • Reynard E, Coratza P (2013) Scientific research on geomorphosites. A review of the activities of the IAG Working Group on geomorphosites over the last twelve years. Geogr Fis Din Quatern 36:159–168

    Google Scholar 

  • Ryan KC, Knapp EE, Varner JM (2013) Prescribed fire in North American forests and woodlands: history, current practice, and challenge. Front Ecol Environ 11(Online Issue 1):e15–e24. doi:10.1890/120329

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sharples C (2002) Concepts and principles of geoconservation tasmanian parks and wildlife service website, version 3. http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/internnsf/Attachments/SJON-57W3YM/$FILE/geoconservation.pdf

  • Slaymaker O, Spencer T, Dadson S (2009) Landscape and landscape-scale processes as the unfilled niche in the global environmental change debate: an introduction. In: Slaymaker O, Spencer T, Embleton-Hamann C (eds) Geomorphology and global environmental change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 1–36

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Stöckli R, Vermote E, Saleous N, Simmon R, Herring D (2005) The Blue Marble Next Generation—a true color earth dataset including seasonal dynamics from MODIS. NASA, Earth Observatory

    Google Scholar 

  • Thomas MF (2011) A geomorphological approach to geodiversity—its applications to geoconservation and geotourism. Quaest Geogr 31:81–89

    Google Scholar 

  • UNESCO (1972) World Heritage sites. World Heritage Centre, UNESCO

    Google Scholar 

  • UNESCO (2011a) Operational guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage convention. UNESCO, Paris

    Google Scholar 

  • UNESCO (2011b) Preparing world heritage nominations, 2nd edn. UNESCO, Paris

    Google Scholar 

  • Vasiljević DA, Marković SB, Hose TA, Smalley I, Basarin B, Lazić L, Jović G (2010) The introduction to geoconservation of loess-palaeosol sequences in the Vojvodina region: significant geoheritage of Serbia. Quat Int 240:108–116

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Williams P (2008) World heritage caves and karst. IUCN, Gland

    Google Scholar 

  • Wood C (2009) World heritage volcanoes. IUCN, Gland

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgment

Cartography by D. Kovanen.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, 1984 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2, Canada

    Olav Slaymaker & Dori J. Kovanen

  2. Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, A1B 3X9, Canada

    Norm Catto

Authors
  1. Olav Slaymaker
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Norm Catto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Dori J. Kovanen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Olav Slaymaker .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Geography, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Olav Slaymaker

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Slaymaker, O., Catto, N., Kovanen, D.J. (2017). Geomorphological Landscapes and Geoconservation. In: Slaymaker, O. (eds) Landscapes and Landforms of Western Canada . World Geomorphological Landscapes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44595-3_29

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation