This book was written by Guizhen Pang et al. and was published by Shaanxi Science and Technology Press in 2006. The book provides greater detail about the basic knowledge, principles and methodologies of tourism earth science. It covers the studies of tourism, geology, geography, hydrology, geophysics, environmental geology, astronomical geoscience, rock technology and management. The three major characteristics of tourism earth science (i.e., practicality, comprehensiveness, and science popularisation) are highlighted.
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(2020). Introduction to Tourism Earth Science. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_1169
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