Appreciating physical landscapes : three hundred years of geotourism / edited by T.A. Hose.
| Other author/creator | Hose, Thomas A., editor. |
| Other author/creator | Geological Society of London, issuing body. |
| Format | Electronic, Book, and Print |
| Publication Info | London : Geological Society of London, 2016. |
| Description | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). |
| Supplemental Content | GeoScienceWorld |
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| Series | Geological Society, London, special publications ; volume 417 Geological Society, London, special publications ; volume 417. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Summary | Geotourism, as a form of sustainable geoheritage tourism, was defined and developed, from the early 1990s, to contextualize modern approaches to geoconservation and physical landscape management. However, its roots lie in the late seventeenth century and the emergence of the Grand Tour and its domestic equivalents in the eighteenth century. Its participants and numerous later travellers and tourists, including geologists and artists, purposefully explored wild landscapes as 'geotourists'. The written and visual records of their observations underpin the majority of papers within this volume; these papers explore some significant geo-historical themes, organizations, individuals and locations across three centuries, opening with seventeenth century elite travellers and closing with modern landscape tourists. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Spec. audience char. | Specialized. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 22, 2016). |
| ISBN | 9781862397125 (ebook) : |
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