TY - BOOK AU - Errami,Ezzoura AU - Brocx,Margaret AU - Semeniuk,V. ED - International Conference on Geoparks in Africa and the Middle East TI - From geoheritage to geoparks: case studies from Africa and beyond T2 - Geoheritage, geoparks and geotourism, SN - 9783319107073 PY - 2015///] CY - Cham, Switzerland PB - Springer KW - Geoparks KW - Africa KW - Case studies KW - Middle East KW - Geology KW - Social aspects KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Ecotourism N1 - International conference proceedings; Outgrowth of the First International Conference on Geoparks in Africa and the Middle East, held in 2011 in El Jadida, Morocco. (Foreword); Includes bibliographical references; Geoheritage and geoparks in Africa and the Middle-East : challenges and perspectives / Ezzoura Errami, Gabi Schneider, Nasser Ennih, Hasina Nirina Randrianaly, Abderrahmane Bendaoud, Abdelmajid Noubhani, Nick Norman, Mamoon Allan, Lopo Vasconcelos, Luis Costa, Mohammed Al-Wosabi, Abdulkarim Al-Subbary, Percy Mabvuto-Ngwira, Gbenga Okunlola, Salisu Lawal Halliru, Lala Andrianaivo, Sophie Siby, Btrice Ketchemen, Marcelle Gauly, Mohsen Hassine, Fawaz Azki, Tea Juliette, Kmar Lattrache, Monica Omulo, and Peter Bobrowsky -- Geotourism and geoparks : Africa's current prospects for sustainable rural development and poverty alleviation / Percy Mabvuto Ngwira -- Geology : from antiquity to modern day geoheritage and geoconservation, with Britain as a case study / M. Brocx and V. Semeniuk -- Geosites, sites of special scientific interest, and potential geoparks in the Anti-Atlas (Morocco) / E. Errami, M. Brocx, V. Semeniuk, and N. Ennih -- The geoheritage of Kerdous inlier (western Anti-Atlas, Morocco) : pages of earth history in an outstanding landscape / E. Druguet, A. Rahimi, J. Carreras, L.M. Casta, and I. Schez-Sorribes -- Recommended geoheritage trails in southern Morocco : a 3 ga record between the Sahara Desert and the Atlantic Ocean / O. Saddiqi, E. Rjimati, A. Michard, A. Soulaimani, and H. Ouanaimi -- The geoheritage of the Doukkala-Abda region (Morocco) : an opportunity for local socio-economic sustainable development / A. Enniouar, E. Errami, A. Lagnaoui, and O. Bouaala -- Late Cretaceous and Lower Paleogene Moroccan phosphates : geotourism opportunities / Abdelmajid Noubhani -- El Kef, conservatory of the memory of earth and humans in Tunisia : a geodiversity to discover and a heritage to protect / N. Ben Haj Ali, L. Memmi, and M. Ben Haj Ali -- Use of website and GIS databases for enhancement of geosites in Algeria / A. Bendaoud, M.C. Chabou, O. Kolli, O. Bouzidi, S. Djema詬 and H. Kaabeche -- Dinosaur track sites in Algeria : a significant national geological heritage in danger / M.C. Chabou, M.Y. Laghouag, and A. Bendaoud -- Dinosaur footprint sites in Arhab area : an aspiring geopark in Yemen / M. Al-Wosabi and A.A. Al-Aydrus -- Geomorphological features of the Manengouba volcano (Cameroon line) : assets for geotourism and other anthropogenic activities / G.T. Zangmo, A.D. Kagou, D.G. Nkouathio, P. Wandji, and M.D. Gount-- Enhancing the geological heritage of the Apuan Alps Geopark (Italy) / A. Amorfini, A. Bartelletti, and G. Ottria -- Geoparks in China / Z. Zhizhong, Z. Xun, L. Changxing, Y. Xiaohong, and C. Xiaoning -- The karst geomorphologic regionalization in China / W. Chen, Y. Zhang, H. Qin, D. Zhu, and X. Wang -- Using the Geoheritage tool-kit to identify inter-related geological features at various scales for designating geoparks : case studies from Western Australia / M. Brocx and V. Semeniuk -- Microscale geology and micropalaeontology of the Becher Point Cuspate Foreland, Australia : significant geoheritage values at the smallest scale - a model for identifying similar features in geosites and geoparks / V. Semeniuk, C.A. Semeniuk, F. Trend, and M. Brocx ER -