<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Quarrying represents a major human impact on the landscape. The positive effects of quarrying have also been appreciated over the last several decades and concern the role of quarries as sites with the potential for geoscientific education and geotourism. In this paper we present a procedure for establishing a multitemporal database of abandoned quarries and their multicriterial assessment in order to determine sites suitable for geotourism purposes. The case of the České středohoří Protected Landscape Area in Northern Czechia is used, as an example of conflicting interest between nature conservation and intense quarrying. Using the combination of old maps and current orthophotomaps, we identified 80 (mid-19th Century), 57 (mid-20th Century) and 38 (2007) quarries. 104 of them were further evaluated according to criteria of scientific and educational value and ‘potential use’ value (visibility, accessibility and extent). This process enabled to determine sites with the highest suitability for geotourism purposes. Finally, we discuss management context for these sites, and possible threats to the sites caused by increased geotourism.</p></abstract>

Quarrying represents a major human impact on the landscape. The positive effects of quarrying have also been appreciated over the last several decades and concern the role of quarries as sites with the potential for geoscientific education and geotourism. In this paper we present a procedure for establishing a multitemporal database of abandoned quarries and their multicriterial assessment in order to determine sites suitable for geotourism purposes. The case of the České středohoří Protected Landscape Area in Northern Czechia is used, as an example of conflicting interest between nature conservation and intense quarrying. Using the combination of old maps and current orthophotomaps, we identified 80 (mid-19th Century), 57 (mid-20th Century) and 38 (2007) quarries. 104 of them were further evaluated according to criteria of scientific and educational value and ‘potential use’ value (visibility, accessibility and extent). This process enabled to determine sites with the highest suitability for geotourism purposes. Finally, we discuss management context for these sites, and possible threats to the sites caused by increased geotourism.

Assessing the geotourism potential of abandoned quarries with multitemporal data (České Středohoří Mts., Czechia)

Department of Geography, Faculty of Science

Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Usti nad Labem

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Quarrying represents a major human impact on the landscape. The positive effects of quarrying have also been appreciated over the last several decades and...

Assessing the geotourism potential of abandoned quarries with multitemporal data (České Středohoří Mts., Czechia)

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 93 - 111

Received: Oct 17, 2017

Accepted: Dec 18, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geosc-2017-0008

Keywords
quarry, old maps, aerial photos, geoconservation, geotourism, geomorphosites

© 2017 Lucie Beranová et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Assessing the geotourism potential of abandoned quarries with multitemporal data (České Středohoří Mts., Czechia)

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 93 - 111

Received: Oct 17, 2017

Accepted: Dec 18, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geosc-2017-0008

Keywordsquarry, old maps, aerial photos, geoconservation, geotourism, geomorphosites

© 2017 Lucie Beranová et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
quarry, old maps, aerial photos, geoconservation, geotourism, geomorphosites