Natural and cultural landscapes
Subtitle: the geological foundation : proceedings of a conference, 9-11 September 2002, Dublin Castle, Ireland
By: edited by Matthew Parkes ; conference sponsors, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland ... [et al.].
Contributors: Parkes, M. A.; Royal Irish Academy.
Publisher: Royal Irish Academy
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: Geology -- Europe -- Congresses.; Geology -- Ireland -- Congresses.; Landscape protection -- Europe -- Congresses.; Landscape protection -- Ireland -- Congresses.; Land use -- Europe -- Congresses.; Land use -- Ireland -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Opening address 1. Bog bank, rock face and the far fetch of poetry / Seamus Heaney; title: Opening address 2. Landscape and the shadows of times past and places been / Pádhraig Kennan; title: Ireland's bedrock - a magical mosaic / Paul D. Ryan; title: The Ice Age inheritance of the Irish landscape / Jasper Knight; title: The evolution of the basaltic landscape of northeast Ireland / Paul Lyle; title: The tortoise and the hare : dissolution vs. erosion as the key to understanding the Irish landscape / Mike Simms; title: A cold-water-coral carbonate mound population along the western margin of the Porcupine Bank / P.W. Readman and B.M. O'Reilly; title: Geodiversity - linking people, landscapes and their culture / Michael Stanley; title: The pattern of geo- and biodiversity conservation in Poland / Z. Alexandrowicz, A. Dyduch-Falniowska & W. Mróz; title: The role of geological heritage in the Natura 2000 Network (Habitats Directive, 92/43/EEC) : a local study in northern Italy (Liguria region) / G. Brancucci ... [et al.]; title: Geodiversity as an explanation for biodiversity in the Burren National Park / N.R. Moles and R.T. Moles; title: Landscape as a support for biodiversity : the Arribas do Douro case study (International Douro Natural Park, NE Portugal) / M.I.C. Alves ... [et al.]; title: Geodiversity and biodiversity of karst landscapes : the example of Sardinia / Jo De Waele and Giuseppe Grafitti; title: Geological background for biodiversity in the eastern Fennoscandia, Estonia and Latvia / Y.J. Systra; title: Landscape character and earth heritage : developing a more holistic view of the landscapes of northwest Scotland / John E. Gordon ... [et al.]; title: Terrain diversity as indicator of geodiversity and biodiversity in different scales / Lars Erikstad and Vegar Bakkestuen; title: IUGS Geosites project progress - a first attempt at a common framework list for south Eastern European countries / Theodossiou-Drandaki et al.; title: Problem of protection of geodiversity in the central Eurasia countries / Il'ja Fishman; title: Geological heritage of a southern part of Ukraine / V.V. Manuk; title: Geosites frameworks for the Jurassic rocks in Bulgaria / Platon Tchoumatchenco; title: Study of local lore in Russia / Olga A. Mironenko; title: The data base of Italian geosites inventory / Myriam D'Andrea ... [et al.]; title: The map of geological sites of Albania / Afat Serjani, Adil Neziraj; title: The Kaniv Mountains - a mysterious landscape on the east slope of the Ukrainian shield / V.P Gritsenko and O.V. Taranjuk; title: Geosites in practice - transnational comparison and correlation / C. Fredén ... [et al.]; title: Towards a Geosites framework in Northern Europe - a first attempt in the Baltic States / Jonas Satkunas ... [et al.]; title: The emergence of integrated land-change science? / B.L. Turner II; title: Irish landscape archaeology : archaeological landscapes and historic landscape characterisation / Gabriel Cooney; title: Mining through the millennia : the legacy of Ireland's most ancient industry / John H. Morris; title: Landscape in an agricultural context / John A. Finn and Noel Culleton; title: The making of the Boyne landscape / Geraldine Stout; title: Could the rise and development of past civilizations depend on the geological environment? / Charalampos Fassoulas and Panagiotakis Nikolaos; title: Graves and grave stones : geological influence on culture / Matthew Parkes; title: Protecting and managing our landscapes : the policy context / Michael Starrett; title: The role of the World Heritage Convention in landscape protection / Tony Weighell; title: Inclusive management - geodiversity and biodiversity working together / Jonathan Larwood and Michael Murphy; title: (Re)thinking Ireland's attitude to landscape / John McDonagh; title: Assessing rapid geological changes in landscapes and ecosystems / Antony Berger and Jonas Satkunas; title: 'Land form' rather than 'landforms' : geomorphological conservation outside protected areas / Murray Gray; title: Geology and relief of Poland in landscape protection / Z. Alexandrowicz, K. Romeyko-Hurko and J. Urban; title: Geological and landscape conservation - funding at last! / Colin Prosser; title: Italian landscape physiographic units / Marisa Amadei ... [et al.]; title: Geological aspects in economic evaluation of a region (Hungary) / Géza Chikán; title: Geosite management - a widely applicable, practical approach / W.A.P. Wimbledon, A.F. Barnard and A.G. Peterken; title: Local landscape - let planning decisions be based on geoscience argument / Krzysztof Miskiewicz; title: Integrating geodiversity and biodiversity in local landscape areas of Northern Ireland / R.W. Tomlinson ... [et al.]; title: Integration assessment and management of Ireland's landscapes / Martin Critchley, Julie Martin, Sean O'Riordain; title: From "rock desert" to forest - an example from Kras / Andrej Kranjc; title: Mystical mythical Ireland; groundwater and the advantages of suspended disbelief / David M. Ball; title: 'Unbungling' Irish landscape : a GAIA logical foundation / Paul Leech; title: "Practical conservation in support of superlative science" - the re-interpretation of the Type Llandovery Area / John H. Davies; title: Stone decay in the building of the Faculty of Sciences in Oporto / Arlindo Begonha, Ângela Almeida, Rosa Oliveira; title: Adaptation of ecologically based land use planning principles in the central Hungarian region / Erika Bodnár; title: An example of conservation of cultural heritage in the antique city Stratonikeia and reclamation procedures in Eskihisar lignite deposit, in southwestern Turkey / Hulya Inaner, Yuksel Akin, Eran Nakoman; title: Reading the landscapes of Scotland : raising earth heritage awareness and enjoyment / John E. Gordon, Vanessa Brazier and Colin C.J. MacFadyen; title: Raising public awareness of geological heritage : a set of initiatives / Graciete Dias and José Brilha; title: How can we help people to know and enjoy their landscapes : an example from Dartmoor National Park, England / Suzanne Goodfellow; title: Perception of the geological landscape through the place-names of Roaringwater Bay, west Cork / Anthony Beese; title: The links between our natural and built heritage : how we can use urban landscape and geological resources to aid understanding and appreciation of the wider landscape / Colin MacFadyen; title: Understanding and communicating the landscape history of the Cairngorn Mountains in Scotland / C.W. Thomas ... [et al.]; title: The geological heritage of the Montesinho Natural Park (NE Portugal) - an interpretation strategy for an area with high geological complexity / D.I. Pereira ... [et al.]; title: Interpreting a unique landscape : the Assynt region of northwest Scotland / Kathryn Goodenough ... [et al.]; title: Landscape, community and understanding / Louise Thornhill; title: Exploring geology and landscape : popular publication initiatives by the Integrated Geoscience Surveys (N Britain) programme of the British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, UK / Elizabeth A. Pickett; title: Urban geology and earth science education : facets of the natural building stone elements in Galway City / Martin Feely ... [et al.]; title: The granite in the city : a proposal for a walk through the granite of Oporto (NW Portugal) / Angela Almeida, Arlindo Begonha, Natercia Vieira; title: Landscapes, tourism and the economy / Stuart K. Monro; title: Landscapes from stone / Patrick J. O'Connor, Patrick J. McKeever and Enda Gallagher; title: Landscapes: maximising the benefits / John Faulkner; title: Promoting geodiversity. The importance of sites and features of common touristic appeal / Lars Erikstad; title: Promotion of geological heritage through UNESCO / F. Wolfgang Eder; title: The human factor in natural and cultural landscapes: the Geomining Park of Sardinia / Annalisa Arisci ... [et al.]; title: Psiloritis Geopark : protection of geological heritage through development / Charalampos Fassoulas; title: European geoparks : the Irish experience - Cuilcagh Marble Arch / Richard Watson; title: European geoparks : the Irish experience - the Copper Coast European Geopark, County Wexford / Des Cowman; title: Geology in an integrated cultural landscape : training and research activities / Mario Panizza and Sandra Piacente; title: Geoecological tourism in East Kazakhstan / Yulja Kazakova; title: Aesthetic landscape and geotours in Albania / Afat Serjani ... [et al.]; title: Unique landscapes of Karelia (NW Russia) for tourism / V.V. Makarikhin and Y.J. Systra; title: Geology in an integrated cultural landscape : examples of promoting sustainable and economic development in Emilia-Romagna region (Italy) / Milena Bertacchini ... [et al.]; title: Geosites : beyond conservation / M. Bini and G Poli; title: Where do we go from here? Geological heritage declarations, 1991-2002 / John Morris and Matthew Parkes.