UNESCO Global Geoparks : Tension Between Territorial Development and Heritage Enhancement / edited by Yves Girault.

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Cover; Half-Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; The Geoheritage Structure Within the World's Geoparks: Tension in a Multiplicity of Cultural, Economic and Scientific Contexts; I.1. The Geopark H2020 program; I.2. A year of upheaval in the initial program; I.3. The UGG, a tension between territorial development and heritage enhancement; I.4. Inventory and conservation of heritage; I.5. Geotourism and education; I.6. References; PART 1: Objectives, Issues and Tensions Related to the Patrimonialization of Nature

1. Natural Heritage, Participatory Democracy and UNESCO: a Structure of Disillusionment?1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The participation in question; 1.3. A brief history of participatory mechanisms and environmental democracy; 1.4. Critical assessments of participatory mechanisms and environmental democracy; 1.5. Points of tension within protected natural areas; 1.5.1. The significant dimension of the devices; 1.5.2. The proliferation and professionalization of intermediaries; 1.5.3. Standardization of participation models

1.6. The example of the Lanzarote geopark: top-down approach and brand logic1.7. Conclusion: the democratic consequences of the contradictions of participation; 1.8. References; 2. The Ambivalences of the Co-construction of a Mental Territory: a Case Study on Spanish UGGs; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Problematic issues; 2.3. Methodology and construction of the corpus; 2.4. The construction of the story of the mental territory of the Spanish geoparks; 2.4.1. First initiatives to protect geological aspects in Spain; 2.4.2. Various definitions of geological heritage in Spain

2.4.3. Cultural enhancement of geological heritage: a disciplinary approach between protection and dissemination of geology2.5. Conclusion; 2.6. References; 3. The History of the Earth as a New Form of Territorial Marketing: the Case of the Geopark of the Tremp-Montsec Basin (Spain); 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Economic development and the use of heritage in the Catalan Pyrenees; 3.3. The protection of Catalan geological heritage and its valorization through geoparks; 3.4. The Tremp-Montsec Basin Geopark Project and the creation of a territory brand

3.5. The declaration of the Tremp Geopark and the definition of its future challenges3.6. References; 4. Patrimonialization and the Geopark Label: for Which Development Model in the South? The Case of Morocco; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Geopark in Morocco: new label, new territory and new heritage process; 4.2.1. The relationship to heritage and patrimonialization in Morocco: between identity, museumization and commodification; 4.2.2. What is the debate on the social acceptability and local utility of geoparks?

4.3. Challenges in the territorial construction of geoparks and their heritage development