Geoparks and territorial identity:A study of the spatial affinity of inhabitants with UNESCO Geopark De Hondsrug, The Netherlands
Even though the societal and academic attention to geoparks is on the rise, there is a distinct absence of studies on communities and their perceptions of the landscapes institutionalized by geoparks. This paper contributes to the geopark literature by problematizing the geographical awareness, landscape associations and territorial identities of geopark inhabitants. Using a quantitative case study of UNESCO Geopark De Hondsrug (the Netherlands), the paper shows a complex image regarding the inhabitants' affinity with their living environment. At its initiation, the geopark did not build on th... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Stoffelen , A , Groote , P D , Meijles , E & Weitkamp , G 2019 , ' Geoparks and territorial identity : A study of the spatial affinity of inhabitants with UNESCO Geopark De Hondsrug, The Netherlands ' , Applied Geography , vol. 106 , pp. 1-10 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.03.004 |
Schlagwörter: | landscape associations / regional identity / regional development / environmental resource management / mental maps / GIS / TOURISM / PLACE / LANDSCAPES / HISTORY |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26825023 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/3b129df9-7c86-4fbd-89b6-51f3d1bdd42d |