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<\/p>\nSantiago Moliner Aznar defended the Ph. D. Thesis \u201cCaracterizaci\u00f3n y valorizaci\u00f3n del patrimonio geol\u00f3gico del \u00e1rea de Sierra Espu\u00f1a (Cordillera B\u00e9tica: SE, Espa\u00f1a\u201d on April 27th 2022.<\/p>\n
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Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Sierra Espu\u00f1a area (Murcia: SE Spain) is characterized by their great biodiversity\u00a0integrated in the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean. Although\u00a0authorities are very interested in valorization and protection of biodiversity (flora and\u00a0fauna), the interest in geological heritage is still much lower. So, this PH Thesis tries to\u00a0show and give value to the very best sites of geologic interest recognizable in the area\u00a0(Sierra Espu\u00f1a and the Mula-Pliego-Gebas Depression). So, 55 sites have been\u00a0proposed as suitable to be considered as geological heritage. The characterization of\u00a0these sites is done through an approach of combination of recent methods practiced and\u00a0published. The methodology allows the identification of general data, physical\u00a0description, evaluation of scientific value (SV), the Potential Educational Use (PEU),\u00a0Potential Tourism Use (PTU) and the Degradation Risk (DR). The use of the\u00a0quantification methodology (Brilha, 2016) confirmed that the sites of the Regional Park\u00a0of Sierra Espu\u00f1a are of international relevance with a solid and objective inventory.\u00a0Similarly, the results of the valorization indicate that 51 sites have high or very high\u00a0scientific value, while all the sites reach high or very high didactic and touristic values.\u00a0Contrarily, the degradational risk is mostly low or moderate. Only 19 sites show high or\u00a0very high values. The inventoried sites are distributed over Sierra Espu\u00f1a Regional Park\u00a0and neighboring areas (Mula-Pliego-Gebas Depression), being located along pedestrian\u00a0paths, trails, tracks and motorways. These sites present a wide variety of geological\u00a0typologies such as structural geology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology,\u00a0geomaterials, petrology, geomorphology, hydraulic and hydrogeology. The valuation of\u00a0the selected geosites led us to their distribution and integration in 8georoutes (El Berro,\u00a0with 8 sites; Las Alquer\u00edas, with 7 sites; Cumbres Espu\u00f1a, with 7 sites; Valle de\u00a0Malvariche, with 9 sites; Aledo-La Santa, with 5 sites; Pliego Depression, with 6 sites;\u00a0Paraje de Gebas, with 7 sites; Mula, with 6 sites). Finally, some actions following the\u00a0criteria of the Global Geoparks Network by UNESCO have been proposed for the better\u00a0conservation of the geosites but also to contribute to education and to promote tourism.\u00a0These actions would also stimulate economic activity and sustainable development in\u00a0the area by attracting increasing numbers of visitors interested in the geological heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Santiago Moliner Aznar defended the Ph. D. Thesis \u201cCaracterizaci\u00f3n y valorizaci\u00f3n del patrimonio geol\u00f3gico del \u00e1rea de Sierra Espu\u00f1a (Cordillera B\u00e9tica: SE, Espa\u00f1a\u201d on April 27th 2022. Abstract: The Sierra Espu\u00f1a area (Murcia: SE Spain) is characterized by their great biodiversity\u00a0integrated in the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean. Although\u00a0authorities are very interested in valorization […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4347,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2324959,2325166],"tags":[4366,1462560],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-betics","category-geological-heritage","tag-murcia","tag-sierra-espuna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/westerntethys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/westerntethys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/westerntethys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/westerntethys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4347"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/westerntethys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/westerntethys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/westerntethys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions\/469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/westerntethys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/westerntethys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/westerntethys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}