Thematic Seminar: Integrated qualitative and quantitative data in geodiversity mapping

We are pleased to announce that the GIScience 2021 Conference will host a Thematic Seminar on Integrated qualitative and quantitative data in geodiversity mapping organised by the Working Group on Landform Assessment for Geodiversity of the International Association of Geomorphologists.

The Seminar is supported by the journal Quaestiones Geographicae that may consider the Seminar papers in transdisciplinary approach for publication.

Organizer: Prof. Dr. Zbigniew Zwoliński (ZbZw@amu.edu.pl)

Co-organizers: Dr. Joanna Gudowicz, MA Alicja Najwer

Venue: Online

Time: 27 September 2021

Program

The thematic seminar will take place in the GIScience2021: TS1 geodiversity mapping room

11:00-11:15 Welcome

11:15-11:45 Aleksandra Ibragimow, Lech Kaczmarek – Application of GIS data resources in interdisciplinary studies on the Polish-German borderland

11:45-12:15 Muhammad Yaseen, Abbas Ali Naseem – First detailed preliminary assessment of geological resources from Hingol National Park, Baluchistan to evaluate the potential of the area to become Global Geopark

12:15-12:30 Break

12:30-13:00 Gianluca Tronti, Irene M. Bollati, Roberto S.Azzoni, Anna Masseroli, Manuela Pelfini – A Geodiversity approach to the assessment of proglacial areas evolution using GIS–based data analysis

13:00-13:30 Nenad Buzjak, Valerija Butorac – Geodiversity research in the service of nature protection - an example of Natura 2000 site Sava near Hruščica (Croatia)

13:30-14:30 Lunch

14:30-15:00 Irene M. Bollati, Marco Cavalli – A GIS-based approach to investigate the relationship between geomorphodiversity and sediment connectivity

15:00-15:30 Thomas Y. Chen – Assimilating Earth Observation Data to Map Geomorphological Change in Geodiverse Landscapes over Time

15:30-15:45 Break

15:45-16:15 Liang Zheng – Does the declaration and construction of the UNESCO Global Geopark achieve the goal of ecological sustainability? A scenario-based study in Dabieshan, China

16:15-16:45 Alicja Najwer, Piotr Jankowski, Zbigniew Zwoliński, Jacek Niesterowicz – Geodiversity assessment with global and local spatial multicriteria analysis