<p>Assessing an area’s geomorphological heritage can raise peoples’ and the authorities’ awareness regarding its scientific, environmental and socioeconomic value. This can lead them to realise the necessity for applying measures that will not only aim in its protection and preservation, but in its promotion as well. Geomorphological heritage concerns all sites within an area that are characterised by a high geomorphological, but also cultural, aesthetic, environmental and socioeconomic value. Greece is a tectonically active country, which means that it is characterised by manifold relief and a significant number of landforms created in different geomorphological environments. As a result, each region has a significant number of sites of geomorphological interest, many of which already contribute to its cultural and/or economic development. A detailed selection, mapping and analysis of geomorphosites can further contribute to their promotion, which in turn will play a major role in the region’s cultural and socioeconomic development, but also to their conservation. This is exactly the aim of this study. Ionian islands (Western Greece) are located in the northwestern edge of the Hellenic Arc. They are characterised by intense seismicity and tectonic activity, which have led to the shaping of their relief, alongside the exogenous processes, thus producing a series of unique geomorphological features and landscapes. Upon studying the islands’ geomorphological setting, a total of 92 geomorphosites were selected, mapped and assessed, not only regarding their geomorphological interest, but their cultural, aesthetic, environmental and socioeconomic value as well.&#xa0;</p>

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The Geomorphology and Landscape of the Ionian Islands: An Inventory of Geomorphosites

  • Evangelos Spyrou,
  • Niki Evelpidou

摘要

Assessing an area’s geomorphological heritage can raise peoples’ and the authorities’ awareness regarding its scientific, environmental and socioeconomic value. This can lead them to realise the necessity for applying measures that will not only aim in its protection and preservation, but in its promotion as well. Geomorphological heritage concerns all sites within an area that are characterised by a high geomorphological, but also cultural, aesthetic, environmental and socioeconomic value. Greece is a tectonically active country, which means that it is characterised by manifold relief and a significant number of landforms created in different geomorphological environments. As a result, each region has a significant number of sites of geomorphological interest, many of which already contribute to its cultural and/or economic development. A detailed selection, mapping and analysis of geomorphosites can further contribute to their promotion, which in turn will play a major role in the region’s cultural and socioeconomic development, but also to their conservation. This is exactly the aim of this study. Ionian islands (Western Greece) are located in the northwestern edge of the Hellenic Arc. They are characterised by intense seismicity and tectonic activity, which have led to the shaping of their relief, alongside the exogenous processes, thus producing a series of unique geomorphological features and landscapes. Upon studying the islands’ geomorphological setting, a total of 92 geomorphosites were selected, mapped and assessed, not only regarding their geomorphological interest, but their cultural, aesthetic, environmental and socioeconomic value as well.