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Surface and subsurface flow in eucalyptus plantations in north-central Portugal
Boulet, Anne-K.; Prats, Sérgio A.; Malvar, Maruxa C.; González-Pelayo, Oscar; Coelho, Celeste O. A.; Ferreira, Antonio J. D.; Keizer, Jan J.In the Baixo Vouga region of north-central Portugal, forests occupy half of the territory, of which two thirds are Eucalypts plantations. The hydrological implications of this large-scale introduction of eucalypt are unknown and the aim of this exploratory study, realized in the Caramulo Mountains, was to describe overland flow (OLF), subsurface flow (SSF) and stream flow (Q) in a catchment dominated by Eucalyp...
Analysis of network activities in geoparks as geotourism destinations
Farsani, Neda T.; Coelho, Celeste O. A.; Costa, Carlos M. M.Geoparks as an innovation for the protection of natural and geological heritage play an important role in the development of geotourism and knowledge exchange. The European Geopark Network and the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network have introduced geotourism as one of themaintargetforgeoparksinparallelwithconservationandeducation.Forthatpurpose,itiscrucialtoapplythenetworkconcepttogeotourism activities. This paper ...
Geo-knowledge management and geoconservation via geoparks and geotourism
Farsani, Neda T.; Coelho, Celeste O. A.; Costa, Carlos M. M.; Amrikazemi, AlirezaA geopark as a new tourism destination contains a number of geological heritage sites. Geoparks as an innovation for the protection of natural and geological heritage are a network of sites for the transfer of Earth knowledge and the popularisation of geosciences. Moreover, geoparks play an important role in rural development through local involvement in geopark and geotourism activities. This paper discusses t...
Tourism Crisis Management in Geoparks through Geotourism Development
Farsani, Neda T.; Coelho, Celeste O. A.; Costa, Carlos M. M.The recent global financial crisis has negatively affected the tourism marketing as well as all sectors of the global economy. However, the crisis can create an opportunity for innovation in management and the emergence of new tourism products in tourism marketing. This study has two major purposes: 1) to introduce geotourism as a new niche tourism product for development of the local economy and...
Effectiveness of forest residue mulching in reducing post-fire runoff and erosi...
Prats, Sergio A.; MacDonald, Lee H.; Monteiro, Magda; Ferreira, Antonio J. D.; Coelho, Celeste O. A.; Keizer, Jacob J.Fire-enhanced runoff generation and erosion are an important concern in recently burnt areas worldwide but their mitigation has received little public and scientific attention in Portugal. The present study addressed this knowledge gap for the two principal fire-prone forest types in Portugal, testing the effectiveness of a type of mulch that is widely available in the study region but has been little utilized ...
Tourism crisis management in geoparks through geotourism development
Farsani, Neda T.; Coelho, Celeste O. A.; Costa, Carlos M. M.The recent global financial crisis has negatively affected the tourism marketing as well as all sectors of the global economy. However, the crisis can create an opportunity for innovation in management and the emergence of new tourism products in tourism marketing. This study has two major purposes: 1) to introduce geotourism as a new niche tourism product for development of the local economy and 2) to investig...
Impacts of land use and cover type on runoff and soil erosion in a marginal are...
Nunes, Adélia N.; de Almeida, António C.; Coelho, Celeste O. A.This paper presents the results of soil hydrological and erosional responses to different land use and cover types in a marginal area of Portugal. The six land uses and vegetation covers studied (cereal crop, fallow land, shrub cover, recovering autochthonous vegetation, land afforested with Pinus pinaster and pastureland) are representative of situations commonly found throughout central and northern Portugal ...