Geodiversity is the variety of Earth's physical features, processes, and materials. It was recently suggested that geodiversity would be closely related to biodiversity, ecosystems and human well-being and plays a crucial role in supporting life on Earth and for achieving a sustainable planet.
The session topics provide a comprehensive coverage of various aspects of geodiversity and its crucial role in environmental sustainability:
1. Geodiversity definition and assessment: exploring parameters and methods.
2. Links between biotic and abiotic parameters of the environment for investigating the relationship between geodiversity and biodiversity.
3. Natural Resource Management: understanding the role of geodiversity in valuating resources such as minerals, water, soils.
4. Urban geology: geodiversity as a parameter for planning sustainable cities.
5. Cultural and Aesthetic Values: geodiversity for geoheritage.
6. Educational value: for understanding of environmental issues and a commitment to sustainable practices. This collection of topics covers a wide array of important aspects of geodiversity and its role in fostering environmental sustainability.
The session is supported by the project URGERE - URban GEodiversity for a Resilient Environment, PI Massimiliano Alvioli, CUP B53D23007260006, funded by Italian MUR within the PRIN 2022 through the Next Generation EU funding scheme of European Union.
https://www.irpi.cnr.it/en/project/urgere/
The session topics provide a comprehensive coverage of various aspects of geodiversity and its crucial role in environmental sustainability:
1. Geodiversity definition and assessment: exploring parameters and methods.
2. Links between biotic and abiotic parameters of the environment for investigating the relationship between geodiversity and biodiversity.
3. Natural Resource Management: understanding the role of geodiversity in valuating resources such as minerals, water, soils.
4. Urban geology: geodiversity as a parameter for planning sustainable cities.
5. Cultural and Aesthetic Values: geodiversity for geoheritage.
6. Educational value: for understanding of environmental issues and a commitment to sustainable practices. This collection of topics covers a wide array of important aspects of geodiversity and its role in fostering environmental sustainability.
The session is supported by the project URGERE - URban GEodiversity for a Resilient Environment, PI Massimiliano Alvioli, CUP B53D23007260006, funded by Italian MUR within the PRIN 2022 through the Next Generation EU funding scheme of European Union.
https://www.irpi.cnr.it/en/project/urgere/
CONVENERS: Laura Melelli (Università degli Studi di Perugia), Massimiliano Alvioli (CNR Perugia), Paola Coratza (Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia), Antonello Fiore (President SIGEA - Società Italiana di Geologia Ambientale), Alessia Pica (Sapienza Università di Roma)
laura.melelli@unipg.it