TY - JOUR KW - Geo-mining Park KW - geotourism KW - heritage KW - Italy KW - Sardinia KW - UNESCO KW - Urban planning KW - administration KW - development strategy KW - geotourism KW - heritage conservation KW - heritage tourism KW - Networking KW - Preservation KW - strategic approach KW - territorial planning KW - tourism development KW - Urban planning AU - Nada Beretic AU - Zoran Dukanovic AU - Arnaldo Cecchini AB - Theory and practice about geoparks and the geotourism concept consider not only the geological heritage, but also its relationship to all other aspects of the natural, cultural and intangible heritage as a cornerstone of sustainability and well-being. In doing so, geotourism could be a powerful tool for the preservation and development of the heritage. The Geo-mining Park in Sardinia marks centuries of geological, mining and historical and environmental heritage. The recognition of the Sardinian Geopark by UNESCO in 1997 as innovative, and as a heritage of great importance, created administrative and legislative opportunities. However, the territory lacks a territorial development strategy and administration structure for managing the heritage. With the indirect pressure from the tourism industry the region faces, over the next few decades, a deep social-economic crisis and neglect of the landscapes and settlements. This paper aims to examine geotourism as sustainable strategic approach and territorial planning tool that based on multi-source networking and, that benefits both, development of the local community and preservation of the Geo-mining Park in Sardinia. DO - 10.1007/s12371-019-00379-w M1 - 4 N1 - Publisher: Springer N2 - Theory and practice about geoparks and the geotourism concept consider not only the geological heritage, but also its relationship to all other aspects of the natural, cultural and intangible heritage as a cornerstone of sustainability and well-being. In doing so, geotourism could be a powerful tool for the preservation and development of the heritage. The Geo-mining Park in Sardinia marks centuries of geological, mining and historical and environmental heritage. The recognition of the Sardinian Geopark by UNESCO in 1997 as innovative, and as a heritage of great importance, created administrative and legislative opportunities. However, the territory lacks a territorial development strategy and administration structure for managing the heritage. With the indirect pressure from the tourism industry the region faces, over the next few decades, a deep social-economic crisis and neglect of the landscapes and settlements. This paper aims to examine geotourism as sustainable strategic approach and territorial planning tool that based on multi-source networking and, that benefits both, development of the local community and preservation of the Geo-mining Park in Sardinia. SP - 1689 EP - 1704 TI - Geotourism as a Development Tool of the Geo-mining Park in Sardinia UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85066635478&doi=10.1007%2fs12371-019-00379-w&partnerID=40&md5=da2467550ddeb9243a0e933033759a89 VL - 11 SN - 18672477 (ISSN) ER -