Geosite Assessment Using Three Different Methods; a Comparative Study of the Krupaja and the Zagubica Springs - Hydrological Heritage of Serbia

2018
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Miljković, ĐurđaBozić, Sanja

Miljković, Ljupče
Marković, Slobodan B.

Lukić, Tin

Jovanović, Mladen
Bjelajac, Dajana

Vasiljević, Đorđije A.
Vujičić, Miroslav D.

Ristanović, Branko
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Hydrological heritage is a relatively new concept in the field of geosite assessment. The principal aim of this study is to apply M-GAM (Modified geosite assessment model) for comparative analysis of the Krupaja spring and the Zagubica (Mlava) spring, located in Homolje area, in Eastern Serbia. According to the classification of geosites of Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, these sites are on the list of protected sites ("hydro(geo)logical" heritage sites) of extraordinary national importance; however, they still have not gained necessary recognition in Serbia. Thus, their assessment according to different target groups should provide a clearer picture of their current condition. As M-GAM considers that not all indicators for evaluation of geosites are of the same importance, this paper applies two methods for comparing and determining the importance of indicators and subindicators in the model (Analytical-hierarchy process (AHP) and descriptive statistics conducted by SPSS).... Also, it is assumed that different target groups will give different importance to some indicators in the model, which would result in various evaluation scores for the same geosites. The paper also provides a comparative analysis of the assessment carried out by two different target groups - potential geotourists and geoexperts. The results obtained by AHP and descriptive statistics are quite similar, which confirms the reliability of respondents' answers and the results gained. The analyzed sites are differently positioned in the evaluation matrix, and implications are further discussed in the paper.
Keywords:
Hydrological heritage / Geotourism / M-GAM / Analytical-hierarchy process / Descriptive statistics / the Krupaja spring / the Zagubica springSource:
Open Geosciences, 2018, 10, 1, 192-208Publisher:
- De Gruyter Poland Sp Zoo, Warsaw
Funding / projects:
- Transformation of Serbian Geospace - lessons from the past, contemporary problems and possible solutions (RS-176020)
- Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research, Vojvodina Province [142-451-2511/2017-02]
DOI: 10.1515/geo-2018-0015
ISSN: 2391-5447
WoS: 000436193300005
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85049047595
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Geografski fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Miljković, Đurđa AU - Bozić, Sanja AU - Miljković, Ljupče AU - Marković, Slobodan B. AU - Lukić, Tin AU - Jovanović, Mladen AU - Bjelajac, Dajana AU - Vasiljević, Đorđije A. AU - Vujičić, Miroslav D. AU - Ristanović, Branko PY - 2018 UR - https://gery.gef.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/942 AB - Hydrological heritage is a relatively new concept in the field of geosite assessment. The principal aim of this study is to apply M-GAM (Modified geosite assessment model) for comparative analysis of the Krupaja spring and the Zagubica (Mlava) spring, located in Homolje area, in Eastern Serbia. According to the classification of geosites of Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, these sites are on the list of protected sites ("hydro(geo)logical" heritage sites) of extraordinary national importance; however, they still have not gained necessary recognition in Serbia. Thus, their assessment according to different target groups should provide a clearer picture of their current condition. As M-GAM considers that not all indicators for evaluation of geosites are of the same importance, this paper applies two methods for comparing and determining the importance of indicators and subindicators in the model (Analytical-hierarchy process (AHP) and descriptive statistics conducted by SPSS). Also, it is assumed that different target groups will give different importance to some indicators in the model, which would result in various evaluation scores for the same geosites. The paper also provides a comparative analysis of the assessment carried out by two different target groups - potential geotourists and geoexperts. The results obtained by AHP and descriptive statistics are quite similar, which confirms the reliability of respondents' answers and the results gained. The analyzed sites are differently positioned in the evaluation matrix, and implications are further discussed in the paper. PB - De Gruyter Poland Sp Zoo, Warsaw T2 - Open Geosciences T1 - Geosite Assessment Using Three Different Methods; a Comparative Study of the Krupaja and the Zagubica Springs - Hydrological Heritage of Serbia VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 192 EP - 208 DO - 10.1515/geo-2018-0015 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_942 ER -
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Miljković, Đ., Bozić, S., Miljković, L., Marković, S. B., Lukić, T., Jovanović, M., Bjelajac, D., Vasiljević, Đ. A., Vujičić, M. D.,& Ristanović, B.. (2018). Geosite Assessment Using Three Different Methods; a Comparative Study of the Krupaja and the Zagubica Springs - Hydrological Heritage of Serbia. in Open Geosciences De Gruyter Poland Sp Zoo, Warsaw., 10(1), 192-208. https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2018-0015 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_942
Miljković Đ, Bozić S, Miljković L, Marković SB, Lukić T, Jovanović M, Bjelajac D, Vasiljević ĐA, Vujičić MD, Ristanović B. Geosite Assessment Using Three Different Methods; a Comparative Study of the Krupaja and the Zagubica Springs - Hydrological Heritage of Serbia. in Open Geosciences. 2018;10(1):192-208. doi:10.1515/geo-2018-0015 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_942 .
Miljković, Đurđa, Bozić, Sanja, Miljković, Ljupče, Marković, Slobodan B., Lukić, Tin, Jovanović, Mladen, Bjelajac, Dajana, Vasiljević, Đorđije A., Vujičić, Miroslav D., Ristanović, Branko, "Geosite Assessment Using Three Different Methods; a Comparative Study of the Krupaja and the Zagubica Springs - Hydrological Heritage of Serbia" in Open Geosciences, 10, no. 1 (2018):192-208, https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2018-0015 ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_942 .