<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper presents abiotic resources which are located in a small town in central Poland. They remain unknown to authorities and inhabitants. For the first time they are illustrated in a scientific paper. The objects of local geological heritage point to geodiversity of this district town in the south-western Mazovia. When the geodiversity is interpreted in a simple, an understandable way, it may become attractive for tourists. We show how abiotic resources located within an urban area can be used to support urban geotourism development. The scientific, educational and aesthetic values of these resources may create the town image in accordance with the principles of environmental protection.</p></abstract>

The paper presents abiotic resources which are located in a small town in central Poland. They remain unknown to authorities and inhabitants. For the first time they are illustrated in a scientific paper. The objects of local geological heritage point to geodiversity of this district town in the south-western Mazovia. When the geodiversity is interpreted in a simple, an understandable way, it may become attractive for tourists. We show how abiotic resources located within an urban area can be used to support urban geotourism development. The scientific, educational and aesthetic values of these resources may create the town image in accordance with the principles of environmental protection.

Potential Values of Urban Geotourism Development in a Small Polish Town (Pruszków, Central Mazovia, Poland)

Department of Geotourism and Environmental Geology

Quaestiones Geographicae

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The paper presents abiotic resources which are located in a small town in central Poland. They remain unknown to authorities and inhabitants. For the first...

Potential Values of Urban Geotourism Development in a Small Polish Town (Pruszków, Central Mazovia, Poland)

Published Online: Sep 29, 2017

Page range: 75 - 86

Received: Apr 14, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2017-0025

Keywords
abiotic resources, geodiversity, urban geotourism, south-western Mazovia, central Poland

© 2017 Maria Górska-Zabielska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Potential Values of Urban Geotourism Development in a Small Polish Town (Pruszków, Central Mazovia, Poland)

Published Online: Sep 29, 2017

Page range: 75 - 86

Received: Apr 14, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2017-0025

Keywordsabiotic resources, geodiversity, urban geotourism, south-western Mazovia, central Poland

© 2017 Maria Górska-Zabielska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
abiotic resources, geodiversity, urban geotourism, south-western Mazovia, central Poland