Dóniz-Páez, J. & Pérez, N.M. (Editors), 2023. El Hierro Island Global Geopark: Diversity of Volcanic Heritage for Geotourism. Springer, Cham. vii+123 pp. ISBN 978-3-031-07288-8. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-07289-5

Abstract

The creation of geoparks has become an important international movement. Apparently, each new geopark is not only the outcome of long-term research and organizational efforts, but it also signifies a kind of starting point for new investigations and geological heritage management solutions. Geoparks are true laboratories for studying peculiar geological phenomena, testing geo-conservation approaches, and analyzing geotourist attitudes, motivations, and satisfaction. The new book edited by Dóniz-Páez & Pérez presents the experience and the findings of the multi-aspect research undertaken in the El Hierro UNESCO Global Geopark (UGGp) established in the Canary Islands of Spain for about a decade. Taking into account the general importance and the diversity of the topics considered in this book, the latter deserves the attention of the international research community. It should be stressed that this geopark represents chiefly volcanic geoheritage, and, thus, the vol-ume bears a lot of information about volcanism.The book is organized a bit peculiarly. In the preface, the editors explain that the chapters are arranged into four parts, but these parts are not marked anyhow in the book. What the readers can see is the mix of very different topics explained in several separate research contributions (each chapter is an individual paper, with an abstract, keywords, and a list of references).