The GeoDIVE project for enhancing geodiversity of the Piemonte Region (Italy):" From rocks to stones, from landforms to landscapes"

When looking for methodological solutions on geodiversity and geoheritage enhancement, we have to face some problems: a) difficult legibility of the information on regional geodiversity produced by Earth scientists through Data Infrastructures; b) lack of public recognition on most relevant" geological" goods and services provided to society. For solving these problems, the geoDIVE project proposes a" full immersion" into geodiversity of the Piemonte Region. Its overall methodology is a blend of Earth Sciences and ICT for achieving both general and specific objectives by means of a four step approach. The general conceptual and methodological framework can be synthetized on a series of modified McKelvey boxes, where the relationships between Earth's resources and reserves have been translated to Geodiversity and Geoheritage and each operational activity on Earth Science knowledge is outlined by a ...