Table 2.
General assessment the considered geosites of the northwestern Kemerovo Region.
| Criteria and scores (adapted from Refs. [55,56]) | Geosites (see Fig. 1 for explanation of abbreviations) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE | YP | KU | GR | |
| Rank/uniqueness: global (+500), national (+250), regional (+100), local (+50) | +100 | +250 | +100 | +50 |
| Number of geoheritage types: >10 (+50), 4–10 (+25), 2–3 (+10), 1 (0) | +10 | +10 | +10 | +10 |
| Accessibility: easy in populated area (+25), easy in remote area (0), difficult (−25). | +25 | +25 | +25 | +25 |
| Vulnerability: no danger (+25), potential danger (0), partly damaged (−25), fully destroyed (−50) | 0 | +25 | +25 | +25 |
| Need for interpretation: absent (+25), basic geological knowledge required (0), professional geological knowledge required (−10), scientific analysis required (−25) | −10 | −10 | −25 | −10 |
| Scientific importance: international (+25), local (0) | +25 | +25 | +25 | +25 |
| Educational importance: international (+25), local (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Touristic importance: international (+25), local (0) | 0 | +25 | 0 | 0 |
| Aesthetic importance: high (+50), medium (+25), low (0) | 0 | +25 | 0 | +25 |
| TOTAL SCORES | 150 | 375 | 160 | 150 |
| Finally justified rank/uniqueness: global (>499), national (250–499), regional (100–249), local (<100) | Regional | National | Regional | Regional |