Moving geosites: how landslides can become focal points in Geoparks

Landslides are both landforms and geomorphic processes contributing to the long-term landscape evolution and one of the deadliest sources of natural hazard which endanger lives, property and activities. Many people in the world have experienced historical coexistence with landslides and related hazard, adapting settlement location and typology, land use and best practices. At large, local cultural identity is strongly influenced by this adaptation, while, in a few cases, landslides are expressions of both geodiversity and cultural identity. In these cases, it seems appropriate to refer to “moving geosites”, where academic researches supported by geoparks provide insights to educational system and dissemination to the public administrations, both as geodiversity functioning and effective approach to landslide risk reduction by raising public awareness.