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2018-04-01

Analysis of the European tourist mines and caves to design a monitoring system

Análisis de las cuevas y minas turísticas de Europa para diseñar un sistema de monitorización

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safety, geoheritage, tourism, monitoring, European Union (en)
seguridad, patrimonio geológico, turismo, monitorización, Unión Europea (es)

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A database of tourist mines and caves has been created to investigate the requirements of an integrated monitoring system with the aim of ensuring the safety of visitors and preserving the environment of the activities. It contains the main features of each site, in particular the physical, geological and technical information. The results unfold the main characteristics of these sites and give an insight of the parameters to be monitored: number of visitors, temperature, noise, gas concentrations, ground movements, among other factors. All these features are crucial for the safety of tourists and guides, as well as for the preservation of biodiversity and geodiversity. This information will be used to create a system capable of controlling the entire underground activity, such as the one tested in the two case studies.
Se ha creado una base de datos de cuevas y minas turísticas para investigar los requerimientos necesarios para implementar un sistema integrado de monitorización capaz de mantener las condiciones de seguridad de los visitantes y el ambiente adecuado de la actividad. Dicho sistema controla las principales características físicas, geológicas y de información del sitio. Los resultados detallan las principales condiciones de las cuevas y minas turísticas, mostrando los parámetros importantes a controlar: Número de visitantes, temperatura, ruido, concentraciones de gas y movimientos del terreno, entre otros. Todos estos parámetros son fundamentales para mantener la seguridad de los turistas y guías, así como para preservar la biodiversidad y formaciones geológicas particulares de cada sitio. La información incluida en este estudio se usará para obtener un producto similar al mostrado en los casos de estudio.

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