Dmitry A Ruban
Biographic Data
| ID | 892146 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dmitry A Ruban |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dmitry A |
| FAMILY NAME | Ruban |
| SIGNATURE | RUBAN D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Federal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2847-645X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Expansion of Tourism Infrastructure Can Be Beneficial for Geoheritage: Evidence from the Western Caucasus
Geoheritage is commonly regarded as an important natural resource for tourism, but the latter can be a factor of risk to the former. A case study in the Western Caucasus, where the rural area of Mountainous Adygeya hosts many geosites (including those that are globally and nationally ranked), sheds light on a novel dimension of the aforementioned nexus, namely benefits to geoheritage from expansion of tourism infrastructure. The latter has grown …
Visual Accessibility of Small Waterfalls: A New Approach to the Assessment of Natural Heritage
Waterfalls are common natural heritage objects. Their assessments often focus on physical properties of waterfalls and/or visitors’ judgments. However, local conditions determining the visibility of waterfalls also matter. These conditions can be understood as visual accessibility. It is proposed to assess the latter semi-quantitatively regarding physical availability of different views of waterfalls, the scalability of these views, opportunities…
An Invisible Threat to Natural Heritage: Examples of Large Protected Areas with Hg-Enriched Freshwater Environments
Freshwater environments of large protected areas such as national parks and biosphere reserves concentrate a significant amount of natural heritage. An active release of mercury (Hg) to the global environment may challenge the state of this heritage. The present work synthesizes tentatively the information on Hg-enrichment in freshwater environments of large protected areas. A major bibliographical database was used to find the related literature…
Long-Term Expansion of Regional Museums in Russia: A Quantitative Analysis of Historical Dynamics
Museums help to conserve regional heritage and sustain regional identity, which is especially important in large countries. Russian regional museums constitute a whole phenomenon. Indeed, this phenomenon is a large field for research, and it cannot be comprehended by any single study. This is why attention should be paid for its particular aspects such as a historical dynamics of the expansion of regional museums in Russia. The information from t…
Neverovsky Palaeoreef and Associated Deep-Marine Facies: High-Value Late Devonian Geoheritage from the Rudny Altai
The Rudny Altai is a western segment of the Altai orogenic belt. Its geological richness makes its geoheritage exploration an urgent matter. Investigations in the Loktevsky District (Altai Region, Russian Federation) have led to the finding of three notable localities, which are proposed as geosites. Field investigations and both qualitative and semi-quantitative (scoring by criteria) studies were carried out to characterize and value the geoheri…
Three Landscape-Dominating Mountains of the Western Caucasus: Case Studies of Local Heritage and Cultural Inferences
Geomorphosite inventory remains an urgent task for many geographical domains where it can facilitate the exploration of geoheritage resources. The present study reports a new and sufficient portion of information from Mountainous Adygeya in southwestern Russia, which is a geoheritage-rich area in the western part of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The Cossack, Monk, and Three Teeth mountains were analyzed qualitatively and semi-quantitatively. Th…
Strategic priorities of corporate policy in lithium mining: Do mission statements mark a road to sustainability
The Hosta’s Labyrinth on the Black Sea Shore: A Case Study of “Selling” Geosites to the Lay Public
Geoheritage sites are important resources due to the diverse ways in which they can be utilized. There are small, low-ranked geosites that have attracted significant attention from the lay public. This study reports on one such geosite from the Hosta area of the Western Caucasus. Field observations allowed us to make judgments related to its geoheritage properties and establish the factors for its successful touristic exploitation. This geosite r…
Ancient Deep Sea Bottom in Modern Mountains: New Aspects of Geoheritage from Guzeripl in Southwestern Russia
Geoheritage studies have different perspectives, among which treatment of geological features in relation to particular areas and settlements seems to be promising for better local planning and tourism organization. The small town of Guzeripl in the Western Caucasus (southwestern Russia) experiences tourism-triggered development. Five localities, which are parts of two earlier established geosites, are found directly in this settlement and in its…
Educational Potential of Geoheritage: Textbook Localities from the Zagros and the Greater Caucasus
Geoheritage requires proper conservation and has significant importance for geoscience education at universities. Furthermore, its related potential needs to be evaluated. This study focuses on two textbook localities (these are parts of larger geosites) from the Cenozoic orogenic belts, namely the Zagros and the Greater Caucasus. The novel, tentatively proposed approach aims at general geological characteristics of the localities, identification…
Quaternary Sediments in Geosites: Evidence from the Western Caucasus
Some previous studies have already highlighted the importance of Quaternary sediments as geoheritage, although the related knowledge remains incomplete and geographically biased. Unique Quaternary features are often overlooked in areas famous for their pre-Quaternary geoheritage. Moreover, the already established high-value linked to pre-Quaternary phenomena require comprehensive descriptions; therefore, it is reasonable to analyze the related Qu…
Earth Science Frontier at Urban Periphery: Geoheritage from the Vicinity of Kazan City, Russia
Characterizing geological heritage sites (geosites) available in Russia remains an urgent task. The present study focuses on two geosites from the vicinity of Kazan—a large city on the Volga River. They are attributed to the standardized geoheritage types and scored by means of several criteria. It is found out that the Pechischi geosite represents nine geoheritage types, from which the stratigraphical type (stratotype section of the Upper Kazani…
Inverted Landforms of the Western Caucasus: Implications for Geoheritage, Geotourism, and Geobranding
Relief inversion is the result of an unusual interplay between landform evolution and peculiarities of geological settings. Recent fieldwork in Mountainous Adygeya in the western part of the Greater Caucasus mountains has enabled the identification of several inverted landforms. The Gud and Gudok mountains constitute a “classical” inverted landform with the top corresponding to the syncline’s core, which consists of relatively hard Middle Jurassi…
Better Understanding of Geoheritage Challenges within the Scope of Economic Geology: Toward a New Research Agenda
Recognizing geoheritage, i.e., the entity of unique geological features with heritage value, as a geological resource for society is a relatively novel idea. It is argued that non-industrial exploitation of this resource brings benefits through tourism, eco-/geosystem services, and research and education. Experience-related peculiarities of the contemporary economy can be brought in correspondence with the geoheritage value. This new resource des…
New Early Cretaceous Geosites with Palaeogeographical Value from the Northwestern Caucasus
Field investigations in the northwestern segment of the Greater Caucasus, a Late Cenozoic orogen, have permitted the establishment of two new geosites, namely the Ubin and Bezeps geosites. Both represent Berriasian–Middle Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) marine deposits with abundant trace fossils. The latter are attributed to the Nereites ichnofacies and indicate on deep marine palaeoenvironments (this interpretation challenges previous reconstruc…
Geoheritage Is Everywhere: Research Tasks and Perspectives
Since the beginning of the 2000s, geoheritage studies have changed from chiefly being applied, tentative, and ephemeral research projects to becoming a full-scale, mainstream direction of geoscience investigations [...]
River Beaches in Russian Cities: Examples of Soviet Legacy
The diversity of urban heritage is determined by some national peculiarities of the development of cities and towns. In Russia, river beaches are common recreational elements of urban environments. Representative examples of such beaches from two cities, namely Rostov-on-Don and Cherepovets, are examined. This study utilizes both a qualitative approach for argumentation of heritage value and a semi-quantitative evaluation of aesthetic properties.…
Hotel Naming in Russian Cities: An Imprint of Foreign Cultures and Languages between Europe and Asia
Hotel naming can contribute to cultural exchange, and big countries boasting lengthy peripheries and sharp “cores” are suitable for studying this contribution. Foreign cultural and linguistic imprints in hotel names is studied in four big cities of Russia, namely Rostov-on-Don, Nizhniy Novgorod, Krasnoyarsk, and Vladivostok. It is established that the hotels with names bearing foreign-culture elements constitute up to 20–25% of all hotels in each…
Siberian Cedar in Russian Business Naming: A Case Study
Business naming is important in the modern economy, but it can differ between countries. This makes it urgent to pay attention to representative examples of business naming (to be distinguished from brand naming) from different countries. This case study focuses on the usage of Siberian cedar in the names of Russian firms. This huge tree from taiga forests is not a true cedar, but pine. The national database permits the identification of 87 organ…
Are virtual journeys around great lakes effective for finding megaclast deposits? Evidence from the Lake Malawi
Google Earth Engine is used to trace the spatial distribution of the lacustrine coastal megaclast deposits (LCMDs) of the Lake Malawi. Wide distribution of LCMDs is established, and they are especially common on the northeastern and southern coasts. The studied deposits can be subdivided provisionally into lenticular, patchy, and point-scale categories. Apparently, the spatial distribution of these deposits around the Lake Malawi is controlled by…
Accessibility of Geoheritage Sites—A Methodological Proposal
Accessibility is an important property of geoheritage sites (geosites), which is commonly considered in their assessment. A new method, which refers partly to previous developments, is proposed to assess this property semiquantitatively. Inner (on-site) and outer accessibility are distinguished, and each is measured depending on the opportunities to reach unique geological features. Distant visibility and entrance fees/required permissions are al…
Geoheritage Meaning of Artificial Objects: Reporting Two New Examples from Russia
Geoheritage is not necessarily linked genetically to “purely” geological processes. Investigations in two urban areas of Russia allowed us to find essentially artificial objects demonstrating certain geological uniqueness. The huge balls sculptured from rapakivi granite and installed in Saint Petersburg represent cultural, historical, and stone heritage. These are also artificial megaclasts with perfect sphericity. The coal waste heaps situated i…
Real and Promoted Aesthetic Properties of Geosites: New Empirical Evidence from SW Russia
Aesthetic properties of natural heritage objects are determined by their physical properties. Online promotion of these objects to potential tourists requires adequate representation of these properties on web pages. The Shum waterfall is a small, but notable and tourism-important geosite of southwestern Russia. Its real aesthetic properties were examined in the field, and 20 web pages devoted to local tourism were examined to judge its promoted …
Society and environment in value statements by hydrocarbon producers
Berries instead of bears: New insight into gastronomic attractiveness of Russian Siberia
Active use of berries in regional cuisines underlines gastronomic specifics of Russia. The present study focuses on three regions of Russian Siberia and establishes that edible berries are numerous there and determine specifics of the regional cuisine rooted into the cultural traditions. These cultural and gastronomic traditions developed during four centuries by Russian settlers in Siberia who adapted to severe natural conditions, explored new f…
Hotel Naming in Russian Cities: An Imprint of Foreign Cultures and Languages between Europe and Asia
Hotel naming can contribute to cultural exchange, and big countries boasting lengthy peripheries and sharp “cores” are suitable for studying this contribution. Foreign cultural and linguistic imprints in hotel names is studied in four big cities of Russia, namely Rostov-on-Don, Nizhniy Novgorod, Krasnoyarsk, and Vladivostok. It is established that the hotels with names bearing foreign-culture elements constitute up to 20–25% of all hotels in each…
Siberian Cedar in Russian Business Naming: A Case Study
Business naming is important in the modern economy, but it can differ between countries. This makes it urgent to pay attention to representative examples of business naming (to be distinguished from brand naming) from different countries. This case study focuses on the usage of Siberian cedar in the names of Russian firms. This huge tree from taiga forests is not a true cedar, but pine. The national database permits the identification of 87 organ…
Real and Promoted Aesthetic Properties of Geosites: New Empirical Evidence from SW Russia
Aesthetic properties of natural heritage objects are determined by their physical properties. Online promotion of these objects to potential tourists requires adequate representation of these properties on web pages. The Shum waterfall is a small, but notable and tourism-important geosite of southwestern Russia. Its real aesthetic properties were examined in the field, and 20 web pages devoted to local tourism were examined to judge its promoted …
Geological Heritage of the Anthropocene Epoch—A Conceptual Viewpoint
The growth of interest in the Anthropocene has coincided with the rise of geoheritage research and these ideas seem to be mutually enriching. However, very few previous investigations were devoted to the Anthropocene geoheritage. The conceptual treatment of the geoheritage classification demonstrates that the majority of geoheritage types and forms are relevant to the Anthropocene. From types, the most relevant are the stratigraphical, economical…
Society and environment in value statements by hydrocarbon producers
Comment on “Geotourist values of loess geoheritage within the planned Geopark Małopolska Vistula River Gap, Poland” by J. Warowna et al. [Quaternary International, 399, 46–57]
Geological Heritage of the Anthropocene Epoch—A Conceptual Viewpoint
The growth of interest in the Anthropocene has coincided with the rise of geoheritage research and these ideas seem to be mutually enriching. However, very few previous investigations were devoted to the Anthropocene geoheritage. The conceptual treatment of the geoheritage classification demonstrates that the majority of geoheritage types and forms are relevant to the Anthropocene. From types, the most relevant are the stratigraphical, economical…
Are virtual journeys around great lakes effective for finding megaclast deposits? Evidence from the Lake Malawi
Google Earth Engine is used to trace the spatial distribution of the lacustrine coastal megaclast deposits (LCMDs) of the Lake Malawi. Wide distribution of LCMDs is established, and they are especially common on the northeastern and southern coasts. The studied deposits can be subdivided provisionally into lenticular, patchy, and point-scale categories. Apparently, the spatial distribution of these deposits around the Lake Malawi is controlled by…
Accessibility of Geoheritage Sites—A Methodological Proposal
Accessibility is an important property of geoheritage sites (geosites), which is commonly considered in their assessment. A new method, which refers partly to previous developments, is proposed to assess this property semiquantitatively. Inner (on-site) and outer accessibility are distinguished, and each is measured depending on the opportunities to reach unique geological features. Distant visibility and entrance fees/required permissions are al…
Geoheritage Meaning of Artificial Objects: Reporting Two New Examples from Russia
Geoheritage is not necessarily linked genetically to “purely” geological processes. Investigations in two urban areas of Russia allowed us to find essentially artificial objects demonstrating certain geological uniqueness. The huge balls sculptured from rapakivi granite and installed in Saint Petersburg represent cultural, historical, and stone heritage. These are also artificial megaclasts with perfect sphericity. The coal waste heaps situated i…
Real and Promoted Aesthetic Properties of Geosites: New Empirical Evidence from SW Russia
Aesthetic properties of natural heritage objects are determined by their physical properties. Online promotion of these objects to potential tourists requires adequate representation of these properties on web pages. The Shum waterfall is a small, but notable and tourism-important geosite of southwestern Russia. Its real aesthetic properties were examined in the field, and 20 web pages devoted to local tourism were examined to judge its promoted …
Society and environment in value statements by hydrocarbon producers
Berries instead of bears: New insight into gastronomic attractiveness of Russian Siberia
Active use of berries in regional cuisines underlines gastronomic specifics of Russia. The present study focuses on three regions of Russian Siberia and establishes that edible berries are numerous there and determine specifics of the regional cuisine rooted into the cultural traditions. These cultural and gastronomic traditions developed during four centuries by Russian settlers in Siberia who adapted to severe natural conditions, explored new f…
Inverted Landforms of the Western Caucasus: Implications for Geoheritage, Geotourism, and Geobranding
Relief inversion is the result of an unusual interplay between landform evolution and peculiarities of geological settings. Recent fieldwork in Mountainous Adygeya in the western part of the Greater Caucasus mountains has enabled the identification of several inverted landforms. The Gud and Gudok mountains constitute a “classical” inverted landform with the top corresponding to the syncline’s core, which consists of relatively hard Middle Jurassi…
Better Understanding of Geoheritage Challenges within the Scope of Economic Geology: Toward a New Research Agenda
Recognizing geoheritage, i.e., the entity of unique geological features with heritage value, as a geological resource for society is a relatively novel idea. It is argued that non-industrial exploitation of this resource brings benefits through tourism, eco-/geosystem services, and research and education. Experience-related peculiarities of the contemporary economy can be brought in correspondence with the geoheritage value. This new resource des…
New Early Cretaceous Geosites with Palaeogeographical Value from the Northwestern Caucasus
Field investigations in the northwestern segment of the Greater Caucasus, a Late Cenozoic orogen, have permitted the establishment of two new geosites, namely the Ubin and Bezeps geosites. Both represent Berriasian–Middle Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) marine deposits with abundant trace fossils. The latter are attributed to the Nereites ichnofacies and indicate on deep marine palaeoenvironments (this interpretation challenges previous reconstruc…
Geoheritage Is Everywhere: Research Tasks and Perspectives
Since the beginning of the 2000s, geoheritage studies have changed from chiefly being applied, tentative, and ephemeral research projects to becoming a full-scale, mainstream direction of geoscience investigations [...]
River Beaches in Russian Cities: Examples of Soviet Legacy
The diversity of urban heritage is determined by some national peculiarities of the development of cities and towns. In Russia, river beaches are common recreational elements of urban environments. Representative examples of such beaches from two cities, namely Rostov-on-Don and Cherepovets, are examined. This study utilizes both a qualitative approach for argumentation of heritage value and a semi-quantitative evaluation of aesthetic properties.…
Hotel Naming in Russian Cities: An Imprint of Foreign Cultures and Languages between Europe and Asia
Hotel naming can contribute to cultural exchange, and big countries boasting lengthy peripheries and sharp “cores” are suitable for studying this contribution. Foreign cultural and linguistic imprints in hotel names is studied in four big cities of Russia, namely Rostov-on-Don, Nizhniy Novgorod, Krasnoyarsk, and Vladivostok. It is established that the hotels with names bearing foreign-culture elements constitute up to 20–25% of all hotels in each…
Siberian Cedar in Russian Business Naming: A Case Study
Business naming is important in the modern economy, but it can differ between countries. This makes it urgent to pay attention to representative examples of business naming (to be distinguished from brand naming) from different countries. This case study focuses on the usage of Siberian cedar in the names of Russian firms. This huge tree from taiga forests is not a true cedar, but pine. The national database permits the identification of 87 organ…
Strategic priorities of corporate policy in lithium mining: Do mission statements mark a road to sustainability
The Hosta’s Labyrinth on the Black Sea Shore: A Case Study of “Selling” Geosites to the Lay Public
Geoheritage sites are important resources due to the diverse ways in which they can be utilized. There are small, low-ranked geosites that have attracted significant attention from the lay public. This study reports on one such geosite from the Hosta area of the Western Caucasus. Field observations allowed us to make judgments related to its geoheritage properties and establish the factors for its successful touristic exploitation. This geosite r…
Ancient Deep Sea Bottom in Modern Mountains: New Aspects of Geoheritage from Guzeripl in Southwestern Russia
Geoheritage studies have different perspectives, among which treatment of geological features in relation to particular areas and settlements seems to be promising for better local planning and tourism organization. The small town of Guzeripl in the Western Caucasus (southwestern Russia) experiences tourism-triggered development. Five localities, which are parts of two earlier established geosites, are found directly in this settlement and in its…
Educational Potential of Geoheritage: Textbook Localities from the Zagros and the Greater Caucasus
Geoheritage requires proper conservation and has significant importance for geoscience education at universities. Furthermore, its related potential needs to be evaluated. This study focuses on two textbook localities (these are parts of larger geosites) from the Cenozoic orogenic belts, namely the Zagros and the Greater Caucasus. The novel, tentatively proposed approach aims at general geological characteristics of the localities, identification…
Quaternary Sediments in Geosites: Evidence from the Western Caucasus
Some previous studies have already highlighted the importance of Quaternary sediments as geoheritage, although the related knowledge remains incomplete and geographically biased. Unique Quaternary features are often overlooked in areas famous for their pre-Quaternary geoheritage. Moreover, the already established high-value linked to pre-Quaternary phenomena require comprehensive descriptions; therefore, it is reasonable to analyze the related Qu…
Earth Science Frontier at Urban Periphery: Geoheritage from the Vicinity of Kazan City, Russia
Characterizing geological heritage sites (geosites) available in Russia remains an urgent task. The present study focuses on two geosites from the vicinity of Kazan—a large city on the Volga River. They are attributed to the standardized geoheritage types and scored by means of several criteria. It is found out that the Pechischi geosite represents nine geoheritage types, from which the stratigraphical type (stratotype section of the Upper Kazani…
Long-Term Expansion of Regional Museums in Russia: A Quantitative Analysis of Historical Dynamics
Museums help to conserve regional heritage and sustain regional identity, which is especially important in large countries. Russian regional museums constitute a whole phenomenon. Indeed, this phenomenon is a large field for research, and it cannot be comprehended by any single study. This is why attention should be paid for its particular aspects such as a historical dynamics of the expansion of regional museums in Russia. The information from t…
Neverovsky Palaeoreef and Associated Deep-Marine Facies: High-Value Late Devonian Geoheritage from the Rudny Altai
The Rudny Altai is a western segment of the Altai orogenic belt. Its geological richness makes its geoheritage exploration an urgent matter. Investigations in the Loktevsky District (Altai Region, Russian Federation) have led to the finding of three notable localities, which are proposed as geosites. Field investigations and both qualitative and semi-quantitative (scoring by criteria) studies were carried out to characterize and value the geoheri…
Three Landscape-Dominating Mountains of the Western Caucasus: Case Studies of Local Heritage and Cultural Inferences
Geomorphosite inventory remains an urgent task for many geographical domains where it can facilitate the exploration of geoheritage resources. The present study reports a new and sufficient portion of information from Mountainous Adygeya in southwestern Russia, which is a geoheritage-rich area in the western part of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The Cossack, Monk, and Three Teeth mountains were analyzed qualitatively and semi-quantitatively. Th…
An Invisible Threat to Natural Heritage: Examples of Large Protected Areas with Hg-Enriched Freshwater Environments
Freshwater environments of large protected areas such as national parks and biosphere reserves concentrate a significant amount of natural heritage. An active release of mercury (Hg) to the global environment may challenge the state of this heritage. The present work synthesizes tentatively the information on Hg-enrichment in freshwater environments of large protected areas. A major bibliographical database was used to find the related literature…
Geography (19 works) · Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation (17 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · Geology (13 works) · Tourism (11 works) · Earth science (10 works) · Paleontology (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (6 works)