Esta monografía recopila 69 trabajos científicos presentados al XV Congreso Nacional de Tecnologí... more Esta monografía recopila 69 trabajos científicos presentados al XV Congreso Nacional de Tecnologías de la Información Geográfica. Muchas de las comunicaciones contenidas en este libro tienen relación con las distintas dimensiones de este problema y aportan soluciones metodológicas y tecnológicas. Asimismo, proporcionan productos y resultados, en formato cartográfico muchos de ellos, que deben ser útiles de primer orden para facilitar la toma de decisiones de los expertos en planificación y ordenación del territorio y de los responsables políticos con competencias en estas materias. Otros trabajos aquí presentados, se centran en territorios más pequeños. Utilizan también las mismas tecnologías de la información geográfica de tal manera que lo experimentado a escala local puede ser implementado, con los ajustes metodológicos necesarios, a escala global. En estos casos, se hace patente el eslogan de programas globales como la Agenda 21: “pensar globalmente, actuar localmente”.
The authors examine population trends in the Mancha Occidental region of Spain with a focus on si... more The authors examine population trends in the Mancha Occidental region of Spain with a focus on similarities to and differences from national trends. Depopulation in the region is analyzed. (ANNOTATION) (SUMMARY IN ENG AND FRE)
Este articulo pretende centrar la atencion sobre el peso de los montes y de sus aprovechamientos ... more Este articulo pretende centrar la atencion sobre el peso de los montes y de sus aprovechamientos en la economia comarcal de los montes de Toledo, teniendo en cuenta las limitaciones naturales y estructurales para el desarrollo de los usos agricolas. El interes de la c. E. Por reducir los usos agricolas marginales y fomentar los usos forestales y pecuarios nos hacen reflexionar sobre la mayor participacion que tendran estos ultimos en la economia local a medio plazo. No esta de mas plantearse, desde la perspectiva del desarrollo endogeno, la viabilidad de usos alternativos a los ejercidos tradicionalmente. En las actuales relaciones campo-ciudad, es necesario contemplar a los montes no solo como generadores de recursos economicos sino tambien como marcos idoneos para el desarrollo del arte de cazar y de otras actividades de ocio y esparcimiento.
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
It is usually considered that Protected Areas (PAs) are an efficient tool for policies to conserv... more It is usually considered that Protected Areas (PAs) are an efficient tool for policies to conserve biodiversity. However, there is evidence that some pressures and threats arise from processes taking place both inside them and in their surroundings territories—habitat loss, changes in land use, fragmentation of natural ecosystems. In this paper, we aim to test the hypothesis that municipalities located in the Socioeconomic Influence Zones (SIZs) of the fifteen National Parks (NPs) in Spain are more sustainable than those in their surroundings or, conversely, that the municipalities of their surroundings are more unsustainable. To measure their sustainability, we propose a system for assessment using fifteen indicators selected by experts. The methodology is based on the normalization of the data of each indicator, comparing them with a desirable target value defined in terms of sector policies and strategies. We then aggregate the indicators for each group in three indices that cove...
La transformación del paisaje rural en La Mancha Occidental. La intensificación de la agricultura... more La transformación del paisaje rural en La Mancha Occidental. La intensificación de la agricultura en apenas 40 años ha motivado un cambio en el paisaje de un área tradicional de secano. Esto ha desembocado en el uso insostenible del recurso agua y en graves impactos medioambientales y socioeconómicos. Este artículo repasa algunos de los cambios estructurales y morfológicos que han ocurrido en este área. [fr] La tranformation du paysage rural dans La Mancha Occidental. L'intensification de l'agriculture dans à peine 40 ans a motivé un changement dans le paysage d'une zone traditionnelle de terrain non irrigué. Ceci a abouti à l'usage insoutenable du resource de l'eau et à graves répercussions environnementales et sosioéconomiques. Cette article révise quelques des changements structurais et morphologiques qui sont arrivés dans cette zone.
Agriculture is increasingly facing major challenges such as climate change, scarcity of natural r... more Agriculture is increasingly facing major challenges such as climate change, scarcity of natural resources and changing societal demands. To tackle these challenges there is a pressing need to evolve towards more sustainable agricultural practices. As a result, sustainability stands among the most relevant topics in agricultural research worldwide, and Spain is no exception. Agricultural sustainability has been analysed in Spain mainly at a national and farm scale. This contribution aims at assessing agricultural sustainability in Spain at a provincial scale, allowing the scrutiny of regional variability induced by the existing differences in extension, relevance and policies of the agricultural activity at this level. The sustainability assessment performed is based on a selection of twenty-two indicators covering the three classical dimensions of sustainability—environmental, economic and social. The methodology implemented is based on normalising and aggregating selected indicator...
Natural habitat fragmentation in and isolation of protected areas (PAs) are two ancillary but com... more Natural habitat fragmentation in and isolation of protected areas (PAs) are two ancillary but common threats that may have serious consequences to biodiversity conservation in the long term. They were assessed in four PA networks of diverse legal and managerial regimes across a highly biodiverse country, Spain, between 1987 and 2006, a period of intense development in the country: Nature Reserves (NRs), Nature Parks (NPs), Sites of Community Importance (SCIs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs). ‘Contagion edge proportion’ was used to assess inner PA fragmentation by artificial land uses-land covers (LULCs), whereas two PA isolation indicators were compared: (a) increased proportion of artificial LULCs in the 500 m-buffers surrounding each protected polygon (PP); and (b) shortest distance to the nearest PA in 2006. In those 9 years, fragmentation increased in all PA networks except in Nature Reserves (NRs), which likely reflects high conservation effectiveness of stringent legislation. Isolation by artificial LULCs also increased in that period for all PA categories. NPs were the PA category with the highest values of fragmentation and isolation by 2006. Nevertheless, fragmentation and isolation values were still low on average by 2006 for all PA categories, although fine-scale fragmentation and isolation could not be assessed. Both PA isolation indicators yielded different results and were thus complementary. ‘Distance to major cities’ was the most strongly correlated variable with both pressures, which suggests that greater attention should be paid to such pressures to peri-urban PAs by territorial planners.
Esta monografía recopila 69 trabajos científicos presentados al XV Congreso Nacional de Tecnologí... more Esta monografía recopila 69 trabajos científicos presentados al XV Congreso Nacional de Tecnologías de la Información Geográfica. Muchas de las comunicaciones contenidas en este libro tienen relación con las distintas dimensiones de este problema y aportan soluciones metodológicas y tecnológicas. Asimismo, proporcionan productos y resultados, en formato cartográfico muchos de ellos, que deben ser útiles de primer orden para facilitar la toma de decisiones de los expertos en planificación y ordenación del territorio y de los responsables políticos con competencias en estas materias. Otros trabajos aquí presentados, se centran en territorios más pequeños. Utilizan también las mismas tecnologías de la información geográfica de tal manera que lo experimentado a escala local puede ser implementado, con los ajustes metodológicos necesarios, a escala global. En estos casos, se hace patente el eslogan de programas globales como la Agenda 21: “pensar globalmente, actuar localmente”.
The authors examine population trends in the Mancha Occidental region of Spain with a focus on si... more The authors examine population trends in the Mancha Occidental region of Spain with a focus on similarities to and differences from national trends. Depopulation in the region is analyzed. (ANNOTATION) (SUMMARY IN ENG AND FRE)
Este articulo pretende centrar la atencion sobre el peso de los montes y de sus aprovechamientos ... more Este articulo pretende centrar la atencion sobre el peso de los montes y de sus aprovechamientos en la economia comarcal de los montes de Toledo, teniendo en cuenta las limitaciones naturales y estructurales para el desarrollo de los usos agricolas. El interes de la c. E. Por reducir los usos agricolas marginales y fomentar los usos forestales y pecuarios nos hacen reflexionar sobre la mayor participacion que tendran estos ultimos en la economia local a medio plazo. No esta de mas plantearse, desde la perspectiva del desarrollo endogeno, la viabilidad de usos alternativos a los ejercidos tradicionalmente. En las actuales relaciones campo-ciudad, es necesario contemplar a los montes no solo como generadores de recursos economicos sino tambien como marcos idoneos para el desarrollo del arte de cazar y de otras actividades de ocio y esparcimiento.
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
It is usually considered that Protected Areas (PAs) are an efficient tool for policies to conserv... more It is usually considered that Protected Areas (PAs) are an efficient tool for policies to conserve biodiversity. However, there is evidence that some pressures and threats arise from processes taking place both inside them and in their surroundings territories—habitat loss, changes in land use, fragmentation of natural ecosystems. In this paper, we aim to test the hypothesis that municipalities located in the Socioeconomic Influence Zones (SIZs) of the fifteen National Parks (NPs) in Spain are more sustainable than those in their surroundings or, conversely, that the municipalities of their surroundings are more unsustainable. To measure their sustainability, we propose a system for assessment using fifteen indicators selected by experts. The methodology is based on the normalization of the data of each indicator, comparing them with a desirable target value defined in terms of sector policies and strategies. We then aggregate the indicators for each group in three indices that cove...
La transformación del paisaje rural en La Mancha Occidental. La intensificación de la agricultura... more La transformación del paisaje rural en La Mancha Occidental. La intensificación de la agricultura en apenas 40 años ha motivado un cambio en el paisaje de un área tradicional de secano. Esto ha desembocado en el uso insostenible del recurso agua y en graves impactos medioambientales y socioeconómicos. Este artículo repasa algunos de los cambios estructurales y morfológicos que han ocurrido en este área. [fr] La tranformation du paysage rural dans La Mancha Occidental. L'intensification de l'agriculture dans à peine 40 ans a motivé un changement dans le paysage d'une zone traditionnelle de terrain non irrigué. Ceci a abouti à l'usage insoutenable du resource de l'eau et à graves répercussions environnementales et sosioéconomiques. Cette article révise quelques des changements structurais et morphologiques qui sont arrivés dans cette zone.
Agriculture is increasingly facing major challenges such as climate change, scarcity of natural r... more Agriculture is increasingly facing major challenges such as climate change, scarcity of natural resources and changing societal demands. To tackle these challenges there is a pressing need to evolve towards more sustainable agricultural practices. As a result, sustainability stands among the most relevant topics in agricultural research worldwide, and Spain is no exception. Agricultural sustainability has been analysed in Spain mainly at a national and farm scale. This contribution aims at assessing agricultural sustainability in Spain at a provincial scale, allowing the scrutiny of regional variability induced by the existing differences in extension, relevance and policies of the agricultural activity at this level. The sustainability assessment performed is based on a selection of twenty-two indicators covering the three classical dimensions of sustainability—environmental, economic and social. The methodology implemented is based on normalising and aggregating selected indicator...
Natural habitat fragmentation in and isolation of protected areas (PAs) are two ancillary but com... more Natural habitat fragmentation in and isolation of protected areas (PAs) are two ancillary but common threats that may have serious consequences to biodiversity conservation in the long term. They were assessed in four PA networks of diverse legal and managerial regimes across a highly biodiverse country, Spain, between 1987 and 2006, a period of intense development in the country: Nature Reserves (NRs), Nature Parks (NPs), Sites of Community Importance (SCIs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs). ‘Contagion edge proportion’ was used to assess inner PA fragmentation by artificial land uses-land covers (LULCs), whereas two PA isolation indicators were compared: (a) increased proportion of artificial LULCs in the 500 m-buffers surrounding each protected polygon (PP); and (b) shortest distance to the nearest PA in 2006. In those 9 years, fragmentation increased in all PA networks except in Nature Reserves (NRs), which likely reflects high conservation effectiveness of stringent legislation. Isolation by artificial LULCs also increased in that period for all PA categories. NPs were the PA category with the highest values of fragmentation and isolation by 2006. Nevertheless, fragmentation and isolation values were still low on average by 2006 for all PA categories, although fine-scale fragmentation and isolation could not be assessed. Both PA isolation indicators yielded different results and were thus complementary. ‘Distance to major cities’ was the most strongly correlated variable with both pressures, which suggests that greater attention should be paid to such pressures to peri-urban PAs by territorial planners.
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