Geology and rural landscapes in central Spain (Guadalajara, Castilla?La Mancha)

García-Quintana, A.; Martín‐Duque, José F.; Anton, Josefa; García-Hidalgo, José Francisco; Gilsanz, Javier de Pedraza; Herranz, Pedro; Rincón, R.; Estévez, H.

doi:10.1007/s00254-004-1204-z

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“…The area is mainly forested and shows great uniqueness and quality in its landscapes (García-Quintana et al, 2005), with plains separated by deep gorges and valleys, eroded in folded and faulted Mesozoic (Jurassic and Cretaceous) limestones and dolostones. The plains, whose extension can reach hundreds of square kilometres, contain dolines, caves, ruin-like landscapes, and areas of rolling plains.…”

Section: Natural and Socioeconomic Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Structure and methodology of a public information program (PIP) and the declaration of protected natural areas: The case of the Alto Tajo Natural Park, Spain

Aguilar

García

Álvarez

et al. 2012

Forest Policy and Economics

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Section: Natural and Socioeconomic Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Structure and methodology of a public information program (PIP) and the declaration of protected natural areas: The case of the Alto Tajo Natural Park, Spain

Aguilar

García

Álvarez

et al. 2012

Forest Policy and Economics

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“…The relief that represents the zone of study is a determinant for the drainage of the superficial water and the integration of the sector in the landscape [11,15]. Once the phase of work is finished, the geomorphological characteristics (domains and slopes) and the resultant topography remain slightly modified, but the construction site remains very distinct, giving rise to a sudden variety of forms that need to be harmonized with regard to the environment.…”

Section: Remodeled Topography Of the Areamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The regulation of these impacts falls under the "European Agreement of the Landscape" [9]. Because the agreement defines landscape as any part of the territory perceived to have been influenced by the population, as a result of the action and interaction between the natural and human factors, the establishment of measures for its protection, management and arrangement in accordance with the European standards was deemed necessary [10][11][12][13].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Remote Sensing and GIS Applied to the Landscape for the Environmental Restoration of Urbanizations by Means of 3D Virtual Reconstruction and Visualization (Salamanca, Spain)

Martínez-Graña

Valdés

2016

IJGI

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The key focus of this paper is to establish a procedure that combines the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing in order to achieve simulation and modeling of the landscape impact caused by construction. The procedure should be easily and inexpensively developed. With the aid of 3D virtual reconstruction and visualization, this paper proposes that the technologies of remote sensing and GIS can be applied to the landscape for post-urbanization environmental restoration. The goal is to create a rural zone in an urban development sector that integrates the residential areas and local infrastructure into the surrounding natural environment in order to measure the changes to the preliminary urban design. The units of the landscape are determined by means of two cartographic methods: (1) indirect, using the components of the landscape; and (2) direct methods, using the landscape's elements. The visual basins are calculated for the most transited by the population points, while establishing the zones that present major impacts for the urbanization of their landscape. Based on this, the different construction types are distributed (one-family houses, blocks of houses, etc.), selecting the types of plant masses either with ornamentals or integration depending on the zone; integrating water channels, creating a water channel in recirculation and green spaces and leisure time facilities. The techniques of remote sensing and GIS allow for the visualization and modeling of the urbanization in 3D, simulating the virtual reality of the infrastructure as well as the actions that need to be taken for restoration, thereby providing at a low cost an understanding of landscape integration before it takes place.

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“…The absence of a clear concept of landscape and the difficulties involved in obtaining manageable information in environmental studies have determined the slow development of its analysis in relation to other natural variables. Correct analysis of the landscape is usually complex since it must bear in mind all the components of the physical medium (geology, geomorphology, vegetation, fauna, soils and human activities) and their interacttions [6,7]. This has elicited a multiplicity of approaches, most of them complementary, to the physical medium, although with a common basis: territorial reality, objective procedures being used in the analysis, and subjective evaluations of the natural quality to estimate the way it is perceived or its beauty [8,9].…”

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confidence: 99%

Cartographic-Environmental Analysis of the Landscape in Natural Protected Parks for His Management Using GIS. Application to the Natural Parks of the “Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia” and “Quilamas” (Central System, Spain)

Martínez-Graña¹,

Goy²,

Zazo³

2013

JGIS

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In this work we report a methodological procedure with an integrated physical-perceptual approach that allows units of landscape in protected natural areas to be differentiated. First, indirect methods were applied by means of a mapping procedure, which identified the physical components of major relevance. We then generated maps of natural units, anlyzing the “printed” landscape of a territory. Secondly, we developed direct methods to identify and describe the reresentative elements of the landscape, analyzing the “perceived” landscape. The identification and delimitation of these landscape units with geographical information systems provide detailed maps facilitate the tasks of planning and management. The procedure was validated by means of its application in two protected natural spaces. The treatment used here considers landscape not only as an aesthetic element but also as something “live” elaborating maps that should be of use in land planning and management of natural areas.

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Geology and rural landscapes in central Spain (Guadalajara, Castilla?La Mancha)

Cited by 12 publications

References 18 publications

Structure and methodology of a public information program (PIP) and the declaration of protected natural areas: The case of the Alto Tajo Natural Park, Spain

Structure and methodology of a public information program (PIP) and the declaration of protected natural areas: The case of the Alto Tajo Natural Park, Spain

Remote Sensing and GIS Applied to the Landscape for the Environmental Restoration of Urbanizations by Means of 3D Virtual Reconstruction and Visualization (Salamanca, Spain)

Cartographic-Environmental Analysis of the Landscape in Natural Protected Parks for His Management Using GIS. Application to the Natural Parks of the “Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia” and “Quilamas” (Central System, Spain)

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