DOCSLIB.ORG

Spanish Contribution to 33Rd IGC Beijing 2016 International Geographical Union, Spanish Committee Spanish Contribution to 33Rd International Geographical Congress

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Spanish Contribution to 33Rd IGC Beijing 2016 International Geographical Union, Spanish Committee Spanish Contribution to 33Rd International Geographical Congress Spanish Contribution to 33rd IGC Beijing 2016 International Geographical Union, Spanish Committee Spanish contribution to 33rd International Geographical Congress. Beijing 2016 Editorial Commission Spanish Committee IGU DÑA. TERESA ALBERT FERNÁNDEZ PRESIDENT Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) DRA. CARMEN DELGADO VIÑAS [email protected] Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles [email protected] D. JUAN FRANCISCO ARRAZOLA MARTÍNEZ Coronel Jefe Centro Geográfico del Ejército VICE-PRESIDENT [email protected] R UAN ELARDE UERTES [email protected] D . J V F Real Sociedad Geografica [email protected] DRA. ROSA CAÑADA TORRECILLA Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles [email protected] SECRETARY DRA. MARINA FROLOVA IGNATIEVA DRA. Mª DEL CARMEN MÍNGUEZ GARCÍA Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles General secretary of AGE [email protected] [email protected] DRA. Mª ASUNCIÓN MARTÍN-LOU DRA. Mª ASUNCIÓN MARTÍN-LOU Real Sociedad Geográfica General secretary of RSG [email protected] [email protected] DRA. Mª DEL CARMEN MÍNGUEZ GARCÍA Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles VOCALS [email protected] Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles (AGE) DRA. MARINA FROLOVA IGNATIEVA DR. MANUEL VALENZUELA RUBIO Real Sociedad Geográfica DRA. ROCIO SILVA PÉREZ [email protected] DR. MACIÁ BLÁZQUEZ SALOM Real Sociedad Geográfica (RSG) SECRETARÍA DEL COMITÉ CIENTÍFICO Y COMISIÓN EDITORIAL DR. MANUEL VALENZUELA RUBIO DR. TEODORO MARTÍN MARTÍN DÑA. M.ª JOSÉ LOZANO (RSG) DÑA. SOLEDAD RODRÍGUEZ (AGE) Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) DÑA. TERESA ALBERT FERNÁNDEZ Centro Geográfico del Ejército (CGE) Scientific Committee D. JUAN FRANCISCO ARRAZOLA MARTÍNEZ Formed by members of the Spanish Committee IGU Instituto de Economía, Geografía y Demografía (CSIC) DRA. GLORIA FERNÁNDEZ-MAYORALAS FERNÁNDEZ Sociedad Catalana de Geografía (SCG) DRA. CARME MONTANER GARCÍA Digital publishing: Crisis, globalization and social and regional imbalances in Spain DOI: 10.7419/162.02.2016 http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/acercaDe/libDigPub/crisis_globlalization_UGI_eng_2016.zip Corporate author: Spanish Committee IGU (2016) General production and edition: Teresa Albert (IGN) y Laura Carrasco (IGN) Designer team (IGN): Diego Gómez, Laura Carrasco, Manuel Avendaño, David Tapiador ISBN-13: 978-84-416-3802-0 © Comité Español de la UGI Spanish Contribution to 33rd IGC Beijing 2016 International Georaphial Union Spanish Committee Aportación Española al 33er Congreso de Beijing 2016 CRISIS, GLOBALIZACIÓN Y DESEQUILIBRIOS SOCIALES Y TERRITORIALES EN ESPAÑA Index INDEX Presentation DRA. CARMEN DELGADO VIÑAS Titles and authors by thematic lines Page Thematic line 1: Environment and natural resources Planning resources and hazards in the physical environment in Spain (2000-2015) AUTHOR: OLCINA CANTOS, JORGE 16 Forestation of agricultural land in the Region of Murcia through Rural Development Programmes in Spain: a measure with a positive environmental impact on rural areas 30 AUTHORS: F ERNÁNDEZ CARRILLO, MIGUEL ÁNGEL; BELMONTE SERRATO, FRANCISCO; ROMERO DÍAZ, ASUNCIÓN; 31 ROBLEDANO AYMERICH, FRANCISCO Estimating social carrying capacity in protected Mediterranean mountain areas. Methodological orientation AUTHORS: GÓMEZ MORENO, MARÍA LUISA; LUQUE-GIL, ANA M.; PELÁEZ-FERNÁNDEZ, MARÍA ANGELES 41 Thematic line 2: Landscape, territorial heritage and local development Landscape, heritage and territory. Some notes from the Spanish geographic perspective AUTHOR: SILVA PÉREZ, ROCÍO 54 Agricultural heritage, seawater desalination, environment and tourism in the eastern Canary islands (Lanzarote and Fuerteventura) AUTHOR: GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZ, JOSÉ-LEÓN 63 Focuses and initiatives regarding Spanish industrial heritage and its importance as a resource in addressing the economic crisis AUTHORS: BENITO, PAZ; CAÑIZARES, MARÍA DEL CARMEN; PASCUAL, HENAR 74 Thematic line 3: Rural spaces and development The effect of urbanisation processes on Spanish rural areas AUTHOR: HERNÁNDEZ HERNÁNDEZ, MARÍA 84 The Urbanisation Process and its Influence on the Increase in Flooding (Region of Murcia, Campo de Cartagena-Mar Menor, South-east Spain) AUTHORS: PÉREZ MORALES, A.; ROMERO DÍAZ, A.; CABALLERO PEDRAZA, A. 92 Urbanization of the countryside in rural areas with tourism potential. Second homes in the region of La Vera (Spain) AUTHOR: JIMÉNEZ BARRADO, VÍCTOR 104 Participatory territorial strategies as renewed diagnostic tools in the context of the European Cohesion Funds, 2014-2020. The case of the Region of Valencia AUTHORS: MARTÍNEZ PUCHE, ANTONIO; PALACÍ SOLER, JOAQUÍN 114 Titles and authors by thematic lines Page Thematic line 4: The socio-spatial and demographic effects of the crisis The socio-spatial and demographic effects of the crisis AUTHOR: FERNÁNDEZ-MAYORALAS FERNÁNDEZ, GLORIA 125 The effect of the crisis on vulnerable neighbourhoods: an approximation of the Spanish context through a case study (A Coruña, Galicia) AUTHORS: PIÑEIRA MANTIÑÁN, MARÍA JOSÉ; TRILLO SANTAMARÍA, JUAN MANUEL 136 The Demographic-Territorial Repercussions of the Economic Boom and Crisis in Spain (2001-2015): An Analysis at Municipal Level AUTHORS: GARCÍA COLL, ARLINDA; REQUES VELASCO, PEDRO 149 Migrations and mobility abroad of Spaniards at a time of crisis. The state of the question AUTHORS: PARREÑO CASTELLANO, JUAN MANUEL; DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZ, RAMÓN; DOMÍNGUEZ MUJICA, JOSEFINA 165 Thematic line 5: Innovation and new technologies for research and Education in geography Innovation and new technologies for research and education in geography AUTHOR: MARTÍNEZ-VEGA, JAVIER 177 New challenges for geographical education and research: The Digital School Atlas AUTHORS: DE MIGUEL GONZÁLEZ, RAFAEL; BUZO SÁNCHEZ, ISAAC; DE LÁZARO Y TORRES, MARÍA LUISA 187 On georeferencing old maps: online map libraries and open source GIS AUTHOR: ANDRÉS LÓPEZ, GONZALO 198 Thematic line 6: City and territory. Planning and government Trends and challenges in urban planning and land management. The perspective of Spanish geographers (2005-2015) AUTHOR: VALENZUELA RUBIO, MANUEL 211 City lights. The urbanisation process in Spain as shown by night-time images of the Earth (1992-2012) AUTHORS: NE·LO COLOM, ORIOL; LÓPEZ REDONDO, JOAN; MARTÍN ORIOL, JORDI 230 Border and governance in Andalucía (Spain), Algarve, Alentejo (Portugal) Euroregion AUTHORS: MÁRQUEZ DOMÍNGUEZ, JUAN ANTONIO; JURADO ALMONTE, JOSÉ MANUEL; PAZOS-GARCÍA, FRANCISCO JOSÉ 245 Index of the traslators Page Planning resources and hazards in the physical environment in Spain (2000-2015) TRANSLATOR: ROWE, ELAINE 16 Forestation of agricultural land in the Region of Murcia through Rural Development Programmes in Spain: a measure with a positive environmental impact on rural areas 30 31 TRANSLATOR: FORTÍN, KATE Estimating social carrying capacity in protected Mediterranean mountain areas. Methodological orientation TRANSLATOR: FORTÍN, KATE 41 Landscape, heritage and territory. Some notes from the Spanish geographic perspective TRANSLATOR: BROOKE-TURNER, PRU 54 Agricultural heritage, seawater desalination, environment and tourism in the eastern Canary islands (Lanzarote and Fuerteventura) 63 TRANSLATOR: ROWE, ELAINE Focuses and initiatives regarding Spanish industrial heritage and its importance as a resource in addressing the economic crisis 74 TRANSLATOR: FORTÍN, KATE The effect of urbanisation processes on Spanish rural areas TRANSLATOR: BROOKE-TURNER, PRU 84 The Urbanisation Process and its Influence on the Increase in Flooding (Region of Murcia, Campo de Cartagena-Mar Menor, South-east Spain) 92 TRANSLATOR: FORTÍN, KATE Urbanization of the countryside in rural areas with tourism potential. Second homes in the region of La Vera (Spain) TRANSLATOR: FORTÍN, KATE 104 Participatory territorial strategies as renewed diagnostic tools in the context of the European Cohesion Funds, 2014-2020. The case of the Region of Valencia 114 TRANSLATOR: FORTÍN, KATE The socio-spatial and demographic effects of the crisis TRANSLATOR: BROOKE-TURNER, PRU 125 The effect of the crisis on vulnerable neighbourhoods: an approximation of the Spanish context through a case study (A Coruña, Galicia) 136 TRANSLATOR: FORTÍN, KATE The Demographic-Territorial Repercussions of the Economic Boom and Crisis in Spain (2001-2015): An Analysis at Municipal Level 149 TRANSLATOR: ROWE, ELAINE Migrations and mobility abroad of Spaniards at a time of crisis. The state of the question TRANSLATOR: ROWE, ELAINE 165 Innovation and new technologies for research and education in geography TRANSLATOR: BROOKE-TURNER, PRU 177 New challenges for geographical education and research: The Digital School Atlas TRANSLATOR: KAVANAGH, MARTINA 187 On georeferencing old maps: online map libraries and open source GIS TRANSLATOR: ROWE, ELAINE 198 Trends and challenges in urban planning and land management. The perspective of Spanish geographers (2005-2015) 211 TRANSLATOR: ROWE, ELAINE City lights. The urbanisation process in Spain as shown by night-time images of the Earth (1992-2012) TRANSLATOR: FORTÍN, KATE 230 Border and governance in Andalucía (Spain), Algarve, Alentejo (Portugal) Euroregion TRANSLATOR: FORTÍN, KATE 245 Presentation s the President of the Spanish Committee of the International Geographical Union it gives me great satisfaction to Apresent the Spanish contribution to the 33rd International Geographic Congress to be held in Beijing in August 2016. Spain was a founder member of this institution in 1922, when the Spanish presence in the foremost international geographical organisation, represented by the Spanish Committee, was
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Abstract Book Progeo 2Ed 20
    Abstract Book BUILDING CONNECTIONS FOR GLOBAL GEOCONSERVATION Editors: G. Lozano, J. Luengo, A. Cabrera Internationaland J. Vegas 10th International ProGEO online Symposium ABSTRACT BOOK BUILDING CONNECTIONS FOR GLOBAL GEOCONSERVATION Editors Gonzalo Lozano, Javier Luengo, Ana Cabrera and Juana Vegas Instituto Geológico y Minero de España 2021 Building connections for global geoconservation. X International ProGEO Symposium Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación Instituto Geológico y Minero de España 2021 Lengua/s: Inglés NIPO: 836-21-003-8 ISBN: 978-84-9138-112-9 Gratuita / Unitaria / En línea / pdf © INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA Ríos Rosas, 23. 28003 MADRID (SPAIN) ISBN: 978-84-9138-112-9 10th International ProGEO Online Symposium. June, 2021. Abstracts Book. Editors: Gonzalo Lozano, Javier Luengo, Ana Cabrera and Juana Vegas Symposium Logo design: María José Torres Cover Photo: Granitic Tor. Geosite: Ortigosa del Monte’s nubbin (Segovia, Spain). Author: Gonzalo Lozano. Cover Design: Javier Luengo and Gonzalo Lozano Layout and typesetting: Ana Cabrera 10th International ProGEO Online Symposium 2021 Organizing Committee, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España: Juana Vegas Andrés Díez-Herrero Enrique Díaz-Martínez Gonzalo Lozano Ana Cabrera Javier Luengo Luis Carcavilla Ángel Salazar Rincón Scientific Committee: Daniel Ballesteros Inés Galindo Silvia Menéndez Eduardo Barrón Ewa Glowniak Fernando Miranda José Brilha Marcela Gómez Manu Monge Ganuzas Margaret Brocx Maria Helena Henriques Kevin Page Viola Bruschi Asier Hilario Paulo Pereira Carles Canet Gergely Horváth Isabel Rábano Thais Canesin Tapio Kananoja Joao Rocha Tom Casadevall Jerónimo López-Martínez Ana Rodrigo Graciela Delvene Ljerka Marjanac Jonas Satkünas Lars Erikstad Álvaro Márquez Martina Stupar Esperanza Fernández Esther Martín-González Marina Vdovets PRESENTATION The first international meeting on geoconservation was held in The Netherlands in 1988, with the presence of seven European countries.
    [Show full text]
  • Great Recession and Disability in Spain
    Great Recession and Disability in Spain Sergi Jiménez-Martín Arnau Juanmartí Mestres Judit Vall CAstelló April 2016 Barcelona GSE Working Paper Series Working Paper nº 896 Great Recession and Disability in Spain1 Sergi Jiménez-Martín2 Arnau Juanmarti Mestres3 Judit Vall Castelló4 Abstract In this paper we evaluate the impact of the business cycle on participation in the Disability Insurance (DI) program in Spain in the context of the Great Recession, which has been particularly strong in this country. We follow two approaches. First, we use regional administrative data to estimate the effect of the regional unemployment rate on the number of applications, denials and allowances to the DI rolls. Second, we use longitudinal panel data to estimate the effect of the business cycle on transitions from different labor market states to the DI rolls. Our results show a pro-cyclical behavior of participation in DI during the years of the Great Recession. This is in contrast to the countercyclical response documented both for other countries as well as for Spain before 2008. We document some facts that partially explain why DI benefits have become pro instead of countercyclical during the Great Recession in Spain. Our results provide valuable evidence for policy-makers as they highlight that some of the disabled population may be left economically uncovered during the worst of times. KEY WORDS: Disability, Great Recession, labour market transitions JEL CLASSIFICATION: I13, I38, J14. 1 We gratefully acknowledge financial support from Recercaixa for the 2014 project “Promoting the labour market integration of disabled workers: a policy evaluation exercise for Spain" and from the Spanish Ministry of Economy grant ECO2014-52238-R.
    [Show full text]
  • Evaluating Mitigation Plans Over Traffic Sector to Improve NO2 Levels in Andalusia (Spain) Using a Regional-Local Scale Photochemical Modelling System
    Open Journal of Air Pollution, 2014, 3, 70-86 Published Online September 2014 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojap http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojap.2014.33008 Evaluating Mitigation Plans over Traffic Sector to Improve NO2 Levels in Andalusia (Spain) Using a Regional-Local Scale Photochemical Modelling System Raúl Arasa1, Antonio Lozano-García2, Bernat Codina1,3 1Air Quality Department, Meteosim S.L., Barcelona, Spain 2Environment and Water Agency of Andalusia, Seville, Spain 3Department of Astronomy and Meteorology, Barcelona, Spain Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Received 5 August 2014; revised 1 September 2014; accepted 17 September 2014 Copyright © 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract In this contribution, we present an evaluation of different mitigation plans to improve NO2 levels in Andalusia, a region in the south of Spain. Specifically, we consider four possible mitigation plans: the effects over NO2 concentration of apply changes in the distribution of Vehicles Park; the effect of realize traffic restrictions (affecting to the density flow of vehicles) over highways and main roads; the effect of replacement of diesel use by natural gas in urban areas; and the effect of ap- plying new velocity limits to access to urban areas. A sophisticated air quality modelling (AQM) system has been used to evaluate these mitigation plans. AQM implemented is composed on WRF meteorological model, an emission model created by the authors and CMAQ photochemical model. AQM analyzes mitigation plans during fifteen episodes of 2011 where NO2 levels were the highest of the year; so we analyze the effect of mitigation plans in worst conditions.
    [Show full text]
  • Andalucía Flamenca: Music, Regionalism and Identity in Southern Spain
    Andalucía flamenca: Music, Regionalism and Identity in Southern Spain A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnomusicology by Matthew Machin-Autenrieth © Matthew Machin-Autenrieth 2013 Tables of Contents Table of Contents i List of Plates iv List of Examples iv List of Figures v Conventions vi Acknowledgments viii Abstract x Introduction 1 PART ONE Chapter One: An Overview of Flamenco 6 The Identities of Flamenco 9 The Materials of Flamenco 12 The Geographies of Flamenco 19 The Scholars of Flamenco 25 Chapter Two: Music, Regionalism and Political Geography 36 Political Geography and Music 37 Region, Regionalisation and Regionalism 43 Regionalism and Music 51 The Theoretical Framework 61 Conclusions 68 Chapter Three: Methodology 70 Virtual Ethnography: In Theory 70 Virtual Ethnography: In Practice 79 Field Research in Granada 86 Conclusions 97 Chapter Four: Regionalism, Nationalism and Ethnicity in the History of Flamenco 98 Flamenco and the Emergence of Andalucismo (1800s–1900s) 99 Flamenco and the Nation: Commercialisation, Salvation and Antiflamenquismo 113 Flamenco and Political Andalucismo (1900–1936) 117 Flamenco during the Franco Regime (1939–75) 122 Flamenco since the Transition to Democracy (1975 onwards) 127 Conclusions 131 i Chapter Five: Flamenco for Andalusia, Flamenco for Humanity 133 Flamenco for Andalusia: The Statute of Autonomy 134 Flamenco for Humanity: Intangible Cultural Heritage 141 The Regionalisation of Flamenco in Andalusia 152 Conclusions 169 PART
    [Show full text]
  • Sierra Nevada (Granada, Spain)
    Zootaxa 4044 (3): 391–410 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2015 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4044.3.4 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DD54E580-B6E7-441E-943C-BDDA2EB193C3 Sierra Nevada (Granada, Spain): a high-altitude biogeographical crossroads for millipedes (Diplopoda), with first data on its MSS fauna and description of a new species of the genus Ceratosphys Ribaut, 1920 (Chordeumatida: Opisthocheiridae) JOSÉ D. GILGADO1,5, HENRIK ENGHOFF2, ALBERTO TINAUT3, JEAN-PAUL MAURIÈS4 & VICENTE M. ORTUÑO1 1Research Team on Soil Biology and Subterranean Ecosystems. Department of Life Sciencies. Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Envi- ronmental Sciences. University of Alcalá (UAH). A.P. 20. Campus Universitario. E-28805, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain 2Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, København Ø, Denmark 3Department of Zoology, Campus Fuentenueva, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain 4Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Dpt. Systématique et Evolution, 61 rue Buffon, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France 5Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Millipedes (Diplopoda), with a few notable exceptions, are poor dispersers, showing a very high degree of endemicity, not the least in mountains. The first samplings of the Mesovoid Shallow Substratum (MSS) of the higher altitudes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains (Baetic System, Southern Spain) have led to the discovery of a high number of millipedes, each of the species present showing a different degree of establishment in this subterranean environment.
    [Show full text]
  • Precipitation Modes in the Spanish Mountains and Sensitivity of Snow Cover
    Reg Environ Change DOI 10.1007/s10113-012-0380-8 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Evolution and frequency (1970–2007) of combined temperature– precipitation modes in the Spanish mountains and sensitivity of snow cover Enrique Mora´n-Tejeda • Sixto Herrera • J. Ignacio Lo´pez-Moreno • Jesu´s Revuelto • Anthony Lehmann • Martin Beniston Received: 13 July 2012 / Accepted: 18 November 2012 Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 Abstract Snow cover in Spanish mountains is crucial for Keywords Precipitation Á Temperature Á Joint-quantile ensuring water availability in spring and summer months, indices Á Spain02 Á Snow Á Mountains Á Iberian Peninsula for the success of winter tourism or for the maintenance of biodiversity in mountain ecosystems. A changing climate may affect the volume of snow cover even in high moun- Introduction tains, where weather conditions are usually favorable for snow accumulation. In this paper, we aim to investigate the Snow cover in mountains is a natural resource that is of evolution (1970–2007) of combined precipitation–temper- high ecological, socio-economic and scientific value. The ature modes in the Spanish mountains, and the sensitivity mountain snowpack constitutes the primary source of water of the snowpack to their occurrence. The climatic database in many areas, ensuring water supply to the lowlands even ‘‘Spain02’’ and snow thickness data for Spanish mountains during the dry season (Barnett et al. 2005; Knowles et al. were used for this purpose. Results showed that the fre- 2006). But snow cover in mountains has many other quency of dry-warm and wet-warm days has increased over implications, including the functioning of alpine and sub- time in all mountain ranges, while the frequency of the alpine ecosystems (Pauli et al.
    [Show full text]
  • Iberian Forests
    IBERIAN FORESTS STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE MAIN FORESTS IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA PABLO J. HIDALGO MATERIALES PARA LA DOCENCIA [144] 2015 © Universidad de Huelva Servicio de Publicaciones © Los Autores Maquetación BONANZA SISTEMAS DIGITALES S.L. Impresión BONANZA SISTEMAS DIGITALES S.L. I.S.B.N. 978-84-16061-51-8 IBERIAN FORESTS. PABLO J. HIDALGO 3 INDEX 1. Physical Geography of the Iberian Peninsula ............................................................. 5 2. Temperate forest (Atlantic forest) ................................................................................ 9 3. Riparian forest ............................................................................................................. 15 4. Mediterranean forest ................................................................................................... 17 5. High mountain forest ................................................................................................... 23 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................... 27 Annex I. Iberian Forest Species ...................................................................................... 29 IBERIAN FORESTS. PABLO J. HIDALGO 5 1. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA. 1.1. Topography: Many different mountain ranges at high altitudes. Two plateaus 800–1100 m a.s.l. By contrast, many areas in Europe are plains with the exception of several mountain ran- ges such as the Alps, Urals, Balkans, Apennines, Carpathians,
    [Show full text]
  • The Orography and Teleconnection Patterns As Determinant of Precipitation in the Southern Iberian Peninsula
    Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 21, EGU2019-1520-6, 2019 EGU General Assembly 2019 © Author(s) 2019. CC Attribution 4.0 license. The orography and teleconnection patterns as determinant of precipitation in the southern Iberian Peninsula Amar Halifa Marín, Miguel Ángel Torres-Vázquez, Raquel Lorente-Plazas, Enrique Pravia-Sarabia, Laura Palacios-Peña, Juan Pedro Montávez, and Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero Regional Atmospheric Modelling Group, Department of Physics, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain. ([email protected]) The recent research literature suggests a widely recognized decrease in winter precipitation (WPCP) over a large part of the Iberian Peninsula (IP) since 1980’s. Instead a wet trend was observed on the eastern coast since 1985. Several works pointed to the high connection between the changes in the WPCP and the variability of the teleconnection patterns (TP), specially with the increasing North Atlantic Oscillation index (NAO) and decreasing West Mediterranean Oscillation index (WeMO) on winter. The main objective of this work in to correlate the WPCP with the TP and to quantify the change in the WPCP attending the rain shadow effect as determinant modulate to distribution of precipitation in the southern region of IP. The data of WPCP, come from (descargasrediam.cica.es) with a high spatial resolution grid (1 km), and TP were retrieved from (cpc.ncep.noaa.gov). The studied area is Andalusia, the main southern region of the IP and the temporal period covers 1951-2010. The relationship between WPCP and TP was established using correlation during 1951-2010 and the change in the WPCP was quantified between two periods (1951-1980 and 1981-2010).
    [Show full text]
  • Land-Use Changes As a Critical Factor for Long-Term Wild Rabbit 2 Conservation in the Iberian Peninsula
    Environmental Conservation 37 (2): 1–8 © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2010 doi:10.1017/S0376892910000214 1 Land-use changes as a critical factor for long-term wild rabbit 2 conservation in the Iberian Peninsula ∗ 3 MIGUEL DELIBES-MATEOS1,2 ,MIGUEL ANGEL´ FARFAN´ 1,3,JESUS´ OLIVERO1 AND 4 JUAN MARIO VARGAS1 5 1Departamento de Biolog´ıa Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga,´ 29071 Malaga,´ Spain 2Instituto de Investigacion´ en Recursos 6 Cinegeticos,´ IREC (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ronda de Toledo s/n, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain and 3Biogea Consultores, C/Navarro Ledesma, 7 243, 29010 Malaga,´ Spain 8 Date submitted: 17 September 2009; Date accepted: 27 January 2010 9 SUMMARY INTRODUCTION 44 10 European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), a multi- European wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), are considered 45 11 functional keystone species in the Iberian Peninsula, a multifunctional keystone species in the Iberian Peninsula 46 12 have drastically declined over past decades. Rabbit (Delibes-Mateos et al. 2007). Rabbits conspicuously alter 47 13 decline has been frequently attributed to the arrival landscapes and provide foraging, shelter and nesting habitats 48 14 of two viral diseases. However, decline was apparently for a diverse array of species, their grazing activities alter 49 15 ongoing before the arrival of the diseases, apparently plant species composition and vegetation structure, especially 50 16 as a consequence of habitat loss and fragmentation. by creating open areas and preserving plant species diversity, 51 17 In this paper, the effect on rabbit populations of and they are prey for a large number of predators (Delibes- 52 18 land-use changes during recent decades in Andalusia Mateos et al.
    [Show full text]
  • The Landforms of Spain
    UNIT The landforms k 1 o bo ote Work in your n of Spain Spain’s main geographical features Track 1 Spain’s territory consists of a large part of the Iberian Peninsula, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, located on the north coast of Africa. All of Spain’s territory is located in the Northern Hemisphere. Peninsular Spain shares a border with France and Andorra to the north and with Portugal, which is also on the Iberian Peninsula, to the west. The Cantabrian Sea and the Atlantic Ocean border the north and west coast of the Peninsula and the Mediterranean Sea borders the south and east coast. The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The Canary Islands, however, are an archipelago located almost 1 000 kilometres southwest of the Peninsula, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, just north of the coast of Africa. Spain is a country with varied terrain and a high average altitude. Spain’s high average altitude is due to the numerous mountain ranges and systems located throughout the country and the fact that a high inner plateau occupies a large part of the Peninsula. The islands are also mostly mountainous and have got significant elevations, especially in the Canary Islands. Northernmost point 60°W 50°W 40°W 30°W 20°W 10°W 0° 10°E 20°E 30°E 40°E 50°E 60°N Southernmost point Easternmost point s and Westernmost point itie y iv ou ct ! a m 50°N r Estaca o S’Esperó point (Menorca), f de Bares, 4° 19’ E d ATLANTIC 43° 47’ N n a L 40°N ltar Gibra Str.
    [Show full text]
  • Chinese Tourism in Spain: an Analysis of the Tourism Product, Attractions and Itineraries Offered by Chinese Travel Agencies1
    Cuadernos de Turismo, nº 37, (2016); pp. 243-268 Universidad de Murcia ISSN: 1139-7861 eISSN: 1989-4635 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/turismo.37.256231 CHINESE TOURISM IN SPAIN: AN ANALYSIS OF THE TOURISM PRODUCT, ATTRACTIONS AND ITINERARIES OFFERED BY CHINESE TRAVEL AGENCIES1 Aureli Lojo Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ABSTRACT Analysis of the characteristics of tourism in China, and the evolution of Spain as an international destination, illustrates the importance of understanding Chinese outbound tou- rism and its implications for the Spanish tourism industry. The results of the paper present the characteristics of the tourism product offered by Chinese travel agencies. The study also indicates the itineraries, the main destinations within Spain and the distinctive elements of Spain that are valued by the tour operators. The purposes of this study are (1) to identify the patterns of the tourist groups from China to Spain and (2) to understand the characteristics of the tour packages offered by Chinese travel agencies. Keywords: Chinese tourism; Spain; tour operators; tourism product; content analysis. Received: 31 October 2015 Returned for revision: 30 November 2015 Accepted: 15 December 2015 Departamento de Geografía. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Edificio B. 08193 Bellaterra. BARCE- LONA (España). E-mail: [email protected] 1 Aureli Lojo is a PhD candidate and this article is part of his dissertation within the PhD Programme in Geography of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Acknowledgements The author greatly appreciates the support of Anqi (Angel) Wang from the University of Memphis for their generous contributions and language revision. This research was supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of the Government of Spain, under the program «Formación de Profesorado Universitario» (FPU014/03436) and the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Government of Spain, through the project «Reconversión, revalorización y reinvención de espacios turísticos interiores de España.
    [Show full text]
  • Isotopic Evidence for Mobility at Large- Scale Human Aggregations in Copper Age Iberia: the Mega-Site of Marroquíes
    Isotopic evidence for mobility at large- scale human aggregations in Copper Age Iberia: the mega-site of Marroquíes Marta Díaz-Zorita Bonilla1,2,3,*, Jess Beck4, Hervé Bocherens2,3,5 & Research Pedro Díaz-del-Río6 0km400 Settlements incorporating large-scale human aggregations are a well-documented but poorly N understood phenomenon across late prehistoric Europe. The authors’ research examines the origins and trajectory of such aggregations through isotope analysis of human skeletal remains from the mega-site of Marroquíes in Jaén, Spain. The results indicate that eight Madrid per cent of 115 sampled individuals are of Lisbon non-local origin. These individuals received mortuary treatments indistinguishable from Marroquíes those of locals, suggesting their incorporation into pre-existing social networks in both life and death. This research contributes to our understanding of the extent and patterning of human mobility, which underlies the emergence of late prehistoric mega-sites in Europe. Keywords: Iberia, Marroquíes, Copper Age, mobility, isotope analysis 1 Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters, Eberhardt Karls Universität, Schloß Hohentübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany 2 Institut für Geowissenschaften, Eberhardt Karls University, Hölderlinstrasse, 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany 3 SFB 1070 Ressourcenkulturen, Gartenstrasse 29, 72074 Tübingen, Germany 4 McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK 5 Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Sigwartstrasse
    [Show full text]