The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is showing dramatic impact across the world. Public health authorities attempt to fight against the virus while maintaining economic activity. In the face of the uncertainty derived from the virus, all the countries have adopted non-pharmaceutical interventions for limiting the mobility and maintaining social distancing. In order to support these interventions, some health authorities and governments have opted for sharing very fine-grained data related with the impact of the virus in their territories. Geographical science is playing a major role in terms of understanding how the virus spreads across regions. Location of cases allows identifying the spatial patterns traced by the virus. Understanding these patterns makes controlling the virus spread feasible, minimizes its impact in vulnerable regions, anticipates potential outbreaks, or elaborates predictive risk maps. The application of geospatial analysis to fine-grained data must be urgently adopted for optimal decision making in real and near-real time. However, some aspects related to process and map sensitive health data in emergency cases have not yet been sufficiently explored. Among them include concerns about how these datasets with sensitive information must be shown depending on aspects related to data aggregation, scaling, privacy issues, or the need to know in advance the particularities of the study area. In this paper, we introduce our experience in mapping fine-grained data related to the incidence of the COVID-19 during the first wave in the region of Galicia (NW Spain), and after that we discuss the mentioned aspects.

The coronavirus pandemic is causing a huge impact around the world. Its real magnitude presents very important regional differences, which are appreciable in the number of infected and victims in the different countries. The outbreak of the pandemic and the ignorance of the virus mean that, even today, there are many unknowns about essential aspects related to it. In this sense, geographic knowledge can help answer many questions from the territorial analysis of the data. The objective of this article will be to analyze the behavior of the coronavirus pandemic within the Spanish region of Galicia. The authors of this study propose a multiscale analysis that allows deciphering the most common propagation patterns. For this, we have high spatial resolution data that has been provided by the competent authority under confidentiality. The results of this work allow us to represent and interpret the territorial impact of the pandemic, understanding its behavior as far as possible, allowing future dynamics to be predicted.

<p>En la actualidad existe una amplia y diversa variedad de metodologías que permiten el estudio de la delimitación de las áreas urbanas, desarrolladas tanto desde organizaciones como la Unión Europea o individualmente desde cada país. Sin embargo, en este trabajo se exponen los criterios seguidos para identificar y delimitar las áreas urbanas de dos países: España y Portugal. Se trata de un trabajo a escala de la Península Ibérica donde España y Portugal se estudian como un todo. Por lo que el objetivo principal es delimitar de un modo homogéneo y comparable, las áreas urbanas que se encuentran en este territorio del sur de Europa. Las principales fuentes de información utilizadas son publicaciones y estadísticas del Ministerio de Fomento de España, del Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Portugal y de la Comisión Europea.</p>

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ResumenEste trabajo muestra las principales características del sector turístico en Galicia en la actualidad, para a continuación analizar las peculiaridades de un tipo concreto: el turismo forestal. El objetivo es destacar que el turismo forestal es una actividad con muchas posibilidades de desarrollarse en Galicia y que puede ejercer tanto como elemento dinamizador de ciertas comarcas rurales, como complemento a otras actividades turísticas que ya se desarrollan en el territorio gallego. Para alcanzar este objetivo, se analizan la distribución y las características de los montes y su relación con la distribución territorial de otros tipos de turismo como el turismo rural o el ecoturismo. Palabras clave: turismo forestal; monte; Galicia. Resum. Muntanya i turisme. El turisme forestal a GalíciaAquest treball mostra les característiques principals del sector turístic a Galícia actualment, per analitzar tot seguit les peculiaritats d'una tipologia concreta: el turisme forestal. L'objectiu és destacar que el turisme forestal és una activitat amb moltes possibilitats de desenvolupar-se a Galícia i que pot exercir tant com a dinamitzador de certes comarques rurals, com a complement a altres activitats turístiques que ja es desenvolupen al territori gallec. Per assolir aquest objectiu, s'analitzen la distribució i les característiques de les muntanyes i la seva relació amb la distribució territorial d'altres tipus de turisme com el turisme rural o l'ecoturisme. Paraules clau: turisme forestal; muntanya; Galícia. Résumé. Montagne et tourisme. Tourisme de forêt en GaliceCe document présente les principales caractéristiques du secteur du tourisme en Galice aujourd'hui et analyse les particularités d'un type spécifique: le tourisme de forêt. L'objectif est de mettre en évidence le fait que le tourisme de forêt est une activité avec de nombreuses possibilités de se développer en Galice et qui peut agir à la fois comme catalyseur pour certaines régions rurales et comme complément pour d'autres activités touristiques déjà développées en Galice. Pour atteindre cet objectif, l'article analyse aussi la répartition et les caractéristiques des forêts et leur rapport avec la distribution territoriale des autres types de tourisme tels que le tourisme rural ou l'écotourisme. Mots-clés: tourisme de forêt; montagne; Galice. Abstract. Forests and tourism: Forest tourism in GaliciaThis paper examines the main characteristics of the tourism sector in Galicia today and analyzes the special features of a particular type of tourism: forest tourism. The aim is to highlight that forest tourism is an activity which affords many opportunities for development in Galicia and can function as both a catalyst for certain rural areas and a complement to other tourism activities that have already been developed in Galicia. To achieve this objective, the distribution and characteristics of forests and their relation to the territorial distribution of other types of tourism, such as rural tourism or ecotourism, are analyzed.