Technology or policy? Drivers of land cover change in northwestern Spain before and after the accession to European Economic Community

Rico, Eduardo Corbelle; Butsic, Van; Enríquez-García, María José; Radeloff, Volker C.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.01.004

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“…The results obtained are in line with the findings of works already published on land use/cover changes in Spain and Portugal. These have pointed out the existence of natural regeneration of forest areas and afforestation in several areas of Spain, such as Galicia [40], Pyrenees [20], Central and Iberian System [41,42], as well as in Portugal [32]. Many of the cited studies coincide with areas corresponding to clusters 1 and 6, which we identified in this work as hotspots of forest expansion.…”

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“…It is likely that the period of time covered by this study has been one of very substantial changes. Some authors suggest that the institutional change represented by the access of Portugal and Spain to the European Economic Community in 1986 greatly accelerated the effects of social and technological transformations of the second half of the twentieth century [40].…”

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Land Use Changes in Iberian Peninsula 1990–2012

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2018

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This work aims to provide a comprehensive, wall-to-wall analysis of land use/cover changes in the continental areas of Portugal and Spain between 1990 and 2012. This overall objective is developed into two main research questions: (1) Whether differences between the extent and prevalence of changes exist between both countries and (2) which are the hotspots of change (areas where a given land use/cover transition dominates the landscape) in each country. We used Corine Land Cover in three different points in time (1990, 2000, 2012) to explore eight characteristic land cover transitions and carried out a cluster analysis at LAU2 level (municipalities in Spain, parishes in Portugal) that allowed to identify the areas in which each transition was dominant. The main findings include the decline of agricultural area and the increase of urbanized and artificial covers in both countries, but different trends followed by forest cover, with an increase in Spain and a decrease in Portugal. At the same time, the spatial analysis provided an overview of the main gradients of change related to tensions between agricultural intensification–extensification, on the one hand, and deforestation–afforestation, on the other.

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Land Use Changes in Iberian Peninsula 1990–2012

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2018

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“…With EU subsidies much of the land has been planted with forests, resulting in extensive management and use of land, not necessarily land abandonment (Breman et al, 2010). Since the 1990s the Portuguese rural landscape has been drastically changing as a result of the CAP, but subsidies also resulted in forest plantations, of mostly exotic species such as pine trees (Van Doorn & Bakker, 2007), a development also observed in Northern Spain (Corbelle-Rico, Butsic, Enríquez-García, & Radeloff, 2015). In recent years, neo-rurals and lifestyle farmers have settled and taken over traditional farming areas, with its own dynamics and impacts on the landscape (Pinto-Correia, Almeida, & Gonzalez, 2016).…”

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Drivers of European landscape change: stakeholders’ perspectives through Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping

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Understanding complex processes of landscape change is crucial to guide the development of future landscapes and land resources. Through Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping, we studied the processes of landscape change of six different environmental zones in Europe. Results show that landscapes are complex systems, with many interactions. Except for one, all regions show a strong decline in landscape quality. Dominant drivers are EU policy and the global economy, sometimes in conjunction with environmental drivers or the governance system. The process of change differs for all cases, through urbanisation or land abandonment in some cases, and agricultural intensification in others. The (un)intended effects of policies are difficult to predict. Although some EU Policies directly improve landscape quality, their indirect effects as well as other EU policies outweigh this positive influence and jointly result in a decrease of landscape quality. To counter these negative side effects, targeted landscape policies are urgently needed.

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“…Esto nos sirve para conocer e interpretar con detalle la evolución y las fuerzas motrices de cualquier territorio, donde principalmente son las alteraciones que se producen en los usos urbanos, forestales, agrícolas y zonas naturales los de mayor importancia. En ocasiones las variaciones en las cubiertas del suelo aparecen como respuesta frente a la falta de estabilidad de distintos factores: socioeconómicos, políticos, tecnológicos e incluso culturales a los que se ven sometidos diferentes territorios (Corbelle et al, 2015;de Aranzabal et al, 2008;Plieninger et al, 2016;van Vliet et al, 2015).…”

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Cambios en los usos de suelo en la comarca del Bierzo (1990-2012)

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2019

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El paisaje de la comarca del Bierzo, en el noroeste de España, ha experimentado una serie de cambios durante las últimas décadas. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo principal proporcionar un análisis exhaustivo de los cambios de uso/cobertura del suelo en esta comarca utilizando Corine Land Cover durante dos períodos diferentes (1990-2000 y 2000-2012). Esto nos permite analizar las principales tendencias y procesos a los que se vio sometido este territorio. Los principales hallazgos tienen relación con los procesos de abandono que sufre esta comarca, motivado por los cambios en hectáreas totales hacia matorral, procedentes sobre todo de los usos forestales y agrícolas. Casi la mitad de la superficie pertenece al dominio del matorral en 2012, al ocupar en torno a 151 000 hectáreas. En otro orden se sitúa el aumento de las plantaciones de chopos por reforestación que también ha sido importante sobre el conjunto, provocando la expansión de las frondosas en la zona. Otros procesos como la intensificación productiva se han producido cerca de las infraestructuras de regadío, aunque no son tan importantes sobre el total regional.

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Technology or policy? Drivers of land cover change in northwestern Spain before and after the accession to European Economic Community

Cited by 27 publications

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Land Use Changes in Iberian Peninsula 1990–2012

Land Use Changes in Iberian Peninsula 1990–2012

Drivers of European landscape change: stakeholders’ perspectives through Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping

Cambios en los usos de suelo en la comarca del Bierzo (1990-2012)

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