Water management assessment in a historic garden: the case study of the Real Alcazar (Seville, Spain)

Pérez-Urrestarazu, Luis; Egea, Gregorio; Ruiz-Alcalá, Cecilia; Roldán-Olmo, Fuensanta; Fernández-Cañero, Rafael

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2017.11.020

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“…Thus, there is a potential for water-saving (approximately 19,800 mm/year) that could bring economic and environmental benefits to the municipality of São Brás de Alportel. The analysis focused on the urban green areas irrigated by sprinkler irrigation: 1,2,14,22,25,26,27,28,30,33,34,35,36 and 37. In those areas, the ET L was obtained considering the plants' species that were more water demanding.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the application, it is possible to select the urban green area from the map and observe the related data, namely the evapotranspiration, the vegetation, the characteristics of the irrigation system and the sustainable practices in use. The modified NDVI map of the urban green areas of São Brás de Alportel (1,2,3,6,8,9,20,30,32,33,34,35, 36 and 40) is shown in Figure 6. The anthropic elements and the water bodies are represented in orange (negative values), the bare soil and the vegetation with hydric stress in yellow (values near zero) and the healthy vegetation in green (values near 1).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The existence of urban green areas has positive aspects but on the other hand, constitute a challenge as the water demand for irrigation increases [1]. The irrigation of urban green areas has been increasing in the region of the Mediterranean and nowadays constitutes an important part of the total water consumption in urban areas.…”

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Applying Remote Sensing Technologies in Urban Landscapes of the Mediterranean

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There has been increasing pressure on water resources in cities due to the proliferation of urban green areas. In the Mediterranean climate, only a small part of the plants’ water needs is supplied by rainfall during the winter months. Thus, in Algarve (Portugal) irrigation of the urban landscapes is required almost all year round. The aims of this study were to evaluate the maintenance of the urban landscapes of São Brás de Alportel (Algarve) during a year, based on the characterization of the vegetation of the urban gardens, the climate data, the analysis of the irrigation systems, the calculation of the plants water requirements and the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). By crossing all this information, it was possible to understand if the current maintenance level is the most suitable for sustainable irrigated urban landscapes. In most of the gardens, it was possible to establish a relationship between the gross irrigation water requirements and NDVI. In general, the NDVI allowed us to study the urban landscape, through the monthly observation of the differences in the appearance and development of the vegetation.

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“…Albericci's [18] discussion of the lack of skilled gardeners and professional training in Italian University Botanical Gardens, Thoday's [20] discussion of science and craft in garden management and Thorne's [42] guide on contracts and costs in historic garden management all address this key aspect. This labor issue also appears in Pérez-Urrestarazu et al's study of water irrigation efficiency [43] within the assessment management studies. In this case, the authors determine that a high number of people and work hours are dedicated to irrigation in their studied garden and hope to improve management and operation costs by implementing better planning and automation.…”

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“…The conservation of grassland/meadow species [49,55,56] is found to be just as important as the conservation of tree species [45,50,52]. Two articles spoke about the water cycle [43,57]. Only one article spoke about historic gardens' impact on the urban climate [51].…”

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A Systematic Literature Review of Historic Garden Management and Its Economic Aspects

2020

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Historic gardens are important parts of humanity’s built heritage within the designed landscape, providing many environmental, economic and socio-cultural benefits. Management is a key part of their conservation, perhaps the most difficult because it is costly, must be continual, and requires a skilled workforce. This systematic review looks at the literature addressing historic garden management, with special attention regarding the social, economic and environmental aspects of sustainability. Academic studies on this subject come from many different disciplines, making it both stimulating and fragmented. It is now time to consolidate these interdisciplinary efforts into a clear vision, including a framework of key themes and research methods so as to better coordinate efforts and make the information and innovation generated more accessible to the garden managers “in the trenches”. With this aim, reviewed studies are classified according to 10 criteria: supply or demand orientation; management phase involved; primary sustainability processes addressed; geographic criteria; number of sites covered; policy documents referred to; kind of data collected; study methods employed; possibility of bias specifically regarding historic gardens; garden use. An analysis of these criteria shows that historic garden management literature focuses on describing the gardens themselves, with few studies interested in the people supporting them. Future research should follow recent policy documents’ lead and pay more attention to community value and involvement.

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Synchronous management of public green spaces: The case of Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University’s eastern campus – Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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2022

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Water management assessment in a historic garden: the case study of the Real Alcazar (Seville, Spain)

Cited by 10 publications

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Applying Remote Sensing Technologies in Urban Landscapes of the Mediterranean

Applying Remote Sensing Technologies in Urban Landscapes of the Mediterranean

A Systematic Literature Review of Historic Garden Management and Its Economic Aspects

Synchronous management of public green spaces: The case of Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University’s eastern campus – Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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