Changes in land uses and management in two Nature Reserves in Spain: Evaluating the social-ecological resilience of cultural landscapes

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-35

  Rescia, Alejandro J ^a,b   Willaarts, Bárbara A ^c   Schmitz, María F ^a   Aguilera, Pedro A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural landscapes conservation; Ecosystem services; Integrated social ecological management; Landscape changes; Landscape indices; Multiple landscape functions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENTS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; LANDSCAPE FUNCTIONS; LANDSCAPE INDEX;

LAND USE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOTOURISM; HOMOGENEITY; HUNTING; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE RESERVE; PROFITABILITY; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VULNERABILITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 77957266664     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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