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Se analizan, desde una perspectiva geográfica, los efectos de la celebración de la noche de San Juan en la playa urbana de las Canteras (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria). El estudio espaciotemporal de la distribución de las personas se realiza mediante el análisis de fotografías síncronas tomadas en diferentes puntos de la playa, y su tratamiento poster...
La ocupación edificatoria del litoral de Canarias, vinculada en buena medida a la actividad turística, deriva en efectos negativos en la biodiversidad, geodiversidad y los servicios ecosistémicos que tienen lugar en sus franjas costeras. El presente trabajo pretende cuantificar este proceso de litoralización tomando como referencias las zonas de in...
In the case of the Canary Islands (Spain), human occupation on beaches has generated environmental and landscape transformations and a loss of their geoheritage values. In this sense, this archipelago could be a good example to demonstrate the paradigm at the regional scale at first and island scale at second, that the colour and composition of the...
Les paysages qui nous entourent sont un héritage du passé. L’écologie historique nous invite à remonter le temps pour mieux les interpréter, pour comprendre la biodiversité et le fonctionnement actuels des écosystèmes qui les constituent et, finalement, anticiper leurs trajectoires à venir.Écologie historique propose une synthèse complète et actual...
En el caso de Canarias, la ocupación humana de las playas ha generado transformaciones ambientales y paisajísticas, y la perdida de sus valores geopatrimoniales. En esta línea, el objetivo de este trabajo es caracterizar e identificar tipologías de playas en función de sus características sedimentológicas, el grado de ocupación urbano-turística, y...
In this work, a review of petrographic studies in recent decades on 50 sandy beach samples of the eastern Canary Islands (La Graciosa, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria) has been carried out in order to know the composition and provenance of the sand grains. The sandy samples are intertidal and most are related to beach-dune systems with co...
Quelques diapositives des premiers résultats sur les environnements préférentiels de l'espèce invasive Acacia holosericea appréhendés à travers l'imagerie multispectrale (drone) et les valeurs de NDVI. Ile de Santiago (archipel du Cap-Vert).
In this study, a characterisation is undertaken of the humid dune slacks water table situated in the arid transgressive coastal dune field of the Maspalomas Special Area of Conservation, ES701007 (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain). Humid dune slacks are listed as a European Union Habitat (EU Habitat 2190 humid dune slacks) in Annex I of the EU H...
In this work, a review of petrographic studies in recent decades on 50 sandy beach samples of the eastern Canary Islands (La Graciosa, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria) has been carried out in order to know the composition and provenance of the sand grains. The sandy samples are intertidal and most are related to beach-dune systems with co...
Resumen En este artículo se muestra una síntesis de la trayectoria científica y divulgadora del geógrafo Joan F. Mateu Bellés. Sus aportaciones se centran inicialmente en el ámbito de la geomorfología, y prestan una atención especial al agua: analiza los procesos hidrogeomorfológicos, su relación con las sociedades humanas y la expresión de ello en...
Los números 108 y 109 de la revista Cuadernos de Geografía rinden homenaje al profesor Joan F. Mateu Bellés con motivo de su jubilación, tras una larga y fructífera carrera académica e investigadora desarrollada en la Universitat de València. Doctorado en 1981, accede a la cátedra de Geografía Física en 1987 y desde entonces ha compaginado su traba...
Cultural ecosystem services (CESs) can be defined as the non-material benefits that people obtain from ecosystems. Little research has been conducted on the measurement and assessment of CESs through user perception, especially when the focus is on people with disabilities. The aim of this research is therefore to determine the CESs in a study area...
This chapter presents a brief history of the evolution of the coastal aeolian sedimentary systems of five islands of the Canary Archipelago in Spain (Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and La Graciosa). Taking the Spanish conquest of the islands as the starting point, the aim is to provide a synthesis of the 500‐year‐old relationship...
Coastal aeolian sedimentary systems have been anthropogenically altered in recent decades
due to the littoralization process, causing the loss of their natural and cultural geoheritage. In
this sense, in Canary Islands (Spain), aeolian sedimentary systems are developed under arid
climate conditions, differing from the rest of European counterpart s...
This research focuses on the design and evaluation of tactile images to serve as a mediation tool between people with visual impairments and the landscape. For this, three experiences in different tourist destinations have been considered, managing to implement one of them so far. The methodology used integrates various tactile exploration techniqu...
Los sistemas sedimentarios eólicos áridos en Canarias han sufrido notables impactos ambientales. La transición desde los usos humanos tradicionales a otros usos más recientes, ha generado una serie de cambios ambientales que se reflejan tanto en la vegetación como en la dinámica sedimentaria eólica. El objetivo de esta investigación es reconstruir...
Traditional land uses have been altering aeolian sedimentary systems for centuries through the removal of plant material for grazing, fuel or farming purposes. However, few studies have been able to quantify the deforestation process associated with these land uses due to the complexity that this entails and the limitations of the historical source...
The small island areas oriented to coastal tourism are highly vulnerable to marine storms, given the fluctuation of this economic sector and the increase in its exposure due to the increasing anthropogenic presence on the coastline. In this context, the storms between 1958 and 2017 are studied here in the most important tourist enclaves of Tenerife...
The loss of ecosystem services (ESs) is one of the main consequences of the inadequate management of natural environments. However, the drivers that shape the provision of ESs continue to be poorly characterized at local and regional scales, and their protection, generally, has not been a priority. This study analyzes the anthropic alteration proce...
Accessible tourism constitutes a current social priority for the World Tourism Organization and the European Network for Accessible Tourism. Trips to the beach are beneficial in terms of improved health and psychological well-being. They form an integral part of life in Spain, a country with the world's second highest number of tourist visitors and...
The small island areas oriented to coastal tourism are highly vulnerable to marine storms, given the fluctuation of this economic sector and the increase of its exposure due to the increasing anthropogenic presence on the coastline. In this context, the storms between 1958 and 2017 are studied here in the most important tourist enclaves of Tenerife...
In this research, a methodology for the analysis of accessibility conditions for people with physical disabilities was developed. The analysis is based on an assessment of the sidewalk network in two tourist areas located in Maspalomas Costa Canaria (Gran Canaria, Spain). ArcMap's Network Analyst was used, and Spanish regulations on accessibility i...
Terraced cultural landscapes provide valuable information on the historical interaction
between societies and the environment that can help to ensure their survival. The
irruption of tourism and, more recently, globalization, have caused a process of
deterritorialization (loss of relationship with the history and memory of places) and
an undervalua...
The exploitation of lime on the island of Fuerteventura reaches its best moment in the mid XIX century, which makes the industry of the lime kilns, along with livestock, one of the major conditions of Fuerteventura’s landscape. The main objective of this work is to make an approximation to the fuel demand and the environmental consequences in Jandí...
Coastal areas worldwide are undergoing major changes and degradation due to a set of combined natural and anthropogenic stressors. In arid aeolian sedimentary systems these changes can be even more acute given their sensitivity to perturbances in landscape dynamics. While in many such areas recent (20 year) observations have been made regarding mea...
Most ecosystems and coastal landscapes have suffered anthropic interventions that have induced changes in their natural dynamics. In the case of the beach-dune system of El Médano (Tenerife, Canary Islands) significant transformations have been detected by the different historical land uses. We compared, by visual analysis, 70 photographs taken bet...
Se presenta una propuesta de patrimonio inclusivo aplicada a una urbanización turística de Canarias, España. Esta iniciativa forma parte de un proyecto de tesis doctoral que se desarrolla en la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. El objetivo principal de la investigación es proponer modelos turísticos inclusivos vinculados al patrimonio.
This chapter presents the consequences that the traditional land uses had on the Canary Islands’s coastal areas, the policies and strategies of the coastal management, as well as the problems and conflicts that have arisen. Finally, examples of good practices and search for solutions are provided.
The aeolian sedimentary systems of the Canary Islands have certain natural and socio-economic characteristics that make them differentiated environments, both in the context of the dune fields of Spain and Europe. This is a consequence of their location in intraplate hot spot volcanic islands, their climatic conditions, the high pressure exerted on...
Las regiones costeras e insulares de especialización turística en climas áridos y semiáridos de tipo mediterráneo pueden verse afectadas por una serie de amenazas naturales entre las que destacan las de origen hidrometereológico. La irregularidad pluviométrica de estos espacios donde se pueden intercalar largos periodos de sequía interrumpidos por...
The temporal variation in vegetation cover in aeolian sedimentary systems, especially those in arid regions, provides an indication of environmental change. Based on this, the objective of this paper is to design a simple method for classifying the vegetation density of arid aeolian sedimentary systems through the digital processing of aerial image...
Geomorphological changes in recent decades in an arid transgressive coastal dune system (Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands) are analyzed. The methodology used is based on the generation of two geomorphological maps (1961 and 2003) by interpretation of digital orthophotos. The overlay of both maps in a geographic information system (GIS) enab...
In the last few decades, the recreational use of beaches and their surrounding areas has increased substantially, influencing the alteration and the loss of heritage elements. For beaches with year-round tourist activity, such as those located in the Canary Islands (Spain), it is especially important to evaluate heritage-based values and in this wa...
Beaches exposed to continuous arrivals of tourists, such as on the Canary Islands, are subject to demands
for quality requirements that are more stringent than in other coastal areas with seasonal tourism. It is
therefore especially necessary to evaluate the recreational quality of these beaches. This paper develops a
system of indicators (accessib...
La Reserva Natural Especial de Maspalomas presenta un conjunto de valores naturales que, a escala regional, hacen de este ecosistema playa-duna un lugar muy singular. Por ello su entorno se ha convertido en uno de los principales recursos turísticos de Gran Canaria. En este contexto, se presenta una propuesta centrada en el diseño de itinerarios qu...
The relationships between geomorphological vulnerability, recreational quality and heritage at beaches in the Canary Islands (Spain) are studied using three sets of indicators. Processes and their interactions are analysed at urban, semi-urban and natural beaches. Natural, cultural and landscape heritage acts as an attractor of recreational activit...
The piece of work presents the background of a new PhD thesis that pretends to apply all the available knowledge about inclusive indoor heritage areas as well as outdoor ones in tourist environs. The research aim is to propose inclusive tourism models based on the connection between tourist accommodation and the surrounding heritage areas. THE IMPO...
La isla de La Graciosa está dentro del Parque Natural marítimo-terrestre del Archipiélago Chinijo y presenta varios ambientes sedimentarios arenosos, asociados a sistemas playa duna. El objetivo de esta investigación es determinar la composición de las arenas submareales, en el contexto de una investigación más amplia que pretende conocer las causa...
A system of indicators has been developed to evaluate beach geomorphological vulnerability (GVI) through: intrinsic susceptibility, the agents that model them, and their ability to remain stable over time. The method is applied to 34 beaches on the island of Gran Canaria (Spain) that experience different levels and conditions of human occupation, m...
Beaches are highly valued by society, which explain their high occupancy worldwide. This demand has
consequences in the economy, local politics and in the natural dynamic. The paradox is that geological-processes supporting numerous socio-ecological relationships on beaches, and they are no always consider. In this work the relationship between the...
Se analiza la evolución de las tasas de erosión tras los cambios de usos del suelo producidos entre 1960 y 2012. Para ello se adapta el modelo empírico USLE a las especificidades de Gran Canaria, y se implementa mediante un SIG. Los resultados muestran que la eficacia antierosiva y la calidad paisajística, de las superficies abancaladas de la cuenc...
Arid transgressive coastal dune fields experience significant changes over short time periods. They areideal systems to analyze environmental changes induced by human activities. This research analyzes thechanges in vegetation produced by tourism in the dune field of Maspalomas (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands,Spain). Plant communities were mapped usi...
Eolian dunes are generally absent or poorly developed on oceanic islands. Yet, large-scale eolian sedimentary systems characterize the oceanic islands of the Canary and Cape Verde archipelagos. These island-encapsulating sedimentary systems extend around or across entire islands and comprise upwind source areas, eolian transport corridors, and down...
El presente trabajo se propone realizar una aproximación metodológica al estudio de la capacidad de carga en espacios naturales protegidos, con la finalidad de aplicarlo en la correcta gestión de espacios especialmente frágiles y singulares. Tras elaborar un diseño metodológico para valorar la capacidad de carga, éste se ha ensayado en la isla de A...
Aeolian sedimentary systems in the Canary Islands differ from other European and African systems due to climate, vegetation and isolation. In turn, they experience high human pressure from touristic development. This paper analyzes the impact of urban-touristic development in four aeolian sedimentary systems in the Canaries: Maspalomas, Corralejo,...
The aim of this work is to identify habitats of European interest for the existing dunes in the Canaries, in order
to provide data for their proper management. Dune systems considered were the following: aeolian sedimentary systems that cover both most of the island of La Graciosa and also the dune fields of Maspalomas (Gran Canaria) and Corralejo...
This paper explores the relationship between vegetation dynamics and dune mobility in an arid transgressive coastal dune system, specifically the dune field of Maspalomas (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands). The aim is to understand the strategies of colonization and survival that plant communities have developed in slacks that face dune advance. The re...
The Global Change is affecting coastal areas and leading them to degradation. This is severe in sand dunes and sand plains, since they are very fragile ecosystems. The objective of this paper is to characterize the relationship between the historical land uses and the aeolian sedimentary dynamics in an arid coastal system, the island of La Graciosa...
The main objective of this study was to determine the nature and relative importance of environmental factors that shape the distribution of dune vegetation in the Maspalomas dune field in the Canary Islands, an arid transgressive dune system. Environmental factors were defined according to their expression related to the linear distance from the c...
RESUMEN: Se analiza la evolución del paisaje agrícola en una cuenca hidrográfica del norte de Gran Canaria entre 1960, 1992 y 2002. Mediante fotointerpretación y herramientas SIGs se cuantifican los cambios y permanencias de las coberturas del suelo, y se determina el balance de ganancias y de pérdidas que experimentan las coberturas agrícolas. Se...
This paper presents a comparative of methods to establish the distribution of vegetation cover in arid sandy systems. Framed in an I+D+ i proyect in the island called La Graciosa (Canary Islands). Among the objectives is to analyze the recent evolution of the vegetation cover of the sandy island systems, because the changes are an excellent indicat...
Resumen Este trabajo forma parte de un diagnóstico sobre la dinámica sedimentaria eólica de la isla de La Graciosa (islas Canarias,
Este trabajo forma parte de un diagnóstico sobre la dinámica sedimentaria eólica de la isla de La Graciosa (islas Canarias, España), desarrollado al amparo de un proyecto de I+D+i. Como premisa de partida se considera que la evolución reciente de la cobertura vegetal es un excelente indicador de cambios ambientales, naturales o antrópicos, producid...
en Granada (2006), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2008), Sevilla (2010) y Madrid (2012). El XVI Congreso tuvo lugar en Alicante del 25 al 27 de junio de 2014, promovido por la Universidad de Alicante, el Colegio de Geógrafos de España y la AGE. El objetivo de este encuentro era reunir a un nutrido grupo de expertos (científicos, profesionales, institu...
Resumen Este trabajo forma parte de un diagnóstico sobre la dinámica sedimentaria eólica de la isla de La Graciosa (islas Canarias, España)
Este artículo no dispone de resumen.
115 Cambios inducidos por actividades antrópicas en los procesos geomorfológicos eólicos de La Graciosa (islas Canarias). Una perspectiva histórica Changes induced by anthropogenic activities in the aeolian geomorphologic processes of La Graciosa (Canary Islands). A historical perspective Resumen: El objetivo de este trabajo es caracterizar la rela...
An agricultura! and pastoral abandonment has become general in many mountaineous areas, as a consequence of the depopulation of the countryside. This abandonment has unchained processes ofvegetable recolonization that has caused the disabling of traditionally pastured areas and the transformation of rural landscape. This vegetable recolonization pr...
The aim of this study enshrined in an environmental diagnosis and entrusted by the National Parks Autonomous
Organization (Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Ministry), is to define the causes of
the sedimentary deficit of some southern beaches in La Graciosa (Canary islands). Among the fulfilled
studies we emphasize the analysis of the vegeta...
In this paper we present an example of integration of sources and techniques for the reconstruction of natural conditions and land use development in recent historical periods, in order to characterize some dysfunctions in the dune fields of the Canary Islands, which are fragile systems from an environmental point of view, and strategic in economic...
