Gillian Gomez Mediavilla

Gillian Gomez Mediavilla
  • Autonomous University of Madrid

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Introduction
Gillian Gomez Mediavilla currently works at the Department of Geography, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Gillian does research in Environmental History, Rural and Forest landscapes, and Geoinformatics, GIS and Cartography.

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International mobility programmes embed higher education (HE) students in a learning process in which they gain key knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs), some of them crucial in pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We propose an innovative theoretical framework that links such KSAs to the UNESCO’s Key Competences for Sustainability...
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This work identifies the different quality marks of agricultural and livestock products existing in Sierra de Guadarrama (Madrid, Spain). With the information obtained, a database has been compiled on products, regulatory bodies, quality requirements, type of brand, municipality, producer, etc. Moreover, this information has been used to characteri...
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The present paper addresses the methodology carried out to obtain a new classification of hedgerow networks in the Mediterranean region using GIS and Remote Sensing. A new methodology has been developed due to the need to establish a typification of the hedgerows in this sector of southern Europe, where the variable conditioning the localization, a...
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The present paper highlights the importance of hedgerows and enclosures in the mountains of Central Spain. Now, these landscapes have suffered profound variations in terms of agroforestry practices, especially in the Mediterranean mountains where the characteristic multifunctional has largely been lost. The article analyzes land uses changes, dynam...
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The objectives of this paper are: to know the current situation of the hedgerows agrosystem in the southern slope of the Central System taking into account its historical evolution; to establish its most recent dynamics in relation to the crisis experienced in the rural space of this mountainous piedmont; to compare the functioning of this system i...
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The objectives of this research are: to know the current situation of the hedgerows agrosystem in the southern slope of the Central System taking into account its historical evolution; to establish its most recent dynamics in relation to the crisis experienced in the rural space of this mountainous piedmont; to compare the functioning of this syste...
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The history and past management of trees within woodlands are the main objectives of this book. The authors show four points of view about one theme: silvicultures. Wood pasture systems of South East England and Northern Italy, Spanish pollard forests, and Portuguese montado are great examples of European ancient forests. Reconstruction of forest e...
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The activity of pollarding Fraxinus angustifolia L. is one of the most singular in the Guadarrama piedmont, Madrid. This treatment generates a patrimonial landscape of great interest and identity. The main aims of this work are to determine the surface covered by Fraxinus angustifolia L.; its conservation state and structure; the main variables tha...
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Gillian Gomez, Nieves López, Fernando Allende. Las fresnedas trasmochadas del piedemonte del Sistema Central en Madrid (España): cambios y usos actuales. Estudios Rurales, Vol 6, N° 11, ISSN 2250-4001, CEAR-UNQ, Buenos Aires, segundo semestre de 2016, pp., 32-47 32 Las fresnedas trasmochadas del piedemonte del Sistema Central en Madrid (España): ca...
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The main objective of this chapter is to characterize the different phases of forestry uses and their impact of forest dynamics on the northern and southern slopes of the Somosierra and Ayllón mountain ranges (Madrid-Segovia, Spain). Thus, we attempt to define long-term models reflecting forest dynamics. To this end, there is a vital need to break...
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La silvocultura del trasmocho fue una práctica ampliamente extendida en el Sistema Central. En este trabajo se analizan las tipologías silvomorfológicas pasadas y presentes derivadas de este tipo de podas. En algunos sectores serranos del centro de la Península aún son reconocibles las huellas derivadas de esta actividad, tanto funcionales como dif...
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La silvocultura del trasmocho fue una práctica ampliamente extendida en el Sistema Central. En este trabajo se analizan las tipologías silvomorfológicas pasadas y presentes derivadas de este tipo de podas. En algunos sectores serranos del centro de la Península aún son reconocibles las huellas derivadas de esta actividad, tanto funcionales como dif...

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