Marta Gallardo

National Distance Education University | UNED · Dep. Geography

The journal Land (ISSN 2073-445X, IF 3.905) is currently running a Special Issue entitled “Topical Advisory Panel Member Solicited Papers Series: Land Use Changes in Rural Areas”. I am serving as Guest Editor for this issue. In recognition of your well-respected work, you are cordially invited to submit a research article or comprehensive literatur...

CONTACT ME FOR THE CHAPTER. Land use and land cover changes (LULCC) are social, climatic and ecological changes that take place at multiple spatial and time scales. The study of these changes offers us a better understanding of the evolution of the territory and the changes that take place in its natural and cultural values. In Europe, the CORINE...

Representaciones e imaginarios urbanos a través de los opening de tres series estadounidenses: The Sopranos, Weeds y House of Cards Las secuencias de apertura de una serie o de una película funcionan como preámbulo en el que se encapsulan elementos denotativos de la trama o se insertan atributos estéticos e iconográficos directamente relacionados...

This chapter offers a general overview of the available tools and strategies for validating Land Use Cover (LUC) data—specifically LUC maps—and Land Use Cover Change Modelling (LUCCM) exercises. We give readers some guidelines according to the type of maps they want to validate: single LUC maps (Sect. 3), time series of LUC maps (Sect. 4) or the re...

Several validation techniques based on the cross-tabulation matrix can be applied to validate Land Use Cover (LUC) maps. The exercises in this chapter focus, in particular, on the cross-tabulation techniques proposed by Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr., who has developed many indices and techniques in this field. Given his major contribution to this fami...

The writer and director Lucía Puenzo expresses herself in two different languages: literary prose and cinematographic narrative. Her work is characterised by a single ethical and aesthetic commitment. She highlights sensitive contemporary issues such as identity, gender, sexuality, marginality and the family, but also ethical concerns around eugeni...

Las representaciones del cine de ficción nutren el imaginario colectivo, caracterizando elementos que proyectan la percepción social. El trabajo se centra en el cine de Andrés Wood, concretamente en el segmento «Segundo tiempo. Calama. Último gol gana» de su primer largometraje, para observar y analizar la representación de la pobreza y la exclusió...

Land use and land cover (LULC) is a powerful driver of sustainable landscape development, conservation and management. This is especially true for Mediterranean agricultural landscapes, which are increasingly sensitive to human activities, water scarcity and climate change. Therefore, this study investigates the patterns, dynamics and driving force...

Los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible (SDG), impulsados por Naciones Unidas, presentan una serie de metas a alcanzar en el año 2030. Para la consecución de los SDG es fundamental su incorporación en la enseñanza con el objeto de involucrar a los jóvenes y futuros agentes de cambio en su asimilación y aplicación. Las novelas gráficas, a partir de s...

Women in academia are underrepresented at the highest levels of the hierarchy. After gaining their PhDs, they seem to make little progress and their career paths appear to be hampered by their family responsibilities. Motherhood can affect scientific productivity and, therefore, promotion. Balancing teaching, research, administration, consultation,...

Rural and urban areas are often conceptualized as two separate entities and studied accordingly. However, in reality, they are related in multiple ways. Here we explore this relation between rural and urban areas from a land use perspective. We argue that land should be characterized along a gradient from rural to urban. Further, we argue that land...

RESUMEN/ Los parques urbanos son espacios verdes caracterizados por su concepción multifuncional que incorpora, junto a la vegetación y las áreas de paseo y estanciales, zonas de juego, deportivas o de ocio. Por su tamaño y composición aportan beneficios sociales y físicos a la ciudadanía además de ecológicos y medioambientales a la propia ciudad....

Se presenta una actividad docente en un entorno universitario mediante el análisis de conceptos de la Geografía Económica a través del visionado de videoclips musicales integrados en la plataforma YouTube. El alumnado (N=33) trabaja de manera grupal y colaborativamente, en sesiones presenciales y sesiones tutorizadas, seleccionando un grupo musical...

En las últimas décadas se ha producido un gran desarrollo de técnicas y modelos para la captura y el análisis de dinámicas de usos del suelo. Dicho interés se demuestra en los diversos programas institucionales y las numerosas investigaciones que se han llevado a cabo con el objeto principal de valorar y abordar un desarrollo sostenible del territo...

In the decades before the 2007 global economic crisis, Spain and, in particular, the Region of Madrid (due to its status as capital), recorded high rates of land use changes, related to gains in urban, commercial and transport uses. Between 1990 and 2006, artificial uses increased in almost 70%. These changes have been located throughout its territ...

Los métodos de enseñanza y aprendizaje están en pleno proceso de cambio y la introducción de las tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC) ya es una realidad. Las nuevas generaciones de estudiantes están cada vez más informatizadas y son numerosos los estudios que demuestran que las herramientas que incluyen dichas tecnologías proporcionan un...

This paper examines the consistency of the data in terms of land use change rates in the Region of Madrid during different time intervals, using Geographic Information Systems and a Flow matrix. Using four land use maps from 1982, 1990, 2000 and 2006 we noticed that our data had no temporal stability; that is, changes in land use were no consistent...

Cinema can be considered a useful tool for understanding different geographic concepts, showing physical and human factors and the interactions between them. Andres Wood's film Football Stories explores the Chilean territory allowing the observation of the differences between the north and south of the country. Geographic components such as landsca...

Land use change due to human activity can have serious, often irreversible effects on the environment. It affects ecosystem functions and the sustainability of protected natural areas. Problems such as fragmentation, low habitat connectivity or a decline in a territory’s ability to capture carbon are some of its consequences. By studying past land...

Gracias al desarrollo de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación, el proceso de enseñanza/aprendizaje y la utilización de recursos docentes están en pleno proceso de cambio: desde clases estáticas a metodologías activas que han demostrado una mejora en la adquisición de conocimientos y de habilidades por parte del alumnado. Mé...

El ejercicio pretende aumentar las competencias de los estudiantes de una asignatura optativa o temática como es El paisaje en el cine y la televisión. De forma complementaria refuerza elementos que hayan podido ser asimilados en asignaturas de tipo obligatorio como Historia del cine y otros medios audiovisuales. La asignatura optativa es ofertada...

Se realiza un análisis jerárquico de intensidad de cambios de usos del suelo, a nivel de intervalo de tiempo, a nivel de categorías y a nivel de transiciones, aplicado a la Comunidad de Madrid para los años 1982, 1990, 2000 y 2006. Se observan los principales procesos de cambio y qué categorías se han mostrado estables. Las zonas de extracción mine...

En ocasiones, los cambios de usos del suelo amenazan la conservación de las áreas protegidas y de sus alrededores como consecuencia de su efecto de atracción. Esta contribución evalúa el impacto de los cambios de usos del suelo en el Parque Nacional de la Sierra de Guadarrama (España), en su Área de Influencia Socioeconómica (AIS) y en un buffer de...

Land Use-Cover Changes (LUCCs) are one of the main problems for the preservation of biodiversity. Protected Areas (PAs) do not escape this threat. Some processes, such as intensive recreational use, forest fires or the expansion of artificial areas taking place inside and around them in response to their appeal, question their environmental sustain...

Natural protected areas are declared to safeguard their environment, goods and services. However, sometimes they are affected by land use changes related to human activity, which affects their ecosystem functions and their sustainability. Problems such as fragmentation or low habitat connectivity are some of its consequences. Developing future land...

Fragmentation and habitat loss caused by human action are one of the main consequences of biodiversity loss. They are associated with a decrease in the size of land covers, causing a reduction or an isolation of the original patches. This work analyzes landscape structure changes between years 2006, related with the construction of the Valle Biobío...

This paper assesses the relative importance of socioeconomic factors linked to fire occurrence through the simulation of future land use/land cover (LULC) change scenarios in the Madrid region (Spain). This region is a clear example of the socioeconomic changes that have been occurring over recent decades in the European Mediterranean as well as th...

In recent decades, the region of Madrid has experienced extensive changes in land use-land cover (LULC). Most of these changes are related to an increase in developed areas (urban, industrial, commercial and transport) and abandonment of agricultural uses. The general guideline for regional management has been disregarded and the legal framework ov...

El texto se propone delimitar la representación del territorio geográfico chileno y su importancia dentro del discurso narrativo y estético del cine de Andrés Wood. A través de la obra del director chileno, se analizará el componente geográfico y cómo este transita como elemento determinante en su cine. Los films elegidos son Historias de Fútbol, 1...

RESUMEN: En este trabajo se elabora una simulación de ocupación y usos del suelo de la región de Madrid en 2025, bajo un escenario tendencial, utilizando el software libre CLUE. Utiliza como fuente los mapas de usos del suelo de CORINE Land Cover de 1990, 2000 y 2006, reclasificados en 7 categorías. Se utilizan algunas variables explicativas, restr...

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo elaborar una simulación de ocupación y usos del suelo de la región de Madrid, España, para el año 2025, bajo un escenario de trayectoria lineal, también llamado “business as usual”. Se utiliza el software libre CLUE para conocer qué pasaría si la tendencia pasada se mantuviera hasta el año 2025. Se trata de un model...

Satellite images can be very useful for teaching Geography at all levels. We describe their advantages over other traditional sources of information on observation of the Earth, and present the Remote Sensing and Environment teaching guide, a resource available on the Internet. This can be complemented by other resources – videos and image reposito...

This paper assesses the relative importance of socioeconomic factors linked to fire occurrence through the simulation of future land use/land cover (LULC) change scenarios in the Madrid region (Spain). This region is a clear example of the socioeconomic changes that have been occurring over recent decades in the European Mediterranean as well as th...

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The main purpose is to simulate future land use-land cover (LULC) change scenarios to assess the relative importance of anthropogenic factors linked with fire occurrence in Mediterranean areas. The analysis was performed at regional level using as a test site the Autonomous Region of Madrid (Spain). This area has been selected because it represents...

Understanding the interaction between natural and socio-economic factors that determine fire regime is essential to make accurate projections and impact assessments. However, this requires having accurate historical, systematic, homogeneous and spatially explicit information on fire occurrence. Fire databases usually have serious limitations in thi...

Cambios de usos del suelo en la Comunidad de Madrid

Entender la interacción entre los factores naturales y socio-económicos que determinan el régimen de incendios resulta fundamental para poder realizar proyecciones y evaluaciones de impactos cada vez más acertadas. Sin embargo, para ello es necesario contar con información histórica precisa, sistemática, homogénea y espacialmente explícita sobre la...

La Comunidad de Madrid es una región en constante evolución. Rasgos como ser el principal centro del país de conexión del transporte, tanto por carretera como aéreo, y tanto de mercancías como de personas, poseer la mayor área metropolitana y el mayor grado de urbanización, le otorga un dinamismo territorial que no está presente en otras Comunidade...

Land use changes analysis has a great value for future planning of a territory at regional level. It helps us to understand the relationships and interactions between human and natural phenomena in order to promote improved decision making. The province of Madrid is a region in constant change. It has 6.400.000 inhabitants living in 8.000 Km2. It i...

Despite of the traditional debate about local or global dimension of sustainable development (Cavallaro and Dansero, 1998), there is an increasing work on regional scale (Bontje, 2004; Haughton and Counsell, 2004; Bertrand and Larrue, 2005; Kidd, 2005; Hoballah, 2006; Sedlacek and Gaube, 2010). Most of the work include the three dimension of sustai...

Land use changes analysis are important for planning and land management at regional level. It helps us to understand the relationships and interactions between human and natural phenomena in order to promote improved decision making. The province of Madrid is a region in constant change. It has 6.400.000 inhabitants living in 8.000 Km. It is the m...