Landscape, sustainability and the socioeconomy in the coastal urdaibai biosphere reserve, Northern Spain
Journal Title: Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES) - Year 2017, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
The main objective of this study is to analyze the sustainability of the landscapes in the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve (UBR) through the relationship between the landscape units and the socio-economic activities. The UBR is located in the north of Spain, being an area of great ecological and landscape values in anurbanized environment. The landscape is composed by numerous and varied units composed by spontaneous communities and those that are dependent on human activities. The economic activity depends mainly on the industrial and service sectors. A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was carried out using territorial and socioeconomic indicators for each municipality. The relationship between the landscape and the socio-economic activity was performed using the Pearson’s multiple correlation test. Our results suggest that the sustainability of the cultural landscape units in the UBR is linked to the socioeconomic activities in the industrial and service sectors.
Authors and Affiliations
Carla Ximena Salinas, Miren Onaindia, Jon Mendieta
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP39018
- DOI -
- Views 142
- Downloads 0
Estimation of genetic diversity among Berberis spp. from Karakoram Mountain Ranges using morpho-pathological and floral characters
The present research describes genetic diversity analyses of medicinally important Berberis species (spp.) from great mountainous altitude i.e. Karakoram Mountain Ranges. High range (0-100%) of Genetic Distance estimat...
Impact of agricultural activities on the evolution of nitrate and nitrite levels in groundwater of Annaba plain (North East of Algeria)
Annaba plain (North East of Algeria) knows intensive farming of various crops. Use is made in the field, based fertilizer nitrogen mainly phosphate. A total of 29 well water samples have been analyzed for the period from...
Evaluation of heavy metals accumulation in the liver of great cormorants in the Southern Coast of Caspian Sea
In order to study heavy metals pollution in the Caspian ecosystem this project has defined. The sampling for heavy metals analyses were done from the soils, water and so the liver of great cormorant in Persian and Russia...
Roles of insect pollinators, natural enemies and farmers’ knowledge on improving bean production in tropical Africa
Ecosystem services play a significant role in sustainable agricultural development worldwide. Commonly examples of well-known groups of providers of ecosystem services are insect pollinators and natural enemies of bean p...
Assessing the impact of type of ownership on residential mobility case study: narmak district of Tehran
One aspect of the dynamics of the city is relocation of households from one location to the other residential neighborhoods within the city. This relocating, which has a great impact on the structure of the city, has a...