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Visibility analysis and landscape evaluation in Martin river cultural park (Aragon, Spain) integrating biophysical and visual units

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  • Iván Franch-Pardo
  • Luis Cancer-Pomar
  • Brian M. Napoletano

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The European Landscape Convention (ELC) has encouraged affiliated countries to develop several assessment methodologies to facilitate land management in an effort to develop compatible, integrative assessment techniques that can be applied in diverse geographic settings. Here we begin to address the question of how to develop comprehensive landscape assessments based on the criteria of the ELC by integrating landscape studies using biophysical and visual characteristics. We assessed visibility, quality, and fragility to determine aptitude for protection based on both biophysical and visual landscape units. We selected the Martin River Cultural Park (Aragon, Spain) as a study area because it is recognized as a site of cultural and geomorphological importance, it is situated in a signatory country to the ELC, but has not been subject to any landscape assessment. The resulting maps of aptitude for protection can be used to prioritize landscapes for protection based on their levels of quality and fragility.

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  • Iván Franch-Pardo & Luis Cancer-Pomar & Brian M. Napoletano, 2017. "Visibility analysis and landscape evaluation in Martin river cultural park (Aragon, Spain) integrating biophysical and visual units," Journal of Maps, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(2), pages 415-424, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tjomxx:v:13:y:2017:i:2:p:415-424
    DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2017.1319881
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    1. Dina Statuto & Giuseppe Cillis & Pietro Picuno, 2017. "Using Historical Maps within a GIS to Analyze Two Centuries of Rural Landscape Changes in Southern Italy," Land, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-15, September.
    2. Iván Franch-Pardo & Brian M. Napoletano & Gerardo Bocco & Sara Barrasa & Luis Cancer-Pomar, 2017. "The Role of Geographical Landscape Studies for Sustainable Territorial Planning," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-23, November.

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