Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Depopulated Areas of Mediterranean Europe: A Case Study in Two Inland Provinces of Spain

Gallardo, Marta, Fernández-Portela, Julio, Cocero Matesanz, David y Vilar, Lara . (2023) Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Depopulated Areas of Mediterranean Europe: A Case Study in Two Inland Provinces of Spain. Land 2023, 12 (11), 1967

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Título Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Depopulated Areas of Mediterranean Europe: A Case Study in Two Inland Provinces of Spain
Autor(es) Gallardo, Marta
Fernández-Portela, Julio
Cocero Matesanz, David
Vilar, Lara
Materia(s) Geografía
Abstract Depopulation often leads to the abandonment of agricultural land and the resulting process of afforestation and reforestation. In this paper, we study the land use changes between 2000 and 2018 in two Spanish provinces, Soria and Teruel. The provinces chosen as case studies are of particular interest because they have some of the lowest population densities in Europe and continue to suffer depopulation processes that have been ongoing since the mid-20th century. The reasons for this are not immediately clear given that unlike other European regions with similar population density values, for example in Northern Scandinavia, they are not exposed to extreme climatic conditions, norare they located in isolated mountain regions. Using the CORINE Land Cover database, we observed that in both provinces, there has been an expansion in shrub and forest land uses and a decline in agriculture due largely to the fact that certain areas have been abandoned by their inhabitants, although in other parts of these provinces, the amount of land used for agriculture has increased. Urban growth over this period has been minimal. In the coming years, it seems likely that the population of these areas will continue to fall, given that the policies carried out over decades to try to revert this trend have not been successful.
Palabras clave land use changes
land abandonment
extensification
encroachment
Mediterranean Europe
rural areas
depopulation
Editor(es) MDPI
Fecha 2023-10-25
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Identificador bibliuned:DptoGEO-FGH-Articulos-Dcocero-0004
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DOI - identifier https://doi.org/10.3390/land12111967
ISSN - identifier 2073-445X
Nombre de la revista Land
Número de Volumen 12
Número de Issue 11
Publicado en la Revista Land 2023, 12 (11), 1967
Idioma eng
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Derechos de acceso y licencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Notas adicionales The registered version of this article, first published in Land, is available online at the publisher's website: MDPI, https://doi.org/10.3390/land12111967
Notas adicionales La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Land, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: MDPI, https://doi.org/10.3390/land12111967

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