Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Depopulated Areas of Mediterranean Europe: A Case Study in Two Inland Provinces of Spain
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Population of Each Municipality | Province of Soria | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nº Municipalities | % | Population 2000 | % | Population 2018 | % | |
Less than 10,000 | 182 | 99.45 | 56,823 | 62.5 | 49,488 | 55.86 |
More than 10,000 | 1 | 0.55 | 34,088 | 37.5 | 39,112 | 44.14 |
Total | 183 | 100 | 90,911 | 100 | 88,600 | 100 |
Population of Each Municipality | Province of Teruel | |||||
Nº Municipalities | % | Population 2000 | % | Population 2018 | % | |
Less than 10,000 | 234 | 127.87 | 96,538 | 68.04 | 82,522 | 61.63 |
More than 10,000 | 2 | 1.09 | 43,618 | 31.96 | 51,630 | 38.37 |
Total | 236 | 128.96 | 136,473 | 100 | 134,572 | 100 |
Year | Soria | Teruel | Spain | Europe |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 80.2 | 111.9 |
2001 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 80.7 | 112.1 |
2002 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 81.9 | 112.4 |
2003 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 83.4 | 112.8 |
2004 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 84.8 | 113.2 |
2005 | 9 | 9.5 | 86.3 | 113.7 |
2006 | 9 | 9.6 | 87.7 | 114.1 |
2007 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 90.1 | 114.7 |
2008 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 91.6 | 115.1 |
2009 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 92.4 | 115.4 |
2010 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 92.8 | 115.7 |
2011 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 93.2 | 115.7 |
2012 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 93.2 | 116 |
2013 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 92.9 | 116.1 |
2014 | 9 | 9.4 | 92.5 | 116.9 |
2015 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 92.5 | 117 |
2016 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 92.5 | 117.7 |
2017 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 92.7 | 117.7 |
2018 | 8.7 | 9 | 93.1 | 118 |
CLC Category 1 | Cat 2 Reclassification |
---|---|
Urban fabric | Artificial surfaces |
Other artificial uses | |
Non-irrigated arable land | Agricultural areas |
Permanently irrigated land | |
Vineyards | |
Fruit trees and berry plantations | |
Olive groves | |
Pastures | |
Complex cultivation patterns | Land principally occupied by agriculture |
Land principally occupied by agriculture, with significant areas of natural vegetation | |
Agro-forestry areas | |
Forests | Forest |
Natural grassland | Natural grasslands |
Shrubs | Shrub |
Open spaces with little or no vegetation | Open spaces with little or no vegetation |
Burnt areas | Burnt areas |
Water bodies | Water bodies |
Processes | Soria | Teruel | |
---|---|---|---|
Artificialization | Ha | 3163 | 5392 |
% | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
Shrub expansion | Ha | 85,103 | 148,072 |
% | 8.3 | 10.0 | |
Forest expansion | Ha | 103,123 | 131,493 |
% | 10.0 | 8.9 | |
Agricultural expansion | Ha | 76,387 | 70,404 |
% | 7.4 | 4.8 | |
Forest degradation | Ha | 73,229 | 57,119 |
% | 7.1 | 3.9 |
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Gallardo, M.; Fernández-Portela, J.; Cocero, D.; Vilar, L. Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Depopulated Areas of Mediterranean Europe: A Case Study in Two Inland Provinces of Spain. Land 2023, 12, 1967. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12111967
Gallardo M, Fernández-Portela J, Cocero D, Vilar L. 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. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12111967
Chicago/Turabian StyleGallardo, Marta, Julio Fernández-Portela, David Cocero, and Lara Vilar. 2023. "Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Depopulated Areas of Mediterranean Europe: A Case Study in Two Inland Provinces of Spain" Land 12, no. 11: 1967. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12111967
APA StyleGallardo, M., Fernández-Portela, J., Cocero, D., & Vilar, L. (2023). Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Depopulated Areas of Mediterranean Europe: A Case Study in Two Inland Provinces of Spain. Land, 12(11), 1967. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12111967