Search results for "Natural Areas"

Rural places versus naturalized spaces. The logic of knowledge and acknowledgement in protected heritage areas

2013

New policies on nature heritage reorganize and redefine space by introducing new concepts, practices, managers and recipients. The imposition of a neoliberal conservation model generates tensions and resistance in local communities. This process involves appropriations, real and discursive, and reinventions on identity and territory. In this paper, we present the tensions derived from a statutory designation affecting a small town located in the region of Camp de Turia, Valencia (Spain). The town has swiftly gone from an economy based on traditional models for the exploitation of forest and agricultural resources, to a process of natural environment patrimonilization (The Sierra Calderona N…

El aprendizaje-servicio en la práctica docente de la Geografía: propuestas para la gestión turística del Parque Natural Chera-Sot de Chera (Valencia)

2021

[EN] Learning - Service (L-S) is an innovative methodology that stands out for its great didactic and applied outcomes. Its implementation in Geography, of multidisciplinary nature, promotes a participatory approach to the resolution and reflection of problems, incorporating professional views, beyond the classroom. In this work, we present an example of L-S around a management and planning problem related to tourists flows in a protected natural area (Valencia region), within the Degree of Geography and Environment of the University of Valencia. In particular, we attempt to solve congestion of visitors in the municipality of Sot de Chera, located in the Chera - Sot de Chera Natural Park, a…

Comparazione tra liste faunistiche di Lepidotteri e Coccinellidi in aree protette italiane con diverse caratteristiche biogeografiche

2014

SICILY AS THEORETICAL MODEL TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS IN A HOTSPOTS OF BIODIVERSITY

2015

In Europe, especially in Italy, different considerations are necessary when potential GMPs are to be grown. In particular high biodiversity areas such as Sicily should have a more detail plans of potential benefits and risks assuring the conservation of biodiversity and endemic species. Sicily is one of the most relevant biodiversity hotspots in the Mediterranean area, with a vascular flora of 3252 species and 321 endemic taxa. Considering the latest IUCN categories and criteria, 401 taxa (12.4% of Sicilian flora) are under threat (categories “CR”, “EN”, “VU”), and 220 more taxa (6.8%) are “Near Threatened”. Sicily is also known to have a rich butterfly and coleopteran fauna including endem…

Análisis conjunto y espacios naturales: una aplicación al Paraje Natural del Desert de les Palmes

2007

We use stated preference methods to analyze consumer preferences on the attributes of protected natural areas and to estimate the willingness to pay for reducing the risk of fires in the site. For the first goal, conjoint analysis is used. Three attributes are considered: biodiversity, dimension of the natural area and the economic contribution that would have to be made for its maintenance and preservation. The willingness to pay for reducing the risk of fires has been estimated using choice experiment. The data have been gathered from a mail survey conducted among people living near the Desert de les Palmes Park, a protected area located in the Valencian Community (Spain). En el trabajo s…