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Díaz Pineda, Francisco

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Francisco
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Díaz Pineda
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/74396
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Ciencias Biológicas
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Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución
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Ecología
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    Rural tourism: crossroads between nature, socio-ecological decoupling and urban sprawl
    (WIT Transactions on Ecology and The Environment, 2018) Arnaitz Schmitz, Cecilia; Santos, Luis; Herrero Jaúregui, Cristina; Díaz, Pablo; Díaz Pineda, Francisco; Schmitz García, María Fe
    The development of cultural tourism has turned traditional rural landscapes, characterized by their great natural and cultural values, into focus of tourism attraction, causing important changes in the socioeconomic structure of the regions containing them. The enhancement of this tourism highlights the need to design and implement a sustainable management that guarantees the maintenance and conservation of the landscape and the economic development of local populations. This study, localised in the Lozoya Valley (Guadarrama Mountains, Central Spain), analyses the socio-ecological situation of its municipalities and visitors in two different times. The analysis of its temporal evolution has allowed us to notice a marked socio-ecological decoupling characterized by urban sprawl, loss of traditional landuses and practices and the rurality of local society. At the same time, a decrease is detected in the rural landscape valuation by visitors, increasing their preferences for naturalness. The conducted study is a novel contribution applicable to the conservative management of the landscape and the development of sustainable tourism for nature and society.
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    Evaluating the role of a protected area on hedgerow conservation: the case of a spanish cultural landscape
    (Land Degradation & Development, 2016) Schmitz García, María Fe; Herrero Jaúregui, Cristina; Arnaiz Schmitz, Cecilia; Sánchez, Iván A.; Rescia Perazzo, Alejandro Javier; Díaz Pineda, Francisco
    Hedgerows are key features in agricultural landscapes performing diverse functions that are both economically and ecologically significant. Here, we quantify how the characteristics of a relict hedgerow network of a Spanish cultural landscape (Guadarrama mountains in the north of Madrid region) have changed over a single decade both inside and outside the boundaries of a Protected Area, the aim of which is to conserve cultural uses and biodiversity. A gradient of abandonment of pasture systems was detected, including a decline and loss of woody species from hedgerows associated with grazed areas towards shrub encroachment zones. These tendencies were similar inside and outside the boundaries of the Protected Area. The results highlight the management weaknesses of the Protected Area in order to achieve its objectives.Based on the results, we propose to include a specific conservation status for hedgerow landscapes in the regulatory framework of Spanish protected areas. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.