RT Journal Article
T1 People and nature in the Fuerteventura Biosphere Reserve(Canary Islands): socio-ecological relationships underclimate change
A1 Schmitz García, María Fe
A1 Arnaiz Schmitz, Cecilia
A1 Herrero Jaúregui, Cristina
A1 Díaz, Pablo
A1 Gaspar García de Matos, Daniela
A1 Díaz Pineda, Francisco
AB This paper analyses the interdependence between environment and society in terms of socio-ecological webs, in which human and biophysical systems are linked. A quantitative model, based on canonical correlation analysis applied in Fuerteventura Island (Canary Archipelago), detected indicators of human– landscape relationships and predicted potential shifts based on simulated environmental changes. In the last few decades, the landscape of Fuerteventura Island has changed: natural components and cultural agrarian uses have decreased, while the population has increased due to immigration, mainly from mainland Spain and other European countries. The island shows a transition from a coupled local socio-ecosystem to one based on the interaction between environment and coastal tourism that decouples native inhabitants from the landscape and traditional land-use practices. As vulnerability and adaptation to climate change represent critical sets of potential interactions in Canary Islands, a model and a map of the socioecological system under four Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scenarios show rural decoupling through ‘deagrarianization’ and ‘deruralization’, as well as stronger links to the tourism system.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 0376-8929, ESSN: 1469-4387
YR 2017
FD 2017-03-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/17941
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/17941
LA eng
NO Cabildo de Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias, España)
NO Fondo Social Europeo/Comunidad de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 23 jul 2024