Ensayo metodológico para la clasificación del paisaje en cuencas endorreicas y humedales asociados

Zusammenfassung

In this work, we present a proposed methodology for classifying landscapes in endorheic basins and associated wetlands considering the possibility of implementing the European Landscape Convention (ELC). The methodological sequence, applied to the basin of Padul (province of Granada), consists of two major stages: first, identification and characterization, followed by assessment and proposals. The objective in the first stage is the classification of the landscape into types and areas as well as its characterization. The objective in the second stage is to assess and establish the significance of the landscapes that have been identified and characterized in the first stage. This method has made it possible to establish a cross‐sectional perspective for landscape analysis, by carrying out: an exercise in describing and analyzing the natural features of the landscape, and historical, socioeconomic and scenic‐visual processes; a diagnostic exercise taking into account the transformation of the natural features of the landscape (original ecogeographic units); and a forward‐looking exercise, which aims at the assessment of the landscape and the possibility of implementing that proposals for action.