Humedales estacionales y culturales mediterráneosmetodología aplicada al trabajo de gabinete para su inventario abierto, cartografía y estudio del paisaje

Abstract

This paper is intended, using a descriptive methodology through observation and data collection, analysis a reality (environmental degradation) which, although extensively studied in many other ways, not reach the same level of intensity with respect to wetlands. Definitely try to get into the current status and potential situation of one of the habitats with the highest degree of alteration in the Mediterranean region: wetlands middle valley of the Guadalquivir (Andalusia, Spain). To this end, the territorial area analysis selected study relies on several campaigns of fieldwork, as well as analysis and reporting documentation files (many of them unpublished), treatment of satellite imagery, aerial photography and digital mapping and integration of much of the information in a Geographic Information System (GIS) and on detailed database. We intend, in short, reach and propose appropriate methodology for the design of a system of alphanumeric and graphical information related to temporary wetlands of countryside in the middle Guadalquivir.