Spatialities of cultural landscapes: towards a unified vision of Spanish practices within the European Landscape Convention

Figures & data

Figure 1. The 100 landscapes once mapped show great differences among them.

Table 1. List of landscape attributes used in the study.

CATEGORIES	ATRIBUTES
Exploitation systems	Farming: Wine
	Farming: Olive
	Farming: Rice
	Farming: No crop predominance
	Agroforestry
	Agriculture-livestock
	Mining and/or salt
Settlements	Active rural
	Active urban
	Christian^a
	Traditional architecture
	Industrial architecture
	Park or garden
	Towns, twentieth century
Infrastructure	Irrigation/water transportation
	Communication/transportation
	Harbour
	Power generation
	Wind use
	Defence
Remains and deposits	Prehistoric
	Celtic
	Pre-Roman, non-specific
	Roman
	Muslim
	Medieval
	Civil war
Geographical references	Structuring^b
	Associative^c
Religious manifestations	Chapels/Temples
	Symbolic elements
	Celebrations/Processions
Artistic manifestations	Cave paintings
	Dolmens/megaliths
	Associative non-material heritage^d

^aReferring particularly to monastic complexes, which have a greater spatial deployment than chapels or churches without attached constructions.

^bReferring to the capacity of the territory geomorphology to determine its spatial structure.

^cReferring to those natural manifestations that have cultural religious, magical and other meanings attached to them.

^dReferring to those techniques or arts linked to activities that have given rise to a specific cultural landscape. Although all of them have elements of these characteristics, we refer to these particular ones.

Figure 2. Relationship between surface area and degree of heterogeneity of the 100 landscapes.

Figure 3. Average range of attributes and trends.

Figure 4. Division into zones according to surface area.

Figure 5. Tendencies of the different landscapes, with respect to surface area and number of attributes.

Figure 6. Derived relations between designated landscapes and territorial continuum: (a) Singular element that needs to include an area of influence; (b) Landscape designated because it best represents a clear typology and (c) Landscape designated because it represents the main characteristics of a bigger geographical entity.