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Dr. Inés Santé
Department of Agroforestry Engineering, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo 27002, Spain Escuela Politécnica Superior, Campus Universitario s/n.

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Journal article
Published: 16 December 2020 in Sustainability
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Green infrastructure has acquired greater importance in recent years in relation to climate change adaptation. Green infrastructure planning has been identified as a new and innovative means of land planning that can contribute to preventing the impacts of climate change. However, this has been explored more thoroughly in urban areas than at the regional scale. The present study proposes a methodology including multi-criteria evaluation techniques for assessing the ESS involved in the fight against climate change and for the spatial planning of multifunctional green infrastructure areas based on the results of this assessment. Application of the methodology for green infrastructure planning aimed at confronting climate change at landscape level in the region of Galicia (NW Spain) successfully delimited multifunctional green infrastructure zones. Results show that delimited zones have a higher provision potential for more ESS than protected natural areas and areas that are not part of the green infrastructure.

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Andrés García; Inés Santé; Xurxo Loureiro; David Miranda. Spatial Planning of Green Infrastructure for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change at a Regional Scale. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10525 .

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Andrés García, Inés Santé, Xurxo Loureiro, David Miranda. Spatial Planning of Green Infrastructure for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change at a Regional Scale. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (24):10525.

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Andrés García; Inés Santé; Xurxo Loureiro; David Miranda. 2020. "Spatial Planning of Green Infrastructure for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change at a Regional Scale." Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10525.

Journal article
Published: 25 April 2020 in Ecosystem Services
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Green Infrastructure (GI) is increasingly being adopted in land management as a way of ensuring provision of the ecosystem services (ESS) required for human well-being. As GI is a spatial concept, spatial planning methods must be applied in designing GI. Many studies have focused on designing certain GI zones or on planning a GI specifically considering one or a few ESS. However, studies on GI planning considering all types of ESS and different GI zones are scarce. This paper describes a methodology that addresses the holistic spatial planning of GI by considering the potential capacity of areas to provide all of the ESS assessed. Buffer zones and multifunctional zones were delineated by using a specific procedure for each zone at landscape scale. The spatial planning of buffer areas and multifunctional zones was based on the analysis of trade-offs between ESS and on the integration of synergic ESS by means of a multicriteria evaluation technique. The methodology was validated by application to the spatial planning of a GI in the region of Galicia at landscape level. Integration of the results of ESS assessment in a multifunctional GI makes land planning and management easier and ensures provision of all types of ESS.

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Andrés M. García; Inés Santé; Xurxo Loureiro; David Miranda. Green infrastructure spatial planning considering ecosystem services assessment and trade-off analysis. Application at landscape scale in Galicia region (NW Spain). Ecosystem Services 2020, 43, 101115 .

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Andrés M. García, Inés Santé, Xurxo Loureiro, David Miranda. Green infrastructure spatial planning considering ecosystem services assessment and trade-off analysis. Application at landscape scale in Galicia region (NW Spain). Ecosystem Services. 2020; 43 ():101115.

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Andrés M. García; Inés Santé; Xurxo Loureiro; David Miranda. 2020. "Green infrastructure spatial planning considering ecosystem services assessment and trade-off analysis. Application at landscape scale in Galicia region (NW Spain)." Ecosystem Services 43, no. : 101115.

Journal article
Published: 04 March 2020 in Land Use Policy
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Since the adoption of the European Landscape Convention (ELC) in 2000, greater importance has been given to citizen participation in landscape policies and, specifically, in defining landscape quality objectives (LQO). Although the task of identifying and defining LQO is undertaken by professionals, the ELC provides for a compulsory public consultation. In most cases, no clear relationship between the results of public participation and the resulting definition of LQO and planning scenarios has been found. The objective of the present study is therefore to propose a methodology for designing landscape planning scenarios and defining LQO by the systematic, objective and quantified analysis of the results of a public participation process and taking advantage of the capacity of a Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) to capture public perception of landscape. The results of a picture-based survey and of the assessment of more than two thousand landscape scenes through the PPGIS allowed us to calculate indices of satisfaction and of the level of intervention required for each landscape type and area. From the values of these indices, four types of landscape planning scenarios were identified (protection, planning and management focused on protection and on planning), and the LQO for each landscape type and area were determined according to the resulting scenario. Application of the proposed methodology to the Landscape Guidelines for Galicia revealed information about the public perception of each landscape type and the preferred measures for landscape improvement involving protection, management and planning.

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Inés Santé; José María Tubío; David Miranda. Public participation in defining landscape planning scenarios and landscape quality objectives (LQO): Landscape Guidelines for Galicia (NW Spain) case study. Land Use Policy 2020, 94, 104559 .

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Inés Santé, José María Tubío, David Miranda. Public participation in defining landscape planning scenarios and landscape quality objectives (LQO): Landscape Guidelines for Galicia (NW Spain) case study. Land Use Policy. 2020; 94 ():104559.

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Inés Santé; José María Tubío; David Miranda. 2020. "Public participation in defining landscape planning scenarios and landscape quality objectives (LQO): Landscape Guidelines for Galicia (NW Spain) case study." Land Use Policy 94, no. : 104559.

Article
Published: 30 March 2018 in Landscape Research
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The European Landscape Convention recognises the importance of public participation for landscape planning in order to capture local knowledge, sensitive issues and conflicts, boost exchanges of information and democratise the process. However, traditional public participation methods are frequently restricted to public exposure at the final stage of the planning process. New public participation movements call for a greater role for the people at all stages. The growing development of ICT and geospatial information technologies provides new means of improving the participation process. This paper describes the public participation procedure and the participation geographic information system used to develop the Landscape Inventory of Galicia, whose results were used for the characterisation of landscape types, the delimitation of special interest areas from the locations identified by citizens and the definition of special attention areas from the degraded areas located by population.

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Inés Santé; Alfredo Fernández-Ríos; José María Tubío; Francisco García-Fernández; Eliska Farkova; David Miranda. The Landscape Inventory of Galicia (NW Spain): GIS-web and public participation for landscape planning. Landscape Research 2018, 44, 212 -240.

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Inés Santé, Alfredo Fernández-Ríos, José María Tubío, Francisco García-Fernández, Eliska Farkova, David Miranda. The Landscape Inventory of Galicia (NW Spain): GIS-web and public participation for landscape planning. Landscape Research. 2018; 44 (2):212-240.

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Inés Santé; Alfredo Fernández-Ríos; José María Tubío; Francisco García-Fernández; Eliska Farkova; David Miranda. 2018. "The Landscape Inventory of Galicia (NW Spain): GIS-web and public participation for landscape planning." Landscape Research 44, no. 2: 212-240.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2016 in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
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Highlights•A simulated annealing heuristic that optimizes the delimitation of land use categories on cadastral parcel maps.•The heuristic uses plot polygons instead of grid cells, which is more convenient, but involves more computational complexity.•The objective function is based on suitability and compactness criteria. It generalizes previous proposals.•The quality of the results for real situations is comparable to the quality of those obtained by experts.•A parallel version that produces good results in terms of speed-up is proposed. It is suited for multicore processors. AbstractThere is an increasing demand for tools that support land use planning processes, particularly the design of zoning maps, which is one of the most complex tasks in the field. In this task, different land use categories need to be allocated according to multiple criteria. The problem can be formalized in terms of a multiobjective problem. This paper generalizes and complements a previous work on this topic. It presents an algorithm based on a simulated annealing heuristic that optimizes the delimitation of land use categories on a cadastral parcel map according to suitability and compactness criteria. The relative importance of both criteria can be adapted to any particular case. Despite its high computational cost, the use of plot polygons was decided because it is realistic in terms of technical application and land use laws. Due to the computational costs of our proposal, parallel implementations are required, and several approaches for shared memory systems such as multicores are analysed in this paper. Results on a real case study conducted in the Spanish municipality of Guitiriz show that the parallel algorithm based on simulated annealing is a feasible method to design alternative zoning maps. Comparisons with results from experts are reported, and they show a high similarity. Results from our strategy outperform those by experts in terms of suitability and compactness. The parallel version of the code produces good results in terms of speed-up, which is crucial for taking advantage of the architecture of current multicore processors.

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Inés Santé; Francisco F. Rivera; Rafael Crecente; Marcos Boullón; Marcos Suárez; Juan Porta; Jorge Parapar; Ramón Doallo. A simulated annealing algorithm for zoning in planning using parallel computing. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 2016, 59, 95 -106.

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Inés Santé, Francisco F. Rivera, Rafael Crecente, Marcos Boullón, Marcos Suárez, Juan Porta, Jorge Parapar, Ramón Doallo. A simulated annealing algorithm for zoning in planning using parallel computing. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 2016; 59 ():95-106.

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Inés Santé; Francisco F. Rivera; Rafael Crecente; Marcos Boullón; Marcos Suárez; Juan Porta; Jorge Parapar; Ramón Doallo. 2016. "A simulated annealing algorithm for zoning in planning using parallel computing." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 59, no. : 95-106.

Journal article
Published: 15 August 2016 in Transactions in GIS
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Planning Support Systems (PSS) comprise a wide variety of geo-technological tools related to GIS and spatial modeling aimed at addressing land planning processes. This article describes the OpenRules system, a PSS based on a previous system called RULES. Among OpenRules new features are its architecture, based exclusively on free and open source software, and its applicability to all land use types, including rural and urban uses. In addition, OpenRules incorporates an unlimited number of land evaluation factors and a new objective in land use spatial allocation. OpenRules has been programmed in Java and implemented as a module of the free GIS software gvSIG, with full integration between the GIS and the decision support tools. Decision support tools include multicriteria evaluation, multiobjective linear programming and heuristic techniques, which support three basic stages of land use planning processes, namely land suitability evaluation, land use area optimization and land use spatial allocation. The application of OpenRules to the region of La Troncal, Ecuador, demonstrates its capability to generate alternative and coherent solutions through a scientific and justified procedure at low cost in terms of time and resources.

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Inés Santé; Natalia Pacurucu; Marcos Boullón; Andrés Manuel García; David Miranda. An open source GIS-based Planning Support System: Application to the land use plan of La Troncal, Ecuador. Transactions in GIS 2016, 20, 976 -990.

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Inés Santé, Natalia Pacurucu, Marcos Boullón, Andrés Manuel García, David Miranda. An open source GIS-based Planning Support System: Application to the land use plan of La Troncal, Ecuador. Transactions in GIS. 2016; 20 (6):976-990.

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Inés Santé; Natalia Pacurucu; Marcos Boullón; Andrés Manuel García; David Miranda. 2016. "An open source GIS-based Planning Support System: Application to the land use plan of La Troncal, Ecuador." Transactions in GIS 20, no. 6: 976-990.

Journal article
Published: 05 July 2013 in Earth Science Informatics
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Land abandonment and stagnation of rural markets in the last few years have become one of the main concerns of rural administrations. The use of Web and GIS (Geographic Information System) technologies can help to mitigate the effects of these problems. This paper pro-poses a novel Web-GIS tool with spatial capabilities for the dynamization of rural land markets by encouraging the transfer of land from owners to farmers through the leasing of plots. The system, based on open source software, offers information about the properties, their environment and their owners. It uses standards for handling the geographic information and for communicating with external data sources. This system was used as the basis for the development of SITEGAL, the tool for the management of the Land Bank of Galicia (www.bantegal.com/sitegal). SITEGAL has been operational since 2007 obtaining benefits for both administration and users (farmers and land owners), and promoting the e-Government.

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Juan Porta; Jorge Parapar; Paula García; Gracia Fernández; Juan Touriño; Ramón Doallo; Francisco Ónega; Inés Santé; Pablo Diaz; David Miranda; Rafael Crecente. Web-GIS tool for the management of rural land markets. Earth Science Informatics 2013, 6, 209 -226.

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Juan Porta, Jorge Parapar, Paula García, Gracia Fernández, Juan Touriño, Ramón Doallo, Francisco Ónega, Inés Santé, Pablo Diaz, David Miranda, Rafael Crecente. Web-GIS tool for the management of rural land markets. Earth Science Informatics. 2013; 6 (4):209-226.

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Juan Porta; Jorge Parapar; Paula García; Gracia Fernández; Juan Touriño; Ramón Doallo; Francisco Ónega; Inés Santé; Pablo Diaz; David Miranda; Rafael Crecente. 2013. "Web-GIS tool for the management of rural land markets." Earth Science Informatics 6, no. 4: 209-226.

Original articles
Published: 09 May 2013 in International Journal of Remote Sensing
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Lidar technology has become an important data source in 3D terrain modelling. In Spain, the National Plan for Aerial Orthophotography will soon release public low-density lidar data (0.5–1 pulses/m2) for most of the country territory. Taking advantage of this fact, this article experimentally assesses the possibility of classifying a rural landscape into eight classes using multitemporal and multidensity lidar data and analyses the effect of point density on classification accuracy. Two statistical methods (transformed divergence and the Jeffries–Matusita distance) were used to assess the possibility of discriminating the eight classes and to determine which data layers were best suited for classification purposes. The results showed that ‘dirt road’ cannot be discriminated from ‘bare earth’ and that the possibility of discriminating ‘bare earth’, ‘pavement’, and ‘low vegetation’ decreases when using densities below 4 pulses/m2. Two non-parametric tests, the Kruskal–Wallis test and the Friedman test, were used to strengthen the results by assessing their statistical significance. According to the results of the Kruskal–Wallis test, lidar point density does not significantly affect the classification, whereas the results of the Friedman test show that bands could be considered as the only parameter affecting the possibility of discriminating some of the classes, such as ‘high vegetation’. Finally, the J48 algorithm was used to perform cross-validation in order to obtain the most familiar quantitative values in the international literature (e.g. overall accuracy). Mean overall accuracy was around 85% when the eight classes were considered and increased up to 95% when ‘dirt road’ was disregarded.

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Sandra Buján; Eduardo González-Ferreiro; Laura Barreiro-Fernández; Inés Santé; Eduardo Corbelle; David Miranda. Classification of rural landscapes from low-density lidar data: is it theoretically possible? International Journal of Remote Sensing 2013, 34, 5666 -5689.

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Sandra Buján, Eduardo González-Ferreiro, Laura Barreiro-Fernández, Inés Santé, Eduardo Corbelle, David Miranda. Classification of rural landscapes from low-density lidar data: is it theoretically possible? International Journal of Remote Sensing. 2013; 34 (16):5666-5689.

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Sandra Buján; Eduardo González-Ferreiro; Laura Barreiro-Fernández; Inés Santé; Eduardo Corbelle; David Miranda. 2013. "Classification of rural landscapes from low-density lidar data: is it theoretically possible?" International Journal of Remote Sensing 34, no. 16: 5666-5689.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2013 in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
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Juan Porta; Jorge Parapar; Ramón Doallo; Vasco Barbosa; Inés Santé; Rafael Crecente; Carlos Díaz. A population-based iterated greedy algorithm for the delimitation and zoning of rural settlements. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 2013, 39, 12 -26.

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Juan Porta, Jorge Parapar, Ramón Doallo, Vasco Barbosa, Inés Santé, Rafael Crecente, Carlos Díaz. A population-based iterated greedy algorithm for the delimitation and zoning of rural settlements. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 2013; 39 ():12-26.

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Juan Porta; Jorge Parapar; Ramón Doallo; Vasco Barbosa; Inés Santé; Rafael Crecente; Carlos Díaz. 2013. "A population-based iterated greedy algorithm for the delimitation and zoning of rural settlements." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 39, no. : 12-26.

Journal article
Published: 31 January 2013 in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
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This study uses genetic algorithms to formulate and develop land use plans. The restrictions to be imposed and the variables to be optimized are selected based on current local and national legal rules and experts’ criteria. Other considerations can easily be incorporated in this approach. Two optimization criteria are applied: land suitability and the shape-regularity of the resulting land use patches. We consider the existing plots as the minimum units for land use allocation. As the number of affected plots can be large, the algorithm execution time is potentially high. The work thus focuses on implementing and analyzing different parallel paradigms: multi-core parallelism, cluster parallelism and the combination of both. Some tests were performed that show the suitability of genetic algorithms to land use planning problems.

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Juan Porta; Jorge Parapar; Ramón Doallo; Francisco F. Rivera; Inés Santé; Rafael Crecente. High performance genetic algorithm for land use planning. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 2013, 37, 45 -58.

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Juan Porta, Jorge Parapar, Ramón Doallo, Francisco F. Rivera, Inés Santé, Rafael Crecente. High performance genetic algorithm for land use planning. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 2013; 37 ():45-58.

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Juan Porta; Jorge Parapar; Ramón Doallo; Francisco F. Rivera; Inés Santé; Rafael Crecente. 2013. "High performance genetic algorithm for land use planning." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 37, no. : 45-58.

Articles
Published: 30 January 2013 in International Journal of Geographical Information Science
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Cellular automata (CA) stand out among the most commonly used urban models for the simulation and analysis of urban growth because of their ability to reproduce complex dynamics, similar to those found in real cities, from simple rules. However, CA models still have to overcome some shortcomings related to their flexibility and difficult calibration. This study combines various techniques to calibrate an urban CA that is based on one of the most widely used urban CA models. First, the number of calibration parameters is reduced by using various statistical techniques, and, second, the calibration procedure is automated through a genetic algorithm. The resulting model has been assessed by simulating the urban growth of Ribadeo, a small village of NW Spain, characterized by low, slow urban growth, which makes the identification of urban dynamics and consequently the calibration of the model more difficult. Simulation results have shown that, by automating the calibration procedure, the model can be more easily applied and adapted to urban areas with different characteristics and dynamics. In addition, the simulations obtained with the proposed model show better values of cell-to-cell correspondence between simulated and real maps, and the values for most spatial metrics are closer to real ones.

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A. M. García; Ines Sante; Marcos Boullón; R. Crecente. Calibration of an urban cellular automaton model by using statistical techniques and a genetic algorithm. Application to a small urban settlement of NW Spain. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 2013, 27, 1593 -1611.

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A. M. García, Ines Sante, Marcos Boullón, R. Crecente. Calibration of an urban cellular automaton model by using statistical techniques and a genetic algorithm. Application to a small urban settlement of NW Spain. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 2013; 27 (8):1593-1611.

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A. M. García; Ines Sante; Marcos Boullón; R. Crecente. 2013. "Calibration of an urban cellular automaton model by using statistical techniques and a genetic algorithm. Application to a small urban settlement of NW Spain." International Journal of Geographical Information Science 27, no. 8: 1593-1611.

Journal article
Published: 31 July 2012 in Land Use Policy
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The environmental, cultural and economic consequences of land use change, including abandonment of agricultural use, have been recognized for a long time. It has often been assumed that the transformations of the agricultural systems in developed countries (and particularly in Europe) took place, for the main part, in the immediate years after the Second World War. In this paper we present a review of different statistical and cartographic sources available for a peripheral region in Europe (Galicia, Spain) characterized by small-scale farming and a very fragmented property system, that suggests otherwise: modernization of agriculture apparently took place without major changes in agricultural area until the country gained access to the European Economic Community, and the effect of Common Agricultural Policy reforms during the decade of 1990 is suggested as a major driver for the net decrease of agricultural area in the region between 1956 and 2004. On the other hand, this paper emphasizes the spatial complexity of agricultural abandonment with a case study, showing a large degree of variability at municipal scale and thus the need of future EU-level projects to work at least at municipal (Local Administrative Units 2, LAU 2) level. Finally, a multinomial logistic model for observed changes is included that shows how biophysical limitations were the main drivers behind abandonment of agriculture at parcel scale, while structural qualities related to property structure were strongly associated to the incorporation of former shrublands to agricultural use. Besides, Farm Structure Surveys were revealed as an unreliable source for the assessment of changes in total agricultural area in the studied region.

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E. Corbelle-Rico; R. Crecente-Maseda; I. Santé-Riveira. Multi-scale assessment and spatial modelling of agricultural land abandonment in a European peripheral region: Galicia (Spain), 1956–2004. Land Use Policy 2012, 29, 493 -501.

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E. Corbelle-Rico, R. Crecente-Maseda, I. Santé-Riveira. Multi-scale assessment and spatial modelling of agricultural land abandonment in a European peripheral region: Galicia (Spain), 1956–2004. Land Use Policy. 2012; 29 (3):493-501.

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E. Corbelle-Rico; R. Crecente-Maseda; I. Santé-Riveira. 2012. "Multi-scale assessment and spatial modelling of agricultural land abandonment in a European peripheral region: Galicia (Spain), 1956–2004." Land Use Policy 29, no. 3: 493-501.

Journal article
Published: 10 February 2012 in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
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Urban growth models developed in the second half of the 20th century have allowed for a better understanding of the dynamics of urban growth. Among these models, cellular automata (CA) have become particularly relevant because of their ability to reproduce complex spatial and temporal dynamics at a global scale using local and simple rules. In the last three decades, many urban CA models that proved useful in the simulation of urban growth in large cities have been implemented. This paper analyzes the ability of some of the main urban CA models to simulate growth in a study area with different characteristics from those in which these models have been commonly applied, such as slow and low urban growth. The comparison of simulation results has allowed us to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each model and to identify the models that are best suited to the characteristics of the study area. Results suggest that models which simulate several land uses can capture better land use dynamics in the study area but need more objective and reliable calibration methods.

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Andrés M. García; Inés Santé; Marcos Boullón; Rafael Crecente. A comparative analysis of cellular automata models for simulation of small urban areas in Galicia, NW Spain. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 2012, 36, 291 -301.

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Andrés M. García, Inés Santé, Marcos Boullón, Rafael Crecente. A comparative analysis of cellular automata models for simulation of small urban areas in Galicia, NW Spain. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 2012; 36 (4):291-301.

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Andrés M. García; Inés Santé; Marcos Boullón; Rafael Crecente. 2012. "A comparative analysis of cellular automata models for simulation of small urban areas in Galicia, NW Spain." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 36, no. 4: 291-301.

Journal article
Published: 31 January 2012 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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This paper proposes a methodology for the location of thalassotherapy resorts to promote sustainable tourism in Galicia, NW Spain. Thalassotherapy is the medical use of seawater and the marine environment as a form of therapy. The proposed methodology is based on a multicriteria evaluation approach that integrates the economic, environmental and social factors that determine the best locations for this activity. A Geographical Information System is used to manage evaluation data and to visualize the results. A total of 211 potential sites were identified, from which 19 suitable locations were selected by applying a conjunctive method based on five criteria. The suitable sites were ranked from the point of view of different stakeholders using a multicriteria evaluation procedure. Results show that the ranking of alternative sites for thalassotherapy resorts is different for promoters, clients and Administration insofar as it is strongly influenced by the weighting of criteria. Accordingly, the proposed multicriteria approach can help stakeholders select the best site according to their interests or objectives and analyze the consequences of the decisions made.

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Juan M. Crecente; Ines Sante; Carlos Díaz; Rafael Crecente. A multicriteria approach to support the location of thalassotherapy (seawater therapy) resorts: Application to Galicia region, NW Spain. Landscape and Urban Planning 2012, 104, 135 -147.

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Juan M. Crecente, Ines Sante, Carlos Díaz, Rafael Crecente. A multicriteria approach to support the location of thalassotherapy (seawater therapy) resorts: Application to Galicia region, NW Spain. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2012; 104 (1):135-147.

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Juan M. Crecente; Ines Sante; Carlos Díaz; Rafael Crecente. 2012. "A multicriteria approach to support the location of thalassotherapy (seawater therapy) resorts: Application to Galicia region, NW Spain." Landscape and Urban Planning 104, no. 1: 135-147.

Journal article
Published: 01 July 2011 in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
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Andrés Manuel García; Inés Santé; Rafael Crecente; David Miranda. An analysis of the effect of the stochastic component of urban cellular automata models. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 2011, 35, 289 -296.

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Andrés Manuel García, Inés Santé, Rafael Crecente, David Miranda. An analysis of the effect of the stochastic component of urban cellular automata models. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 2011; 35 (4):289-296.

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Andrés Manuel García; Inés Santé; Rafael Crecente; David Miranda. 2011. "An analysis of the effect of the stochastic component of urban cellular automata models." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 35, no. 4: 289-296.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2011 in Proceedings of the 13th annual conference companion on Genetic and evolutionary computation - GECCO '11
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Juan Porta; Jorge Parapar; Guillermo L. Taboada; Ramón Doallo; Francisco F. Rivera; Inés Santé; Marcos Suárez; Marcos Boullón; Rafael Crecente. A Java-based parallel genetic algorithm for the land use planning problem. Proceedings of the 13th annual conference companion on Genetic and evolutionary computation - GECCO '11 2011, 213 .

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Juan Porta, Jorge Parapar, Guillermo L. Taboada, Ramón Doallo, Francisco F. Rivera, Inés Santé, Marcos Suárez, Marcos Boullón, Rafael Crecente. A Java-based parallel genetic algorithm for the land use planning problem. Proceedings of the 13th annual conference companion on Genetic and evolutionary computation - GECCO '11. 2011; ():213.

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Juan Porta; Jorge Parapar; Guillermo L. Taboada; Ramón Doallo; Francisco F. Rivera; Inés Santé; Marcos Suárez; Marcos Boullón; Rafael Crecente. 2011. "A Java-based parallel genetic algorithm for the land use planning problem." Proceedings of the 13th annual conference companion on Genetic and evolutionary computation - GECCO '11 , no. : 213.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2011 in Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design
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The need to understand land-development processes in order to address the problem derived from urban growth led to the implementation of a number of scientific methods aimed at explaining urban-growth patterns. The dynamics that originate these patterns are complex and may vary across space, such that in small areas there may be various processes operating and producing different kinds of growth. Our aim is to use cluster-analysis techniques to identify zones with similar urban-growth patterns in a coastal rural municipality of the northwest of Spain. Then, the processes that originated the different growth patterns identified from the cluster analysis are characterized using logistic regression techniques. The methodology differentiated three clusters (an urban cluster, a rural cluster, and a rural cluster with urban influence) and characterized the underlying dynamics. This proves that the techniques used in this study constitute a straightforward tool to identify and analyze areas with uniform land-development patterns in order to gain deeper knowledge and produce better regulations and zoning for each area.

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Andrés M García; Inés Santé; Rafael Crecente; David Miranda. Land-Development Dynamics by Morphological Areas: A Case Study of Ribadeo, Northwest Spain. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 2011, 38, 1032 -1051.

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Andrés M García, Inés Santé, Rafael Crecente, David Miranda. Land-Development Dynamics by Morphological Areas: A Case Study of Ribadeo, Northwest Spain. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. 2011; 38 (6):1032-1051.

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Andrés M García; Inés Santé; Rafael Crecente; David Miranda. 2011. "Land-Development Dynamics by Morphological Areas: A Case Study of Ribadeo, Northwest Spain." Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 38, no. 6: 1032-1051.

Review
Published: 30 May 2010 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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Inés Santé; Andrés M. García; David Miranda; Rafael Crecente. Cellular automata models for the simulation of real-world urban processes: A review and analysis. Landscape and Urban Planning 2010, 96, 108 -122.

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Inés Santé, Andrés M. García, David Miranda, Rafael Crecente. Cellular automata models for the simulation of real-world urban processes: A review and analysis. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2010; 96 (2):108-122.

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Inés Santé; Andrés M. García; David Miranda; Rafael Crecente. 2010. "Cellular automata models for the simulation of real-world urban processes: A review and analysis." Landscape and Urban Planning 96, no. 2: 108-122.

Journal article
Published: 31 October 2008 in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
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This article describes a planning support system for rural land-use allocation. The system is called RULES (RUral Land-use Exploration System) and is based on a geographic information system (GIS). Other software components have been incorporated into the GIS to link external analytical models to the system. These analytical techniques support three basic stages in a rural land-use planning model: land suitability evaluation, land-use area optimization, and spatial allocation of land uses. Land evaluation is carried out using multicriteria evaluation methods and the FAO framework. A multiobjective linear programming model has been designed for the optimization of land-use areas, where the objectives include economic, social, and environmental aspects. Suitability maps and land-use areas obtained in the two previous stages are used to design the final land-use map using three techniques: hierarchical optimization, ideal point analysis, and an algorithm based on simulated annealing. The system has been applied in Terra Chá (a region in NW Spain), thereby demonstrating its efficacy. The system enabled alternative land-use plans to be generated for this region according to different stakeholders’ perspectives. This tool contributes to directing and supporting discussion throughout the planning process.

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Inés Santé-Riveira; Rafael Crecente-Maseda; David Miranda. GIS-based planning support system for rural land-use allocation. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 2008, 63, 257 -273.

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Inés Santé-Riveira, Rafael Crecente-Maseda, David Miranda. GIS-based planning support system for rural land-use allocation. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2008; 63 (2):257-273.

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Inés Santé-Riveira; Rafael Crecente-Maseda; David Miranda. 2008. "GIS-based planning support system for rural land-use allocation." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 63, no. 2: 257-273.

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Published: 01 March 2008 in Computers & Geosciences
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This article describes the use of simulated annealing for allocation of land units to a set of possible uses on, the basis of their suitability for those uses, and the compactness of the total areas allotted to the same use or kind of use, which are fixed a priori. The results obtained for the Terra Cha district of Galicia (N.W. Spain) using different objective weighting schemes are compared with each other and with those obtained for this district under the same area constraints, using hierarchical optimization, ideal point analysis, and multi-objective land allocation (MOLA) to maximize average use suitability. Inclusion of compactness in the simulated annealing objective function avoids the highly disperse allocations typical of optimizations that ignore this sub-objective.

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Ines Sante; Marcos Boullón; Rafael Crecente-Maseda; David Miranda. Algorithm based on simulated annealing for land-use allocation. Computers & Geosciences 2008, 34, 259 -268.

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Ines Sante, Marcos Boullón, Rafael Crecente-Maseda, David Miranda. Algorithm based on simulated annealing for land-use allocation. Computers & Geosciences. 2008; 34 (3):259-268.

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Ines Sante; Marcos Boullón; Rafael Crecente-Maseda; David Miranda. 2008. "Algorithm based on simulated annealing for land-use allocation." Computers & Geosciences 34, no. 3: 259-268.