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There is consensus regarding the fact that urban green areas contribute to the quality of life of their inhabitants. Therefore, efficient city management must assess whether the population has access to green areas and the areas’ quality in relation to, for example, vegetation, facilities or furnishings. Therefore, the objective is to establish environmental justice of urban parks in Tarragona (Spain) by developing a Park Quality Index (PQI) and the sociodemographic characteristics (level of studies, Human Development Index –HDI–, home sale and rental prices) of the population living within 300 m of a park. To prepare this, a GIS-integrated Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) was produced. The results show that the green areas have low accessibility and availability and that most parks obtain an average-low PQI, with the best-valued aspect being the vegetation and the worst being the facilities. Regarding the degree of environmental justice, a causal relationship between the PQI and the indicators used emerges. The average value of the home sale prices is the one that shows the greatest correlation. These results can be used together with participatory procedures as a basis for identifying places with greater inequality, and for selecting the more effective actions that enable increasing environmental justice with respect to green areas.
Joan Alberich; Yolanda Pérez-Albert; José Ignacio Muro Morales; Edgar Bustamante Picón. Environmental Justice and Urban Parks. A Case Study Applied to Tarragona (Spain). Urban Science 2021, 5, 62 .
AMA StyleJoan Alberich, Yolanda Pérez-Albert, José Ignacio Muro Morales, Edgar Bustamante Picón. Environmental Justice and Urban Parks. A Case Study Applied to Tarragona (Spain). Urban Science. 2021; 5 (3):62.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoan Alberich; Yolanda Pérez-Albert; José Ignacio Muro Morales; Edgar Bustamante Picón. 2021. "Environmental Justice and Urban Parks. A Case Study Applied to Tarragona (Spain)." Urban Science 5, no. 3: 62.
There is consensus over the fact that urban green areas contribute to the quality of life of their inhabitants. So, efficient city management must assess whether the population has access to green areas and their quality in relation to vegetation, facilities or furnishings, for example. Therefore, the objective set is to establish the environmental justice of urban parks in Tarragona (Spain) by developing a Park Quality Index (PQI) and the sociodemographic characteristics (level of studies, Human Development Index [HDI], home sale and rental prices) of the population living within 300 metres of a park. To prepare this, a GIS-integrated Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) has been produced. The results show that the green areas have low accessibility and availability and that most parks obtain an average-low PQI, with the best- valued aspect being the vegetation and the worst the facilities. As for the degree of environmental justice, a casual relationship emerges between the PQI and the indicators used. The average value of the home sale prices is the one that shows the greatest correlation. These results can be used together with participatory procedures as a basis for identifying places with greater inequality, and for selecting the more effective actions that enable increasing environmental justice with respect to green areas.
Joan Alberich; María Yolanda Pérez; José Ignacio Muro; Edgar Bustamante. Environmental Justice and Urban Parks. A Case Study Applied to Tarragona (Spain). 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleJoan Alberich, María Yolanda Pérez, José Ignacio Muro, Edgar Bustamante. Environmental Justice and Urban Parks. A Case Study Applied to Tarragona (Spain). . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoan Alberich; María Yolanda Pérez; José Ignacio Muro; Edgar Bustamante. 2021. "Environmental Justice and Urban Parks. A Case Study Applied to Tarragona (Spain)." , no. : 1.
Mapping cognitive landscape perception is hindered by the difficulty of representing opinions that are spatially distributed in a heterogeneous way or not restricted by the locations of physical elements in the landscape. In recent years, the use of tools based on geographic information techniques has gained momentum in landscape assessment. We propose a methodology for generalizing cognitive landscape opinions on a spatial basis. To this end, we used a public participatory geographic information system to collect data, which is a method based on bipolar adjectives to approach users’ opinions, and the inverse distance weighted spatial interpolator and multi-criteria evaluation to undertake the spatial analysis. The study was conducted in the Ebro Delta, which is a protected wetland in northeastern Spain. The assessment was based on 1593 georeferenced opinions and resulted in a continuous geographic map of 330 km2 depicting positive and negative perceptions about the landscape. The area under study was perceived as productive, interesting, attractive, and, for the most part, quiet and peaceful, although it was seen as dirty in some parts. The method successfully mapped cognitive landscape opinions and establishes a novel procedure in landscape approaches.
Amalia Palacio Buendía; Yolanda Pérez-Albert; David Serrano Giné. Mapping Landscape Perception: An Assessment with Public Participation Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis Techniques. Land 2021, 10, 632 .
AMA StyleAmalia Palacio Buendía, Yolanda Pérez-Albert, David Serrano Giné. Mapping Landscape Perception: An Assessment with Public Participation Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis Techniques. Land. 2021; 10 (6):632.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmalia Palacio Buendía; Yolanda Pérez-Albert; David Serrano Giné. 2021. "Mapping Landscape Perception: An Assessment with Public Participation Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis Techniques." Land 10, no. 6: 632.
VGI (Volunteered Geographic Information) refers to spatial data collected, created, and shared voluntarily by users. Georeferenced tracks are one of the most common components of VGI, and, as such, are not free from errors. The cleaning of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) tracks is usually based on the detection and removal of outliers using their geometric characteristics. However, according to our experience, user profile differentiation is still a novelty, and studies delving into the relationship between contributor efficiency, activity, and quality of the VGI produced are lacking. The aim of this study is to design a procedure to filter GNSS traces according to their quality, the type of activity pursued, and the contributor efficiency with VGI. Source data are obtained Wikiloc. The methodology includes tracks classification according mobility types, box plot analysis to identify outliers, bivariate user segmentation according to level of activity and efficiency, and the study of its spatial behavior using kernel-density maps. The results reveal that out of 44,326 tracks, 8096 (18.26%) are considered erroneous, mainly (73.02%) due to contributors’ poor practices and the remaining being due to bad GNSS reception. The results also show a positive correlation between data quality and the author’s efficiency collecting VGI.
Aitor Àvila Callau; Yolanda Pérez-Albert; David Serrano Giné. Quality of GNSS Traces from VGI: A Data Cleaning Method Based on Activity Type and User Experience. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2020, 9, 727 .
AMA StyleAitor Àvila Callau, Yolanda Pérez-Albert, David Serrano Giné. Quality of GNSS Traces from VGI: A Data Cleaning Method Based on Activity Type and User Experience. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2020; 9 (12):727.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAitor Àvila Callau; Yolanda Pérez-Albert; David Serrano Giné. 2020. "Quality of GNSS Traces from VGI: A Data Cleaning Method Based on Activity Type and User Experience." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 9, no. 12: 727.
Enhancing urban heritage can benefit the local community, but development has a negative impact on both the landscape and the social environment. The Viñales Valley (Cuba) is a priority hub of tourism development where ecotourism and cultural tourism have rapidly increased. The lack of hotel accommodation has contributed to the growth of room rental in private houses in Viñales, a protected world heritage landscape. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of home stay tourism on Viñales, both in physical terms (modifications to housing and the urban landscape) and in social terms (the changes and ‘benefits and losses’ perceived by the owners/hosts of the homes available for rent). The inventory we made detected 392 rental homes and we interviewed 74 landlords. The most clearly negative results are that renting out accommodation for tourists is the direct cause of the reduction in urban green spaces, the use of new building materials or the emergence of modern architectural structures. In social terms, the management of tourist activity is principally shouldered by women, leads to changes to daily habits and transforms the home into a work space. Finally, this activity causes social problems because of the emergence of social differences.
Yolanda Pérez Albert; José Ignacio Muro Morales; Marta Nel-Lo Andreu. Impacts of ‘home stays’ on the protected urban landscape and the social environment (Viñales, Cuba). Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change 2020, 19, 277 -294.
AMA StyleYolanda Pérez Albert, José Ignacio Muro Morales, Marta Nel-Lo Andreu. Impacts of ‘home stays’ on the protected urban landscape and the social environment (Viñales, Cuba). Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 2020; 19 (3):277-294.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYolanda Pérez Albert; José Ignacio Muro Morales; Marta Nel-Lo Andreu. 2020. "Impacts of ‘home stays’ on the protected urban landscape and the social environment (Viñales, Cuba)." Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change 19, no. 3: 277-294.
A georeferenced and tagged dataset of photographs is presented. Over 2000 photographs from the Ebro Delta Natural Park, N-E Spain, have been treated. Raw data come from Wikiloc, a Volunteered Geographic Information source, and have been cleansed and systematized. The photographs have been classified according to their image content. An automatic first analysis was performed using 8-bit software. For uncertain tags, a second supervised analysis was performed. Classification into eight types and thirty-seven subtypes was conducted by considering landscape and social reactions. Data have been treated with the ArcGis 10.2. Geographic Information System. This dataset is useful for understanding ecosystem services by means of users' photographs.
David Serrano Giné; María Yolanda Pérez Albert; Aitor Àvila Callau; Joan Jurado Rota. Dataset on georeferenced and tagged photographs for ecosystem services assessment, Ebro Delta, N-E Spain. Data in Brief 2020, 29, 105178 .
AMA StyleDavid Serrano Giné, María Yolanda Pérez Albert, Aitor Àvila Callau, Joan Jurado Rota. Dataset on georeferenced and tagged photographs for ecosystem services assessment, Ebro Delta, N-E Spain. Data in Brief. 2020; 29 ():105178.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Serrano Giné; María Yolanda Pérez Albert; Aitor Àvila Callau; Joan Jurado Rota. 2020. "Dataset on georeferenced and tagged photographs for ecosystem services assessment, Ebro Delta, N-E Spain." Data in Brief 29, no. : 105178.
This paper analyses public use in the Ebro Delta Natural Park using PPGIS (public participation geographic information system) methodology. An online survey was designed using Google Maps API, HTML, and JAVASCRIPT. Respondents were asked to place and rate thirteen items on an interactive map to characterize and georeference public use with regard to accessibility, facilities and services, signposting, safety and security, and leisure activities. In total we collected 209 valid surveys and mapped 2617 georeferenced opinions. Facilities and services were rated highly by users (72.46% were “very satisfied”). These were followed by accessibility (61%, “very satisfied”) and signposting (60.2%, “satisfied” or “quite satisfied”). Safety and security items were hardly rated perhaps because users do not feel insecure in the area. Respondents’ mapping of opinions and experiences, which are heterogeneous and were well rated, enabled us to visualize areas that might be understood as social hotspots. Our results show that PPGIS is an effective procedure for measuring public use in protected areas and may be a valuable tool for park managers and planners.
Amalia Vaneska Palacio Buendía; María Yolanda Pérez Albert; David Serrano Giné; Palacio Buendía; Pérez Albert; Serrano Giné. PPGIS and Public Use in Protected Areas: A Case Study in the Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2019, 8, 244 .
AMA StyleAmalia Vaneska Palacio Buendía, María Yolanda Pérez Albert, David Serrano Giné, Palacio Buendía, Pérez Albert, Serrano Giné. PPGIS and Public Use in Protected Areas: A Case Study in the Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2019; 8 (6):244.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmalia Vaneska Palacio Buendía; María Yolanda Pérez Albert; David Serrano Giné; Palacio Buendía; Pérez Albert; Serrano Giné. 2019. "PPGIS and Public Use in Protected Areas: A Case Study in the Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 8, no. 6: 244.
Joan Jurado Rota; María Yolanda Pérez Albert; David Serrano Giné. Visitor monitoring in protected areas: an approach to Natura 2000 sites using Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI). Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography 2018, 119, 69 -83.
AMA StyleJoan Jurado Rota, María Yolanda Pérez Albert, David Serrano Giné. Visitor monitoring in protected areas: an approach to Natura 2000 sites using Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI). Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography. 2018; 119 (1):69-83.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoan Jurado Rota; María Yolanda Pérez Albert; David Serrano Giné. 2018. "Visitor monitoring in protected areas: an approach to Natura 2000 sites using Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI)." Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography 119, no. 1: 69-83.
The Dynamic Index for Beaches in protected areas (DIBA) is introduced as a dynamic method for evaluating the quality of beaches in protected areas. The aim of this dynamic approach is to assess quality on a weekly basis so that different scores may be obtained throughout the bathing season. The index is made up of three sub-indices encompassing the main concerns regarding beaches in protected areas, i.e. the environment, landscape and recreation. These sub-indices consist of nine indicators and four sub-indicators; seven parameters are recorded yearly and the rest weekly. The procedure is tested at four selected beaches on Spain’s Mediterranean coast and gives good overall scores although these decrease throughout the bathing season, mainly due to a high beach users frequentation. The DIBA is a useful tool for managers of beaches and protected areas because it can be used to characterize and compare beaches. With minor adjustments, this procedure may be applied to other beaches in protected areas in the Mediterranean basin.
David Serrano Giné; Yolanda Pérez Albert; Carla Bonfill Cerveró. The DIBA: a dynamic assessment tool for beach quality in protected areas. Scottish Geographical Journal 2018, 134, 237 -256.
AMA StyleDavid Serrano Giné, Yolanda Pérez Albert, Carla Bonfill Cerveró. The DIBA: a dynamic assessment tool for beach quality in protected areas. Scottish Geographical Journal. 2018; 134 (3-4):237-256.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Serrano Giné; Yolanda Pérez Albert; Carla Bonfill Cerveró. 2018. "The DIBA: a dynamic assessment tool for beach quality in protected areas." Scottish Geographical Journal 134, no. 3-4: 237-256.
The aim of this article is to introduce the Beach Crowding Index (BCI), a procedure to assess the social carrying capacity of vulnerable beaches. The study uses the people at one time (PAOT) approach and data gathered weekly throughout the bathing season regarding the number of beachgoers in 100 m2 cells of the beach to assess how many beachgoers it can comfortably hold. The procedure is based on fieldwork, interviews with beachgoers, and geographic information system (GIS) analysis and has been tested on four beaches in protected areas on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. On a scale from 0 to 4, minimum scores throughout the bathing season are 0.7 and maximum 3.7, although results showed wide variation between the beaches, the section of the beach, and the time of day. This study suggests that determining the location of beachgoers and collecting a long-term series of data is fundamental to assessing social carrying capacity and that the BCI procedure can be used for a large number of applications.
David Serrano Giné; Joan Jurado Rota; María Yolanda Pérez Albert; Carla Bonfill Cerveró. The Beach Crowding Index: A Tool for Assessing Social Carrying Capacity of Vulnerable Beaches. The Professional Geographer 2018, 70, 412 -422.
AMA StyleDavid Serrano Giné, Joan Jurado Rota, María Yolanda Pérez Albert, Carla Bonfill Cerveró. The Beach Crowding Index: A Tool for Assessing Social Carrying Capacity of Vulnerable Beaches. The Professional Geographer. 2018; 70 (3):412-422.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavid Serrano Giné; Joan Jurado Rota; María Yolanda Pérez Albert; Carla Bonfill Cerveró. 2018. "The Beach Crowding Index: A Tool for Assessing Social Carrying Capacity of Vulnerable Beaches." The Professional Geographer 70, no. 3: 412-422.
This paper provides a first attempt at the construction of a unified, homogeneous inventory of different classes of urban settlements in the European space, building on the approach of international institutions such as OECD and the EU in relation to larger urban areas and extending it to the specific challenge presented by smaller settlements. Its objective is twofold. The first is to address the fundamental empirical problem that was central to the development of the ESPON 2013 project ‘Small and Medium sized Towns in their Functional Territorial Context’ (TOWN), that is the proper geographic identification of different classes of urban settlements. The second is to introduce one basic classification of urban settlements, and two more refined typologies of small and medium sized towns (SMST). These typologies are used to provide a first impression of territorial structures of urbanisation throughout Europe, further elaborated in functional terms in the TOWN project.
Antonio Paolo Russo; David Serrano Giné; Maria Yolanda Pérez Albert; Fiammetta Brandajs. Identifying and Classifying Small and Medium Sized Towns in Europe. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 2017, 108, 380 -402.
AMA StyleAntonio Paolo Russo, David Serrano Giné, Maria Yolanda Pérez Albert, Fiammetta Brandajs. Identifying and Classifying Small and Medium Sized Towns in Europe. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. 2017; 108 (4):380-402.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Paolo Russo; David Serrano Giné; Maria Yolanda Pérez Albert; Fiammetta Brandajs. 2017. "Identifying and Classifying Small and Medium Sized Towns in Europe." Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 108, no. 4: 380-402.
D. Serrano Giné; Antonio Russo; F. Brandajs; M.Y. Pérez Albert. Characterizing European urban settlements from population data: a cartographic approach. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 2015, 43, 442 -453.
AMA StyleD. Serrano Giné, Antonio Russo, F. Brandajs, M.Y. Pérez Albert. Characterizing European urban settlements from population data: a cartographic approach. Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 2015; 43 (5):442-453.
Chicago/Turabian StyleD. Serrano Giné; Antonio Russo; F. Brandajs; M.Y. Pérez Albert. 2015. "Characterizing European urban settlements from population data: a cartographic approach." Cartography and Geographic Information Science 43, no. 5: 442-453.
Marta Gemma Nel-Lo Andreu; Yolanda Pérez Albert. La Cooperación Internacional de la Universidad española en el ámbito de turismo. PASOS. Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural 2015, 13, 983 -1001.
AMA StyleMarta Gemma Nel-Lo Andreu, Yolanda Pérez Albert. La Cooperación Internacional de la Universidad española en el ámbito de turismo. PASOS. Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural. 2015; 13 (5):983-1001.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarta Gemma Nel-Lo Andreu; Yolanda Pérez Albert. 2015. "La Cooperación Internacional de la Universidad española en el ámbito de turismo." PASOS. Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural 13, no. 5: 983-1001.
El Valle de Viñales (Pinar del Río) se encuentra situado en el sector occidental de Cuba y es una de las opciones más valoradas como destino turístico de naturaleza de la isla. Su interés queda reconocido a partir de diferentes figuras de protección como Paisaje Cultural de la Humanidad (1999, Comité de Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO) o Parque Nacional de Viñales (2001, Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas). Esta zona rural convive con un modelo de desarrollo turístico incipiente y a pequeña escala, que tiene como finalidad el incremento del nivel de vida de la población local así como en la preservación de sus recursos naturales y culturales. El objetivo de este trabajo es valorar la sostenibilidad de la actividad turística implantada en Viñales mediante la aplicación de un sistema de indicadores que permitan establecer una serie de recomendaciones que mejoren la sostenibilidad de la actividad turística.
Yolanda Pérez Albert; Marta Nel·lo Endreu. Propuesta de indicadores para evaluar la sostenibilidad de la actividad turística. El caso del Valle de Viñales (Cuba. Anales de Geografía de la Universidad Complutense 2013, 33, 193-210 .
AMA StyleYolanda Pérez Albert, Marta Nel·lo Endreu. Propuesta de indicadores para evaluar la sostenibilidad de la actividad turística. El caso del Valle de Viñales (Cuba. Anales de Geografía de la Universidad Complutense. 2013; 33 (1):193-210.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYolanda Pérez Albert; Marta Nel·lo Endreu. 2013. "Propuesta de indicadores para evaluar la sostenibilidad de la actividad turística. El caso del Valle de Viñales (Cuba." Anales de Geografía de la Universidad Complutense 33, no. 1: 193-210.
Amalia Palacio; Yolanda Pérez. Propuesta metodológica para la evaluación de la percepción social del potencial turístico del paisaje y del uso público en Espacios Naturales Protegidos. El papel de los Sistemas de Información Geográfica de Participación Pública. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleAmalia Palacio, Yolanda Pérez. Propuesta metodológica para la evaluación de la percepción social del potencial turístico del paisaje y del uso público en Espacios Naturales Protegidos. El papel de los Sistemas de Información Geográfica de Participación Pública. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmalia Palacio; Yolanda Pérez. 2021. "Propuesta metodológica para la evaluación de la percepción social del potencial turístico del paisaje y del uso público en Espacios Naturales Protegidos. El papel de los Sistemas de Información Geográfica de Participación Pública." , no. : 1.