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L. Recatalá, J.C. Colomer, B. Cornélis, A.G. Fabbri, C. Micó, J.A. Pascual, J. Sánchez & J.A. Zinck

Abstract

Integrated environmental mapping for applying indicators of environmental quality at a multihierarchical level in Mediterranean areas affected by desertification L. Recatala', J.C. Colomer', B. Cornells^, A.G. Fabbif, C. Mico', J. A. Pascual', J. Sanchez' & J. A. Zinck^ ^Land Use Planning Department, CIDE-Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertification (CSIC, Universitat de Valencia, GV), Spain. ^Departement de Geomatique, Universite de Liege, Belgium. •^ ITC-International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, The Netherlands. Abstract This paper presents an integrated environmental mapping of Tabernas (Almeria, Spain), a representative example of Mediterranean areas affected by desertification, where an indicator-based approach for assessing environmental quality at different levels is being tested. The mapping consists of a hierarchical subdivision of the territory based on the combination of several natural and anthropic features (physiographic, geolo

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