Historical geomorphic processes and human activities in the Central Spanish Pyrenees

Auteurs :
GARCÍA-RUIZ, J.
VALERO-GARCÉS, B.

Description :
Paper addresses the effects of human activity on the geomorphic processes in the Central Spanish Pyrenees. Human landscape modification was initiated there 4,000 years ago. Upper Forest Belt was burned during the Middle Ages to provide summer pasture for transhumant livestock. Hillslopes below 1,600 m were frequently burned for farming and pasturing. Consequences have included more sediment transport, more mass movement features, surface stoniness, debris flows, and altered river regimes. - (SLD)


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Mountain research and development, issn : 0276-4741, 1998, vol. 18, n°. 4, p. 309-320, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 62 ref.

Date :
1998

Editeur :
Pays édition : Japon, Tokyo, United Nations University