Heritage conservation from the territorial perspective: the formulation of an interpretive network in the region of Baza, Granada.

http://www.congresointernacionalconservacion.es/2011/Cada vez más, la conservación y puesta en valor de los bienes culturales tiene una repercusión mayor en la construcción y ordenación del hábitat del hombre. Las escalas mayores del territorio antropizado constituyen “sistemas” que se superponen entre sí, y en esta suma de factores lo patrimonial entra en juego cobrando un especial protagonismo. En el marco del Proyecto de Excele ncia Planpais, elaborado en el Laboratorio de Urbanismo y Ordenación del Territorio de Granada, se trabaja en la formulación de estructuras que mallen el territorio y enlacen sus bienes culturales, tanto aquellos del patrimonio arquitectónico como los relativos a otros tipos de protección. Se presentan aquí ciertas conclusiones del trabajo que pretende detectar los elementos componentes de esta red, y especialmente, entender las relaciones con los entramados urbanos y paisajísticos que tienen que dar cabida para su difusión e interpretación.Increasingly, conservation and enhancement of cultural property has a greater impact on the construction and planning of the human habitat. The territory larger scales are "systems" that overlap each other, and in this combination of factors, patrimonial issues come into play with a special role. Under The Planpais Excellence Project, developed at the Laboratory of Urban and Regional Planning at Granada, we are working on the formulation of structures that build the territory and connect cultural property, both those of the architectural heritage as other types protection. Some conclusions are presented here from the work that seeks to identify the components of this network, especially, understand the relationships with urban fabric and landscape which have to accommodate for dissemination and interpretation.Universidad de Granada; Milenio Reino de Granada 2013:1013; Junta de Andalucía; Ministerio de Ciencia y Educación; Caja Granada y otros

Holocene environmental change in a montane region of southern Europe with a long history of human settlement

21 páginas, 8 figuras, 1 tabla.This paper uses a palynological sequence to examine the Holocene (8390–160 cal yr BP) environmental history of the Sierra de Baza (Granada, southeastern Spain) with the goal of establishing the mechanisms exerting control over vegetation change. During the period ca 8390–6320 cal yr BP, Pinus dominated the pollen spectra, indicating a forested landscape over the high-elevation areas of the Sierra. From ca 6320–3800 cal yr BP, an expansion of deciduous oaks and other broad-leaf trees took place. After an optimum around 5800–5600 cal yr BP, mesophytes decreased in the 3800–2560 cal yr BP interval while a fire-prone scrub became established. The main loss of forest accompanied the spread of thorny matorral after ca 2560 cal yr BP. Overall, this mountain region has shown itself to be sensitive to a range of influences, among which a continental climate that has become increasingly arid over the last 5000 years, the scarcity of soils suitable for cultivation, a geology that includes sources of copper and other metals and, especially, the incidence of grazing as well as the repeated appearance of fires during the last 4000 years, are highlighted. The history of the vegetation of the Sierra de Baza seems clearly influenced by changes in local economy. Here we discuss how ecological transitions have interacted with cultural changes, with emphasis on the locally highly populated Chalcolithic (5700–4400 cal yr BP) and Argaric (4400–3550 cal yr BP) periods, as well as the Iberian period (3200–2220 cal yr BP). The sierra was abandoned during the Iberian Period which was, paradoxically, when the highest human impact on mountain vegetation is noticeable.This investigation has been funded by the projects PaleoDiversitas, PI-00369/FS/04 (Fundación Séneca, Murcia), REN2003-02499-GLO, and CGL2006-2956-BOS (Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Madrid).Peer reviewe

Special plan historical center of Santa Fe, Granada. Provisional Approval Document.

Plan Especial de Centro Histórico de Santa Fe El Plan Especial de Protección y Ordenación del Centro Histórico es el instrumento para orientar políticas a medio y largo plazo y, al mismo tiempo, para verificar y potenciar proyectos inmediatos, soportando y coordinando propuestas multisectoriales, sobre la edificación, urbanización, espacios libres...etc. en sus diferentes escalas. Estas van desde el diseño de los elementos urbanos hasta el planteamiento de estrategias en áreas homogéneas, desde las ordenanzas hasta los proyectos urbanos de carácter más general. Es importante el entendimiento del Centro Histórico como una pieza esencial y catalizadora del resto del núcleo urbano y del Área Metropolitana, ligando las políticas e iniciativas sobre el Centro Histórico a la dinámica supra-municipal. La ciudad de Santa Fe es hoy un enclave histórico relevante en la Vega de Granada y mantiene una posición singular entre los municipios que abarca el Área Metropolitana: - Por sus relaciones con la Capital y los municipios de la corona periférica - Por su vecindad con el aeropuerto - Por su contigüidad con los enlaces de la A-92 y los accesos a Granada y a la futura circunvalación metropolitana - Por su naturaleza de encrucijada de caminos entre las villas de la Vega: Cúllar, Belicena, Atarfe, Chauchina, Láchar... Preservar y potenciar hoy sus valores históricos, como plataforma de progreso y de búsqueda y aprovechamiento de nuevas oportunidades, en el marco competitivo en el que las ciudades están encarando su futuro, significa recrear su imagen urbana (tan fuerte en el trazado de su cuadrícula germinal y, simbólicamente, en su proyección hispanoamericana) en su contexto comarcal y metropolitano.Special Plan for the Historic Centre of Santa Fe The Special Plan for Protection and Management of the Historic Center is the tool to guide policy in the medium and long term and at the same time, to verify and enhance immediate projects, supporting and coordinating multi-sectoral proposals on the building, urbanization, open spaces .. . etc. at different scales. These range from the design of urban elements to the approach of strategies in homogeneous areas, from the ordinances to urban projects more generally. It is important to understand the historical center and as an essential catalyst for the rest of the town center and the metropolitan area, linking policies and initiatives in the historic center to the dynamic supra-municipal. The city of Santa Fe is now an important historical site in the Vega of Granada and maintains a unique position among the municipalities comprising the metropolitan area: - By associating with the capital and the municipalities of the peripheral crown - Because of its proximity to the airport - Because of its contiguity with the links from A-92 and access to Granada and the future metropolitan ring - The nature of crossroads between the villages of the Vega: Cúllar Belicena, Atarfe, Chauchina, Láchar ... Today preserve and enhance its historical values, as a platform for progress and search and seizing new opportunities in the competitive environment in which cities are facing their future, means recreating its urban image (so strong in the grid layout of germinal and, symbolically, in its projection Hispanic) in local and metropolitan context.Ayuntamiento de Santa Fe y Universidad de Granad