De los complejos naturales a los paisajes: el modelo de Sierra Nevada

Abstract

This article argues that in order to identify precisely and typify landscapes it is a prerequisite to proceed to a combined analysis of both the territorys environmental bases and its socialeconomic and cultural models. Our proposed methodological sequence for Sierra Nevada fits these conditions. After identifying the areas natural structures, we then study its different socio-territorial models. The final result is a categorization of the landscape based on criteria of association and disassociation of the different systems depending on the degrees of homogeneity or heterogeneity imposed by human activity.