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The Northwestern Iberian Peninsula and the Demographic Challenge: diagnosis and proposals for rural areas
On April 16, the âReport on Ruralities of the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula: Structural Diagnosis and Strategic Framework for Actionâ was published. This report provides a territorial and sâŠ
Coordinated regulatory frameworks and land mobilisation among the priority challenges for a more resilient rural areas in Galicia
This Tuesday, the mobilisation and active management of the agricultural and forestry landscape was the focus at IBADER, where one of the working sessions of the Forum Resilient Rural TâŠ
Phd thesis analyzes Green Infrastructure as a driver of territorial transformation
RocĂo Losada Iglesias from Land Lab has just defended her doctoral thesis at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), focusing on the role of the Green Infrastructure as a strategic tâŠ
Research areas

Green infrastructure and ecosystem services
Green infrastructure is a management framework of special interest to the age group. Currently with particular interest in deepening the planning of specific ecosystem services or the social dimension of green infrastructure.
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Geodata science
The large volume of proprietary data produced by the laboratory gives us an advantage when modeling, simulating, and reinterpreting the dynamics present in research projects. This is complemented by the development of new proprietary tools and infrastructure geared towards spatial information processing.
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Spatial planning and territorial transition
It includes, among others, activities related to territorial organization and planning, with special interest in the rural environment or the monitoring of resources for the formulation of rural transition strategies.
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Active land use management
A line of work that integrates the analysis of land-use dynamics and the land market with innovation in property governance for land mobilization, aiming to diagnose and improve the territorial base of agricultural activities and to attract and guide new managers toward underutilized plots.
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Participatory action research
Participatory action research is a cross-cutting pillar of the Land Lab. It is applied as a methodological principle that promotes research acting as a driver of change, rooted in the territory and connected to the people who inhabit it.
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Food systems and generational renewal in agriculture
With points of contact with other activity of the group, for example related to the abandonment of the agrarian or the transition territorial, this line focuses on strategies towards food systems resilient and support to the relief xeneracional in agriculture.
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| End date | Lines | Title and Researchers |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | - | Encuesta para la realizaciĂłn de una diagnosis del sector cooperativo agrario de Galicia, en la provincia de Lugo |
| 2004 | - | Estudio arqueolĂłgico y paleo ambiental de la comarca natural de La Serena: una vĂa para potenciar la economĂa y el turismo sostenido en Extemadura đ„ Pilar LĂłpez GarcĂa, Urbano Fra Paleo |
| 2004 | - | Estudio y Plan Territorial de La Vera đ„ Urbano Fra Paleo |
| 2004 | - | Geoinformation System to Ensure Ekaterinburg's Environmental Safety đ„ Vladimir Alexandovich Utochnikov, Urbano Fra Paleo |
| 2004 | - | HRS Scientific Assessment Prgram đ„ Alain Baudoin, Urbano Fra Paleo |
| Type | Year | Lines | Title and Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Publication | 2006 | - | Exploring farmer's knowledge as a source of information on past and present cultural landscapes. A case study from NW spain đ€ Calvo, M. S., Crecente, R., Fra, U. |
| Publication | 2006 | - | GeocronologĂa e historia volcĂĄnica del complejo volcĂĄnico del Teide y las dorsales de Tenerife đ€ Carracedo, J. C., RodrĂguez Badiola, E., Guillou, H., Scaillet, S., Paterne, M., PĂ©rez Torrado, F. J., Paris, R., Fra, U., Hansen MachĂn, A. |
| Publication | 2006 | - | GeomorfologĂa del teide y las dorsales activas. Parte I: GeomorfologĂa volcĂĄnica đ€ Paris, R., Fra, U., Hansen MachĂn, A. |
| Publication | 2006 | - | Information and Spatial Data Processing in Risk Management đ€ Urbano Fra Paleo |
| Publication | 2006 | - | La escala cartogrĂĄfica de la imagen de satĂ©lite. Caso particular de las imĂĄgenes Ikonos y QuickBird đ€ Corbelle Rico, Eduardo, Gil Docampo, Mariluz, Armesto GonzĂĄlez, Julia, Rego SanmartĂn, Teresa |








