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Spatial planning and territorial transition

Land use planning provides a foundation for the management and revitalisation of rural areas, enabling them to tackle today’s major demographic, economic and environmental challenges. Our research focuses on land use planning from a rural perspective, based on an analysis of the specific characteristics, potential and requirements of these areas, and adopting a holistic and integrated approach.  

With this objective in mind, our research areas cover a range of topics: 

  1. Spatial planning of agroforestry uses based on the physical, socio-economic and environmental land suitability. Analysis and modelling of the spatiotemporal evolution of land use for territorial diagnosis. 
  2. The analysis and planning of rural population settlements, including infrastructure, services and facilities. 
  3. The characterisation, assessment and planning of the landscape. 
  4. The development of planning support systems based on geospatial information technologies and spatial simulation and optimisation models.
  5. The design and implementation of public participation and citizen science systems aimed at achieving more democratic and inclusive spatial planning processes. 

End dateLinesTitle and Researchers
2028 Spatial planningGreen infrastructure GREENZONE Planificación de zonas multifuncionales y multiobjetivo de la infraestructura verde para su integración en la ordenación y gestión territorial
2026 Spatial planningLand management RUSTIK: Rural Sustainability Transitions through Integration of Knowledge for improved policy processes
2026 Spatial planningAction-researchGeodata science Contratación do servizo consistente na actualización, análise, mantemento e mellora da enquisa de infraestruturas e equipamentos locais dos concellos da provincia de Lugo (Fases EIEL-2023 e EIEL- 2024)
2026 Spatial planningAction-researchLand management 'PAISACTIVO Paisajes cortafuegos: activación del espacio rural para un territorio resiliente'
2026 Spatial planningAction-researchLand managementGreen infrastructureFood systems Foro Territorio Rural Resiliente
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TypeYearLinesTitle and Authors
Congress 2015 Spatial planningGeodata science Interfaces urbano-forestales. Caracterización mediante LiDAR y ortoimágenes. Herramienta para la prevención y gestión del riesgo de incendios a escala local
👤 Sandra Buján Seoane, María José Enríquez García, Miguel Cordero Souto, Francisco Fernández Rivera, Jorge Martínez, David Miranda Barrós
Publication 2015 Spatial planning Forcing and avoiding change. Exploring change and continuity in local land-use planning in Galicia (Northwest of Spain) and The Netherlands
👤 Jose María Tubío Sánchez, Crecente Maseda, Rafael
Publication 2013 Spatial planningGeodata science Classification of rural landscapes from low-density lidar data: is it theoretically possible?
👤 Sandra Buján, Eduardo González-Ferreiro, Laura Barreiro-Fernández, Inés Santé, Eduardo Corbelle Rico, David Miranda
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