Agricultural Policulture and Landscape Conservation. Present Day Problems in âLos Ancaresâ Region (Leon, Spain)

A.M. Frades; M.R. Pascual; J.F. Revuelta; A.G. Sal

Agricultural Policulture and Landscape Conservation. Present Day Problems in âLos Ancaresâ Region (Leon, Spain)

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A.M. Frades

A.M. Frades EstaciÃ³n AgrÃcola Experimental. CSIC- LeÃ³n- ESPAÃA

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M.R. Pascual

M.R. Pascual EstaciÃ³n AgrÃcola Experimental. CSIC- LeÃ³n- ESPAÃA

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J.F. Revuelta EstaciÃ³n AgrÃcola Experimental. CSIC- LeÃ³n- ESPAÃA

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A.G. Sal

A.G. Sal Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia. CSIC- Zaragoza- ESPAÃA

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The Ancares region extends to five municipalities (Balboa, Candin, Peranzanes, Vega de Espinareda and Villafranca del Bierzo) and it is about 684 km². It is located in the North East of the Province of Leon and occupies an excentric position, far from economic centres and main communication routes and in a very poor area of the west of the peninsular. It has historic roots and a secular backward economy. The cultivation of the land and stockfarming are the main factors of its internal economy.

The mountain area has contrasting topography which is manifested in the narrow valley floors in abrupt sides and round peaks (Garcia Merino, 1987). It has developed reliefs on slate and quarzite, which are the most abundant materials. A third of the area is over 1200 m and the highest altitudes belong to the municipalities of Candin and Peranzanes. The other third is below 900 m with Vega de Espinareda being the lowest point. The valleys (the main ones are formed by the Balboa, Burbia, Ancares and CÃºa rivers) are isolated and transversally cut off from one another and stand out in the topography, which has led to the maintainance of traditional means of production until recently. The valley has played an important historic role, acting as a regulating axis for population, in demarcating the units where social relations are developed and in defining cultural and ethnographic characteristics. The âPallozasâ (thatched dwellings) are the most representative of the traditional dwelling houses (Alonso Gonzalez, 1987).

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Animal production and rural tourism in Mediterranean regions

Proceedings of the international symposium on animal production and rural tourism in Mediterranean regions

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Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 1995

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