GIS methods applied to the degradation of monogenetic volcanic fields: A case study of the Holocene volcanism of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)

The reclassification of accommodation for tourism, understood as the change of tourist category or classification in terms of accommodation activity, is put forward as one of the ways to increase competitiveness in any establishment. So, recent regulation on planning, renovation and modernization of Tourism in Canary Islands established the need to increase the classification of the accommodation offering by restoring degraded tourist areas and renovating different public and private infrastructures. Using a case study methodology in this paper, the characteristics of the rehabilitation process undertaken in different touristic establishments of the coast of Gran Canaria, are analyzed, more specifically in Maspalomas-Costa Canaria destination. Comparative analysis of these cases presenting it as a rehabilitation model that allowed it to re-join the market, benefiting from the urban incentives policies through the upgrading strategy, increasing the quality and quantity of the services offered.

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Factors controlling the morphology of monogenetic basaltic volcanoes: The Holocene volcanism of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)

Geomorphology ◽

10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.023 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 136 (1) ◽

pp. 31-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

A. Rodriguez-Gonzalez ◽

J.L. Fernandez-Turiel ◽

F.J. Perez-Torrado ◽

R. Paris ◽

D. Gimeno ◽

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Keyword(s):

Canary Islands ◽

Gran Canaria ◽

The Holocene ◽

Basaltic Volcanoes

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Heat, Hills and the High Season: A Model-Based Comparative Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Factors Affecting Shared Bicycle Use in Three Southern European Islands

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13063274 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 3274

Author(s):

Suzanne Maas ◽

Paraskevas Nikolaou ◽

Maria Attard ◽

Loukas Dimitriou

Keyword(s):

Correlation Analysis ◽

Mixed Models ◽

Linear Mixed Models ◽

Positive Association ◽

Sustainable Mobility ◽

Weather Factors ◽

Gran Canaria ◽

Bivariate Correlation ◽

Temporal Factors

Bicycle sharing systems (BSSs) have been implemented in cities worldwide in an attempt to promote cycling. Despite exhibiting characteristics considered to be barriers to cycling, such as hot summers, hilliness and car-oriented infrastructure, Southern European island cities and tourist destinations Limassol (Cyprus), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) and the Valletta conurbation (Malta) are all experiencing the implementation of BSSs and policies to promote cycling. In this study, a year of trip data and secondary datasets are used to analyze dock-based BSS usage in the three case-study cities. How land use, socio-economic, network and temporal factors influence BSS use at station locations, both as an origin and as a destination, was examined using bivariate correlation analysis and through the development of linear mixed models for each case study. Bivariate correlations showed significant positive associations with the number of cafes and restaurants, vicinity to the beach or promenade and the percentage of foreign population at the BSS station locations in all cities. A positive relation with cycling infrastructure was evident in Limassol and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, but not in Malta, as no cycling infrastructure is present in the island’s conurbation, where the BSS is primarily operational. Elevation had a negative association with BSS use in all three cities. In Limassol and Malta, where seasonality in weather patterns is strongest, a negative effect of rainfall and a positive effect of higher temperature were observed. Although there was a positive association between BSS use and the number of visiting tourists in Limassol and Malta, this is predominantly explained through the multi-collinearity with weather factors rather than by intensive use of the BSS by tourists. The linear mixed models showed more fine-grained results and explained differences in BSS use at stations, including differences for station use as an origin and as a destination. The insights from the correlation analysis and linear mixed models can be used to inform policies promoting cycling and BSS use and support sustainable mobility policies in the case-study cities and cities with similar characteristics.

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Co-creating narratives for WEF nexus governance: a Quantitative Story-Telling case study in the Canary Islands

Sustainability Science ◽

10.1007/s11625-021-00933-y ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Violeta Cabello ◽

David Romero ◽

Ana Musicki ◽

Ângela Guimarães Pereira ◽

Baltasar Peñate

Keyword(s):

Water Resources ◽

Canary Islands ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Quantitative Information ◽

Practical Case ◽

Story Telling ◽

Practical Applications ◽

Narrative Assessment ◽

Alternative Water

AbstractThe literature on the water–energy–food nexus has repeatedly signaled the need for transdisciplinary approaches capable of weaving the plurality of knowledge bodies involved in the governance of different resources. To fill this gap, Quantitative Story-Telling (QST) has been proposed as a science for adaptive governance approach that aims at fostering pluralistic and reflexive research processes to overcome narrow framings of water, energy, and food policies as independent domains. Yet, there are few practical applications of QST and most run on a pan-European scale. In this paper, we apply the theory of QST through a practical case study regarding non-conventional water sources as an innovation for water and agricultural governance in the Canary Islands. We present the methods mixed to mobilize different types of knowledge and analyze interconnections between water, energy, and food supply. First, we map and interview relevant knowledge holders to elicit narratives about the current and future roles of alternative water resources in the arid Canarian context. Second, we run a quantitative diagnosis of nexus interconnections related to the use of these resources for irrigation. This analysis provides feedback to the narratives in terms of constraints and uncertainties that might hamper the expectations posed on this innovation. Thirdly, the mixed analysis is used as fuel for discussion in participatory narrative assessment workshops. Our experimental QST process succeeded in co-creating new knowledge regarding the water–energy–food nexus while addressing some relational and epistemological uncertainties in the development of alternative water resources. Yet, the extent to which mainstream socio-technical imaginaries surrounding this innovation were transformed was rather limited. We conclude that the potential of QST within sustainability place-based research resides on its capacity to: (a) bridge different sources of knowledge, including local knowledge; (b) combine both qualitative and quantitative information regarding the sustainable use of local resources, and (c) co-create narratives on desirable and viable socio-technical pathways. Open questions remain as to how to effectively mobilize radically diverse knowledge systems in complex analytical exercises where everyone feels safe to participate.

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Application of GIS methods to retrieve orientation patterns from imagery; a case study from Beds I and II, Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)

Journal of Archaeological Science ◽

10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.004 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 40 (5) ◽

pp. 2446-2457 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Ignacio de la Torre ◽

Alfonso Benito-Calvo

Keyword(s):

Olduvai Gorge ◽

Gis Methods ◽

Application Of Gis

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New records of naturalised and invasive cacti (Cactaceae) from Gran Canaria and Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Bradleya ◽

10.25223/brad.n35.2017.a6 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 35 (35) ◽

pp. 58-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Filip Verloove ◽

Elizabeth Ojeda-Land ◽

Gideon F. Smith ◽

Alessandro Guiggi ◽

Jorge Alfredo Reyes-Betancort ◽

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Keyword(s):

Canary Islands ◽

New Records ◽

Gran Canaria

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New xenophytes from the Canary Islands (Gran Canaria and Tenerife; Spain)

Acta Botanica Croatica ◽

10.1515/botcro-2017-0013 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 76 (2) ◽

pp. 120-131 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Filip Verloove

Keyword(s):

Canary Islands ◽

Vascular Plant ◽

Psidium Guajava ◽

Nerium Oleander ◽

Gran Canaria ◽

Cyperus Difformis ◽

Eclipta Prostrata ◽

Callistemon Viminalis ◽

Eucalyptus Gomphocephala ◽

Chloris Barbata

Abstract Recent fieldwork in Gran Canaria and Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), mostly between 2012 and 2016, yielded new chorological data for several non-native vascular plant species. The following are considered naturalized and/or potentially invasive: Callistemon viminalis, Casuarina glauca, Chloris barbata, Cyperus difformis, Eucalyptus gomphocephala, E. sideroxylon, Nephrolepis cordifolia, Rumex palustris, Senna × artemisioides (s.l.) and S. × floribunda and are reported for the first time from the Canary Islands. Other first records include: Cascabela thevetia (Tenerife), Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Gran Canaria), Digitaria radicosa (Gran Canaria, Tenerife), Dysphania anthelmintica (Tenerife), Erythrostemon gilliesii (Tenerife), Heliotropium supinum (Tenerife), Limoniastrum monopetalum (Tenerife), Nerium oleander (Tenerife), Pascalia glauca (Tenerife), Phytolacca americana (Tenerife), Podranea ricasoliana (Gran Canaria), Psidium guajava (Gran Canaria), Rumex cristatus (Tenerife), Schinus terebinthifolia (Tenerife), Solandra maxima (Tenerife), Tipuana tipu (Tenerife) and Youngia japonica (Gran Canaria). More than 20 additional taxa also represent chorological novelties but are considered ephemerals. Finally, miscellaneous notes are added for Diplachne fusca subsp. uninervia, Eclipta prostrata, Pluchea carolinensis, Prosopis juliflora and Sida rhombifolia from Gran Canaria.

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