LOS PAISAJES AGRARIOS DE LA REGIÓN DE MURCIA
Abstract
Agricultural landscapes are a translation of agricultural activity carried out by human beings, both in the past and nowadays. These landscapes have changed very little, if anything, until the 20th Century. They originate from a set of agricultural structures which only changed slowly and with diffi culty because of a lack of technical development and fi nancial availability and as the result of farmer’s resistance to accept anything they were not familiar with. In our Region, there is a clear dichotomy between dry and irrigated lanscapes. The access to water makes the huge difference of having enough of this resource to grow one’s crops or being forced to make do with the insuffi cient and irregular rains which characterize the South East. The increase in water availability results from technical developments, organisation of the territory and appropriate management of ideas and efforts. In the case of Murcia, water availability has caused the evolution of agricultural landscapes. These changes may be even greater, on account of recent technical advances and new territorial policies.Downloads
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