Papers by Natália S . Cunha
Geoderma, 2018
Land morphology influences and shapes the distribution of biodiversity, agricultural production a... more Land morphology influences and shapes the distribution of biodiversity, agricultural production and economic activity. It can be systematized into landforms and quantitatively categorized using the land morphology concept (LMC). The LMC classifies landforms according to their hydrological position in the watershed. This paper presents an automated method to categorize LMC in a way that facilitates land morphology mapping (LMM) by using three criteria: flat areas, surface curvature and hydrological features. The LMM presents a different view to evaluate and describe landforms by distinguishing valley bottoms and hilltops from flat areas considered as a landform per se in common practice in landform classification. The main goal is to establish and validate criteria to automatize LMM method and create a 25 m spatial resolution GIS map of mainland Portugal's land morphology and landforms. The validation of the automated LMM method was done by comparison between automated and manual...
Sintra’s Municipality Case Study Manuela MAGALHAES; Natalia CUNHA; Selma PENA Assistent Professor... more Sintra’s Municipality Case Study Manuela MAGALHAES; Natalia CUNHA; Selma PENA Assistent Professor Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura Paisagista (CEAP) Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-018, Lisbon, Portugal 00351213653314, [email protected] (correspondent author) PhD Student in Landscape Architecture ISA/CEAP [email protected] 3 PhD Student in Landscape Architecture ISA/CEAP [email protected]
Sustainability
This paper explores the role of landscape planning as a tool for rural fire prevention. It presen... more This paper explores the role of landscape planning as a tool for rural fire prevention. It presents a methodology for a fire resilient and sustainable landscape model (FIRELAN) that articulates the ecological and cultural components in a suitable and multifunction land-use plan. FIRELAN is a conceptual and ecologically based model that recognizes river basin’ land morphology, microclimate and species combustibility as the fundamental factors that determine fire behavior and landscape resilience, along with the ecological network (EN) for achieving ecological sustainability of the landscape. The model is constituted by the FIRELAN Network and the Complementary Areas. This network ensures the effectiveness of discontinuities in the landscape with less combustible land-uses. It also functions as a fire-retardant technique and protection of wildland-urban interface (WUI). This model is applied to municipalities from Portugal’s center region, a simplified landscape severely damaged by re...
Revista Cartográfica
La EPIC WebGIS es una infraestructura de datos espaciales que proporciona cartografía georreferen... more La EPIC WebGIS es una infraestructura de datos espaciales que proporciona cartografía georreferenciada a escala nacional. Puede ser vista como una herramienta que jhpermite la integración del Paisaje en las políticas de planificación, ofreciendo acceso inmediato a los diversos temas sobre ecosistemas, estructura ecológica y aptitud ecológica a diferentes actividades humanas. La información disponible en esta plataforma abarca varios subsistemas de paisaje, en particular, geología/litología, suelo, agua, vegetación, clima y morfología del terreno, considerados esenciales para la planificación y gestión de los ecosistemas y recursos naturales. También integra varios temas relativos al Plan Potencial del Paisaje para Portugal, considerando la aptitud la ecológica para el establecimiento de diversas actividades humanas, tales como: conservación de la naturaleza, agricultura y horticultura, silvicultura y áreas urbanas.
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Papers by Natália S . Cunha