Land Cover Map of the province of Barcelona in 1956

COBERTES 56
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Project duration: 
Jan 2010 to Jul 2014

This map shows the distribution of the main cover (forest, agricultural, urban) and combined with recent maps serves to analyze the recent evolution of the landscape.

Introduction

Digitizing of land cover in 1956 (CREAF methodology for Cover Map of Catalonia) on ortophotography from 1956 (Barcelona Provincial Council), also known as the “American flight”. The map shows the distribution of the main land covers (forest, agricultural, urban) and allows an analysis of its evolution to the present.

Conclusions

Autor: CREAF and Diputació de Barcelona 
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