<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha is the region with the biggest vineyard area of Spain. The rural landscape is totally adapted to the geographical conditions of the Mediterranean Europe, with signs of proper identity derived from its historical tradition and a peculiar way of working the territory by the population. Its natural dynamics and complexity, consequence of the capacity to adapt to social and economic processes which have conditioned it over time, is united to the importance of the agricultural structure. This work has the objective to analyse that kind of process with the analysis of the vineyard’s historical evolution, transformations derived from the application of the Common Agrarian Policy of the European Union, and its undeniable cultural nature that means an interesting potential to contribute to the territorial development.</p></abstract>

The autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha is the region with the biggest vineyard area of Spain. The rural landscape is totally adapted to the geographical conditions of the Mediterranean Europe, with signs of proper identity derived from its historical tradition and a peculiar way of working the territory by the population. Its natural dynamics and complexity, consequence of the capacity to adapt to social and economic processes which have conditioned it over time, is united to the importance of the agricultural structure. This work has the objective to analyse that kind of process with the analysis of the vineyard’s historical evolution, transformations derived from the application of the Common Agrarian Policy of the European Union, and its undeniable cultural nature that means an interesting potential to contribute to the territorial development.

Vineyard’s Cultural Landscape in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain): evolution and transformations

Miscellanea Geographica

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The autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha is the region with the biggest vineyard area of Spain. The rural landscape is totally adapted to the...

Vineyard’s Cultural Landscape in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain): evolution and transformations

Published Online: Jun 30, 2018

Page range: 90 - 94

Received: Jan 13, 2018

Accepted: Mar 14, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2018-0007

Keywords
Vineyard landscape, Castilla-La Mancha, evolution, cultural landscape

© 2018 M. Carmen Cañizares, Ángel Raúl Ruiz Pulpón, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Vineyard surface evolution (hectares) in Castilla-La Mancha (1857–1987)

Vineyard’s Cultural Landscape in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain): evolution and transformations

Published Online: Jun 30, 2018

Page range: 90 - 94

Received: Jan 13, 2018

Accepted: Mar 14, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2018-0007

KeywordsVineyard landscape, Castilla-La Mancha, evolution, cultural landscape

© 2018 M. Carmen Cañizares, Ángel Raúl Ruiz Pulpón, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Vineyard surface evolution (hectares) in Castilla-La Mancha (1857–1987)

Keywords
Vineyard landscape, Castilla-La Mancha, evolution, cultural landscape