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Moran-Alonso, NereaCorresponding AuthorViedma-Guiard, AndresAuthorSimon-Rojo, MarianAuthorCordoba-Hernandez, RafaelCorresponding Author

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February 9, 2025
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Agricultural Land Suitability Analysis for Land Use Planning: The Case of the Madrid Region

Publicated to: LAND. 14 (1): 134- - 2025-01-01 14(1), DOI: 10.3390/land14010134

Authors:

Moran-Alonso, Nerea; Viedma-Guiard, Andres; Simon-Rojo, Marian; Cordoba-Hernandez, Rafael
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Tecn Super Arquitectura, Grp Invest Arquitectura Urbanismo & Sostenibil GIA, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author

Abstract

Agricultural land is a key resource for territorial resilience. In the European context, fertile soils are under pressure not only from urbanisation processes, abandonment and the establishment of non-agricultural uses but also from agriculture that is not well adapted to territorial resources. In order to inform urban planning, a methodology is proposed and applied to the Madrid region to analyse the suitability of agricultural land uses with respect to agrological quality. The majority of agricultural uses in the region are well adapted to the agroecological quality of the land; larger areas of over-exploited land are located along some of the region's rivers and in the Campi & ntilde;a, while under-utilised land is mainly found in the south-west and in the metropolitan comarcas. This methodology is based on official and open-access information, so it can be easily replicated and used to inform land planning. We propose three strategies depending on the suitability of land use: the introduction of crops in priority areas for horticulture or arable crops, agricultural protection areas and ecological regeneration areas.
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Keywords

AbandonmentAccessibilityAgricultural applicationAgricultural landAgricultural protectionAgrological qualityClimate-changeCommunity of madridConsequencesDriversEuropLand planninLand planningLand useLand use planningMadrid [madrid (ads/prv)]Madrid [spain]Metropolitan areaResilienceSpainStrategic approachSystemUrban agricultureUrban planning

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal LAND due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • WoS: 9
  • Scopus: 9
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Impact and social visibility

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/85900/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 185
  • Downloads: 346
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (MORAN ALONSO, NEREA) and Last Author (CORDOBA HERNANDEZ, RAFAEL).

the authors responsible for correspondence tasks have been MORAN ALONSO, NEREA and CORDOBA HERNANDEZ, RAFAEL.

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Awards linked to the item

This research is part of the project [URB_inT] Strategies for the ecosocial transition of large Spanish urban areas in a context of climate crisis and resource scarcity (PID2021-126190OB-I00), funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Investigacion y Universidades, Gobierno de Espana: MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER, UE.
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