Els Estudis del paisatge a Catalunya des de la geografia: l'exemple de la Vall Ferrera

The landscape studies in Catalonia have increased in recent decades and
it is very difficult to make a complete review. In this article we review which isthe role of the environmental history geography and understanding of the basic
features of any landscape: space, time and culture analysed through the GTP
model (Geosistema-Territory-Landscape), proposed by Georges Bertrand. The
Landscape Law 8/2005 and criteria proposed by the Observatory to elaborate
the catalogues used to discuss the importance of scale in the study of any landscape.
The article ends with an example study of the environmental history of
the landscape from geography in Vall Ferrera (Iron Valley) the last centuries,
that demonstrate the importance of multidisciplinary work and complementarity
of different types of paleobotanical sources (Study of Charcoal kilns and
dendrochronology ) and documentary sources (written and graphic). At the
same time it is important to think about up to what point the processes of specialization
affect the landscape of where they are located and are the basis for
the regional initiatives today.