Geographical and environmental correlates of big and small game in Andalusia (southern Spain)

In Andalusia, southern Spain, each game estate applies its own rules and presents its results in annual hunting reports, which have been mandatory for Spanish game estates since 1989. We used the information about hunting yields, included in 32134 annual hunting reports produced during the period 1993/94 to 2001/02 by 6049 game estates, to determine the current distribution of hunting yields of big and small game species in Andalusia. Using generalised linear models and a geographic information system, we determined the most favourable municipalities to big and small game, respectively, and delimited potential areas to attain good hunting yields for big and small game at a 1-km2 resolution. Municipalities and areas favourable to big game are mainly located in the Sierra Morena and the westernmost fringe of the Betic Range, while those favourable to small game occupy the upper Guadalquivir River valley. There is a clear segregation between big and small game species according to the physiography and land uses of the territory. Big game species are typical of Mediterranean woodland areas, while the most emblematic small game species prefer agricultural areas. Our results provide a territorial ordination of hunting yields in southern Spain and have several potential applications in strategic planning for hunting activities and biodiversity conservation in Andalusia that can be extrapolated to other regions.

Joaquín Rucoba: pasado y presente en la construcción del Mercado de las Atarazanas de Málaga

Durante la primera mitad del s.XIX los mercados que se realizan en España se construyen con materiales tradicionales como la madera o la piedra. Sin embargo, a partir de los años 60 se introdujo el hierro como material dominante influido por varios factores. Hay que considerar que la cultura del hierro había estallado en Europa y que Les Halles de París habían causado auténtico furor convirtiéndose en un referente para el resto de las capitales europeas. En ese mismo momento en España se vivía un movimiento romántico cargado de historicismo de corte oriental, favorecido por pinturas historicistas posrománticas y literatura de viajeros como Washington Irving que se quedarían prendados de la gran herencia de cultura islámica que conservábamos y que supondría una inquietud hacia el gusto por lo árabe y lo neomudéjar. Con esta comunicación se pretende dar a conocer el mercado de las atarazanas de Málaga, obra del arquitecto Joaquín Rucoba que combina con minuciosidad la corriente estilística de la arquitectura del hierro con el movimiento romántico y el gusto neoárabe. Además, puede considerarse uno de los pocos ejemplos españoles que combinaron la arquitectura de hierro con la conservación del patrimonio histórico desde el respecto a su memoria y así ha sido tratado en su última rehabilitación.

Industrial Heritage: Atarazanas Market’s squares in Málaga

This abstract tries to make known one of the first attempts to recuperate the buildings heritage at the end of the 19th century in Spain: It’s called Atarazanas Market’s squares in Málaga, a marvellous Joaquín Rucoba’s architect work. It is one of the first examples in iron architecture in Spain which opted preservation building heritage from the respect of the place memory even in his last restoration.