Los Paisajes del agua como paisajes culturales: conceptos, métodos y una experiencia práctica para su interpretación y valorización

Por "paisajes del agua" entendemos aquellos paisajes que son producto resultante y perceptible de la combinación dinámica de elementos físicos (entre los cuales el agua es el más relevante) y elementos antrópicos (es decir, la acción humana), combinación que convierte el conjunto en un entramado social y cultural en continua evolución. Así, los principales elementos que definen los paisajes del agua serían el mar, los ríos, los torrentes, las ramblas, los humedales, los estanques, lagos y lagunas, los deltas,... pero siempre en relación con aquellos otros elementos que denotan la permanencia histórica de las relaciones entre la sociedad y el agua, como serían las presas, los puentes, las acequias, los canales industriales, los molinos, la huerta, las fachadas fluviales de las ciudades, los caminos, las colonias industriales, los límites, las propiedades, la literatura, la pintura, etc

La mujer y la geografia universitaria española

This article lies within the sphere of studies initiated recently in various social sciences and which aim to introduce women's problems as an element of analysis, or in other words, the gender perspective. In the field of geography, the earliest contributions of this nature were made in English-speaking countries. It is only in the 1980s that similar contributions begin to appear in Spanish geography, albeit sporadically . In the first part of this article, an analysis is made of the presence of women geographers in Spanish universities, based on a questionnaire submitted to twenty-six departments of geography. The questionnaires provide information on the age, sex and marital status of women staff, and other relevant facts. It becomes evident that women lecturers are in the minority in Spanish university Geography Departments, especially in the top posts, although the percentage compares favourably with English-speaking countries. The second part of the article consists of a study of the written contributions of women geographers through the analysis of the various geographical magazines published by geography departments and other related bodies. The author reaches the conclusion that the percentage of articles written by women geographers is even lower than the corresponding percentage of staff members. Especially noteworthy is the very limited number of articles in the fields of physical geography and geographical theory, in contrast to a certain tendency to publish studies on, for example, population or urban topics with a highly restricted territorial scope