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for a large territory, based on panels of experts and on objective GIS calculations,
and focusing on SEA and infrastructure planning procedures. This GIS model is an
open system that allows continuous incorporation of new environmental data.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all the personal of TRANSyT (UPM) and Soil
Science Department (UCM) for their invaluable contribution to the assessment models of this
study. We thank A.P. Esplugas, M. Navarra, A. García-Abril and J. Sierra for their teachings and
assessment models, and M. Montero, L. García, P. García, M. García and C. Pascual for their support.
We thank Prudence Brooke-Turner for her English translation. We thank the Spanish Ministry of
Defence and DGCONA for their maps and their contribution to this study. The research dealt with
in this article forms part of the Projects entitled “Evaluación económica y ambiental del Plan de
Infraestructuras 2002-2007” (Ministerio de Fomento, granted in 2003) and “Evaluación de los
efectos del Plan de Infraestructuras 2000-2007 sobre la movilidad, el territorio y la socioeconomía
en el contexto de la U.E. ampliada” (CyCIT, granted in 2004).
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