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60.00
50.00
40.00
1975
2009
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
6
7
8
9
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
20
21
23
Figure 12.
Relative frequency profile of land uses of each year in Fuencarral. The codes and the land
uses are the same for Table 7.
Number of patches
1975 2009
20 Agricultural and livestock settlements 36 29
15 Irrigated crops 0 1
14 Dry farming crops 13 6
6 Reforestation 14 13
13 Wasteland 3 10
12 Wasteland with fruit trees 5 9
18 Dump 2 8
12 Fruit trees, dry farming crops and wasteland 22 0
17 Fruits crops 15 0
23 Motorways 2 1
9
Retama sphaerocarpa
shrubland 6 2
10 Wasteland with
Retama sphaerocarpa
0 3
7 Riparian forest 4 1
8 Shrubby riparian vegetation 1 2
21 Urban area 2 8
TOTAL 125 96
Table 8.
Fragmentation value of each land use measured as number of patches in Fuencarral. This
parameter has been calculated in 1975 and 2009.
Code
Land use
4.3.3. Torrelodones: Urban development in a PNA
Urban development was the more significant process in Torrelodones area (Figure 3) The
H´(u) values (1975: 2.81; 2009: 2.49) are remarkable and these, added homogeneity to
