Analysis of a rural landscape

A rural landscape is the combination of biotic, abiotic and antropic elements.

It is a cantabric or Atlantic landcape, probably located in the north or north-west of the Iberian peninsula.

We can say that it is a unusual relieve in these tipe of landscape due to the hills, in a estandar Cantabric landscape it would appear plains, but on these picture there are a lots of hills. Based on the picture I would say that it is a plateau, and the hills are the begining (or the final) of it. The vegetation in this areas are characterised by frondest forest and lots of bushes and other plants of this style.

Talking about the climate, I would descrive it as a place in which summers are cool (about 20º) and mild winters (5º-10º). There is also a abundant rainfall all about the year, as we can see in the vegetation. These allow us to say that the fields are small, and people live of raising livestock and of their fields.

The plots are small-sized because they have a few or less than 1 hectare and they use have an irregular shape. The fields are bocage because in the image they are surrounded by small trees or bushes.


The cultivation system are a various techniques that farmers use to grow crops using polyculture diversity, because the farmers grow cereals such wheat and millet. The irrigation systems that they use may be a dryland farming, the fields use rain to get the water they need, and in this landscape it isn't a problem, because, as we said before, they are abundant precipitations. Also the use of extensive agriculture is common when it's a dryland farming, and in this picture it is true.

According to the photo, there are small and isolated hauses scattered in the area, without a pattern. In these tipes of rural settlements there are usefull when people dedicate most time to agriculture and raising livestock.

The traditional house in this area is made of a structure of stone and the roof is covered with tiles. The distribution of the rooms in the house is seems to be simple, a kitchen, some rooms, a living room and a place to keep the animals.

As we said before, the land is used also to raise animals, such as cattle. Or maybe, for a secondary residence in which people would stay on, for example, the holidays.

Sadly, there are some problems that are affecting these rural settlements. The most important problem that I think these landscape are suffering is that there are less and less people, and this would became in the disaparition of these villages. Also, the need of comunication and a better education system is very necesary.

To solve this problems, I will propouse, for the first problem, a better sistem of transport, the creation of several works in the villages that now only exist on the cities, and, of course a better internet conection. To solve the second one I will trye to make an agreement between the phone companies to improve the quality of the calls. Finally, for the tird problem I will make a central school, or various in strategic places and also improve the collect sistem in buses that go all arround these villages.