María García Martín
Geographer, M.S. in Land Planning and Sustainable Local Development María García Martín
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
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Educational Background
| Since 2014 | PhD student at the Chair for Landscape Management, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Freiburg. Young Researcher in the project HERCULES-Sustainable futures for Europe´s HERitage in CULtural landscapES: Tools for understanding, managing, and protecting landscape functions and values; within the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Program. |
| 10 / 2010 -07 / 2012 | Master in Land Planning and Sustainable Local Development, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. Master's Final Work: Land-use plan of La Sagra region, Toledo, Spain. |
| 09 / 2007 -07 / 2008 | Erasmus grant at the University of Mainz, Germany. |
| 10 / 2005 -02 / 2010 | Graduate in Geography, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. |
Internships and professional work experiences
| Since 09 / 2012 | Collaboration with the International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes (ICOMOS IFLA) in the development of the initiative World Rural Landscapes. |
| 09 / 2012 -05 / 2013 | Advisory service for the Islamic Culture Foundation (FUNCI) on the elaboration of the Mediterranean and Middle East Landscape Convention within the Med O Med Program. |
| 10 / 2011 -12 / 2013 | Consultant in MELISSA Consultoría e Ingeniería Ambiental S.L. Participation in the development of the Landscape Catalogue and Directives of Rioja Alavesa, Spain (Basque Government as contracting party), in the Landscape Impact Study for a wind farm in Cozumenl, Mexico, and in the LIFE+ INDEMARES Sea Special Protection Areas Directives project (Fundación Biodiversidad as contracting party) |
| 09 / 2010 -12 / 2010 | Internship in TAU Planificación Territorial S.L. Development of a study on the rural landscapes of Sigüenza (Guadalajara, Spain) and Gascueña (Cuenca, Spain) to be included in the municipalities’ land-use plan. |
Research and outreach interests
My research interests are focused on the understanding, management and protection of rural landscapes from a participative approach; paying particular attention to the way people interact with the land and how this interaction could be enhanced or transformed to foster landscape stewardship.
Publications
Garcia Martin, M. (2013). Landscape as a driver of agricultural land management in Rioja Alavesa. I QUADERNI DI CAREGGI, Issue 02. 1/2013 Rural Landscapes: Towards a Better Integration of Rural Development Policies, Urban and Landscape Planning. 
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Gómez Orea, D., Gómez Villarino, A,; Cómez Villarino, M, Garcia Martin, M., Ochoa Soto, I. (2012): Catálogos de Paisaje de Laguardia, Departamento de Medio Ambiente, Planificación Territorial, Agricultura y Pesca. Basque Government. link