Capital territorial de las Salinas. Valoración ambiental y turística.
- Gómez Espín, José María
- Martínez Medina, Ramón
- Gil Meseguer, Encarnación
- Gil Guirado, Salvador
- Ballesteros Pelegrín, Gustavo A.
ISSN: 2172-8690
Year of publication: 2010
Issue: 2
Pages: 41-61
Type: Article
More publications in: Gran Tour
Abstract
Salt has been a vital element in the history of mankind. In some places it has served as a barter and exchange, even as currency. In regions such as Murcia, with low precipitation and high insolation and extremely dry summers, there are nearly thirty ordered spaces in order to precipitate the salt. In other regions of arid endorheic facilitates the accumulation of salt on the surface of large sebjas or chotts as Salinas Grandes de Jujuy (Argentina). With it, addressing the conservation of food (meat and fish), dairy and oil transformation, preparation of pickles, processing of hides and skins, fight against the formation of ice sheets, decalcification process, power, etc. In short, a landscape impact socio-economic activity, and furthermore, these natural and cultural landscapes, ordained or not, meet an attractive, territorial capital of environmental and tourist interest.