Affiliation:
1. School of Agricultural Engineering, University of Extremadura, Spain
2. University of Extremadura, Spain
Abstract
Natural resources are of vital importance in any territory. This is the case of the ultra-peripheral and low-density region such as the island of Palma, where the vegetation is enormously rich and varied, and also together with the water plays a transcendental role in the sustainability of the island. For this reason, the quality of the vegetation and its spatial distribution on the island were analysed. The water content in plants and soils was also determined. These objectives could be met using images from the Landsat satellite and the management of this raster information with a geographic information system. From the results obtained according to the spatial distribution, contrasts were identified between areas of the island where there was vegetation with great vigorousness and abundant water content, concerning others with vegetation of worse quality and lower water content.