Capacidad de uso y sellado antropogénico del suelo en la franja litoral de la provincia de Castellón

Among processes causing soil degradation in the Valencia Region, one of the most relevant is human induced soil sealing from urban development such as housing, roads and associated infrastructure and from industrial and commercial activities. Soil sealing is especially important over the alluvial plains of the Valencia Region, driving in most cases to the irreversible loss of the edaphic resource. In this work, based on Geographical Information Systems, an analysis at municipal level comparing soil sealing and land capability is undertaken in the coastal municipalities of the Castellon Province. Results show that in 1991 the process of soil sealing is particularly important in the littoral band, the land bellow the 100 m contour lines, where 76% of the territory lies in classes of