RT Dissertation/Thesis
T1 Intensification of a Peasant Agriculture and Soil Fertility in an Atlantic Territory: Galicia, 1750-1900
A1 Corbacho González, Beatriz
K1 Agrarian history
K1 environmental history
K1 social metabolism
K1 soil fertility
K1 nutrient balances
K1 sustainability
K1 metabolic rift
K1 socioecologic transition
AB This dissertation is framed within the theory of social metabolism and reconstructs the land uses and productivity of the main crop rotations in two case studies within the Atlantic territory of Galicia (NW Spain), Fonsagrada and Ribadavia. Both agroecosystems are complementary and representative of a diverse territory. We have applied the methodology of nutrient balances to the first one of these cases in order to assess its sustainability in the long term regarding the management of soil fertility. Results confirm a similar evolution to other case studies within Europe in terms of soil exhaustion and nutrient imbalances towards the end of the 19th century after a long process of agricultural intensification. This metabolic rift has been connected with the general agrarian crisis that affected the continent at this point, and with the process of socioecological transition from an organic into an industrial metabolism.
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16341
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16341
LA eng
DS Minerva
RD 23 abr 2026