José Cabezas

José Cabezas has a Ph.D. in Ecology and has extensive research experience in sustainable management, conservation, and recovery of natural ecosystems (water, soil, fauna, flora, etc.), land use planning, environmental impact, remote sensing and GIS and spatial data infrastructure (SDI), aspects that are fundamentally oriented towards the conservation of transboundary Mediterranean ecosystems and their sustainability. His projects have focused on the development of geographic models of environmental and territorial management for rural areas with low population density for better and more coherent management of the territory, with a special focus on cross border cooperation.

Publications

Modeling of Flood Risk: Vulnerability and Adaptation of Machico City Center
Modeling of Flood Risk: Vulnerability and Adaptation of Machico City Center
Raul Manuel Costa Alves, Sérgio António Neves Lousada, José Cabezas, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez. © 2023. 25 pages.
The objective of this work is to analyze the hydrological functioning of the Machico watershed and the historical incidence of floods in the historical center of Machico. The...
Urban Flooding Risk in Machico and Planning Its Territory as a Form of Prevention
Urban Flooding Risk in Machico and Planning Its Territory as a Form of Prevention
Raul Manuel Costa Alves, Sérgio António Neves Lousada, José Cabezas, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez. © 2023. 27 pages.
Machico, a parish located in Madeira, Portugal, is prone to recurring floods during periods of heavy rainfall, which can cause significant damage to property, infrastructure, and...
Port of Machico, Madeira: Assessment of the Consequences of Overtopping Using AHP Methodology
Port of Machico, Madeira: Assessment of the Consequences of Overtopping Using AHP Methodology
Raul Manuel Costa Alves, Sérgio António Neves Lousada, José Cabezas, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez. © 2023. 27 pages.
The Port of Machico, located on the Madeira Island, is an important infrastructure for the local economy and serves as a gateway for various commercial activities. However, the...
Flood Risk and Vulnerability: An Approach to Urban Floods in Ribeira de Machico in the Autonomous Region of Madeira
Flood Risk and Vulnerability: An Approach to Urban Floods in Ribeira de Machico in the Autonomous Region of Madeira
Raul Manuel Costa Alves, Sérgio António Neves Lousada, José Cabezas, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez. © 2023. 28 pages.
The city of Machico grew in an accelerated and unbalanced way. This unplanned lack of control generated urban flooding problems with some damage. Currently, efforts are being...
Variations in the Landscape Along the High-Speed Rail Route
Variations in the Landscape Along the High-Speed Rail Route
José Cabezas, José Manuel Naranjo, Francisco Jesús Moral, Patricia Bratos. © 2022. 19 pages.
The development carried out in the last decades is degrading the ecosystems, damaging the existing biodiversity. One of the elements that is having the most impact on the...
The Role of the Geospatial Information System (GIS) in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Spatial Framework for Sustainable Planning Processes
The Role of the Geospatial Information System (GIS) in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Spatial Framework for Sustainable Planning Processes
Arian Behradfar, José Cabezas. © 2022. 31 pages.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an innovative strategy to transform the socio-economic and environmental aspects of communities. Sustainable development...
Assessment of the Urban Land Area in the Municipalities of the Community of Madrid in 1990, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018
Assessment of the Urban Land Area in the Municipalities of the Community of Madrid in 1990, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018
José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, José Cabezas, José Martín-Gallardo. © 2022. 24 pages.
The city of Madrid is the capital of Spain, and the urban sprawl has been important and continuous over the years. There has been a spillover effect since the use of urban land...
Assessing the Existing Vegetation Around Abandoned Mining Areas With Potentially Toxic Heavy Metals: The Case of Extremadura Region
Assessing the Existing Vegetation Around Abandoned Mining Areas With Potentially Toxic Heavy Metals: The Case of Extremadura Region
José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, José Cabezas Fernández, Rui Alexandre Castanho, Carlos José Pinto Gomes. © 2021. 18 pages.
In abandoned mining areas, heavy metals may exist. Those heavy metals can cause physical consequences and death. Through the use of geographic information systems (GIS), the...
Benefits of a Spatial Data Infrastructure on the Sustainability of a Southwestern European Territory
Benefits of a Spatial Data Infrastructure on the Sustainability of a Southwestern European Territory
Teresa Batista, Fernando Ceballos-Zúñiga Rodríguez, Cristina Carriço, Carlos Pinto-Gomes, Luís Fernández-Pozo, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, José Martín Gallardo, Luís Loures, José Cabezas. © 2020. 29 pages.
OTALEX C is a cross border project elaborated by several entities of the administrations, agencies, and Portuguese and Spanish enterprises. The aim is to develop joint...