@article{097bf7b6eeea4e4bb954d9984711e95a,
title = "How farmers shape cultural landscapes. Dealing with information in farm systems (Vall{\`e}s County, Catalonia, 1860)",
abstract = "In this paper we propose an approach to understand how different farmer's goals can contribute to structure cultural landscapes and how the information-as-structure held in energy flows within farm systems can be measured. We start from a historical case study located in a Mediterranean landscape in the Vall{\`e}s County (Catalonia, 1860) and apply an optimization model by using a socio-metabolic approach that responds to three different strategies at farm gate: maximizing population, minimizing labour, and maximizing income. The modelled farm pattern of energy flows, the information indicator and the landscape structure that would be obtained under each optimization strategy are then compared with actual historical data. The results obtained confirm that it is the farmers{\textquoteright} know-how and culture what allows to manage the energy distribution into the farm system in order to maintain a sustainable management of the territory. We take lessons in terms of socioecological transition analysis, and to offer novel insights on how information-as-structure driven by farmers{\textquoteright} intentionality, knowledge and cultural practices plays a key role in structuring cultural landscapes.",
keywords = "Cultural landscapes, Farm system modelling, Information, Linear optimization, Mixed farming, Social metabolism, Cultural landscapes, Farm system modelling, Information, Linear optimization, Mixed farming, Social metabolism",
author = "Carme Font and Roc Padr{\'o} and Claudio Cattaneo and Joan Marull and Enric Tello and Aureli Alabert and Merc{\`e} Farr{\'e}",
note = "Funding Information: This work has been supported by the Spanish research project HAR2015-69620-C2-1-P, the grant 2017-SGR-1094 from the Ministry of Business and Knowledge of Catalonia, and the international Partnership Grant SSHRC-895-2011-1020 on {\textquoteleft}Sustainable farm systems: long-term socio-ecological metabolism in western agriculture{\textquoteright} funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada . The corresponding author was also granted with two scholarships from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness with references BES-2013-06415 and EEBB-I-17-12073. We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their careful reading of our work and their insightful comments and suggestions, this has resulted in a stronger manuscript. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Elsevier Ltd Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106104",
language = "Ingl{\'e}s estadounidense",
volume = "112",
journal = "Ecological Indicators",
issn = "1470-160X",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}