Environmental Efficiency of Greenhouse Agriculture in the Coast of Granada (Spain): Towards New Planning and Management Criteria

摘要

A successful assessment, prediction, management and planning of environmental impact (considering sustainabilityprinciples) will depend on the existence of a valid methodological approach. According to this, we have considereda set of key indicators combined with other references (reports, cartography…) as a suitable method to evaluate the environmentalefficiency of greenhouse agriculture in comparison with other agricultures present in the Coast of Granada. Ourmain conclusion is that greenhouses are producing the most important territorial impacts and externalities related to theunplanned land occupation and to the pollutants production and discharge. The traditional management practices andplanning documents are not useful to reduce the environmental conflicts caused by greenhouses in the Coast of Granada.So we have proposed new environmental planning and management criteria to improve the environmental efficiency ofgreenhouses and to develop a better integration of this agro-industrial use on the coastal landscapes.