GEOMEDIA FOR EDUCATION IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SPAIN. AN EXPERIENCE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE AIMS OF DIGITAL-EARTH.EU

Abstract

The use of geographic media in schools and teacher education is increasingly more important
due to the growing number of geo-visualization tools. The present paper selects several maps
obtained from the digital viewer SIU and from the data provided by the European project
Corine Land Cover. Both express the cartography of the evolution in the occupation of land
uses during the years 1987-2006 in the main metropolitan and urban Spanish areas, and
therefore the growth of urban sprawl. However, this work does not only deal with the
analysis and conclusion of urbanization processes, but also analyzes the benefits of using
geographic media in geographic education, both to acquire competences for spatial thinking
and educate on sustainable development.