The “Cañas method " is a method for landscape assessment developed by the principal researcher Ignacio Cañas Guerrero. This method has been applied in various fields such as construction, road infrastructure, power lines, reservoirs, etc. It has also been widely used both by researchers of this group as well as external researchers.

Books: 

• Ignacio Cañas Guerrero. Introduction to Landscape Studies. ISBN: 84- 89189- 13-7. Editorial Unicopia, 1995.

• Ignacio Cañas Guerrero. Landscape Valuation. ISBN: 84- 89189- 14- 5. Editorial Unicopia, 1995.

• José M. García Asensio, Ignacio Cañas Guerrero. Valuing Landscape. Capítulo 3 de Gestión Sostenible de Paisajes Rurales.  ISBN: 84-7114-985-0. Editorial Mundi-Prensa, 2001.

• Ignacio Cañas Guerrero-María A. Ruiz Sánchez. Landscape Impact Valuation Method. Capítulo 4 de Gestión Sostenible de Paisajes Rurales. ISBN: 84-7114-985-0.  Editorial Mundi-Prensa, 2001.

• Mª Luz Gil Docampo- Ignacio Cañas Guerrero. Landscape Spatial Imaging Applications. Capítulo 5 de Gestión Sostenible de Paisajes Rurales. ISBN: 84-7114-985-0. Editorial Mundi-Prensa, 2001.

• Mª Angeles Ruiz- Ignacio Cañas Guerrero. Study Techniques for Landscape Impact Valuation on Linear Infrastructures. Capítulo 7 de Gestión Sostenible de Paisajes Rurales. ISBN: 84-7114-985-0. Editorial Mundi-Prensa, 2001.

• Ignacio Cañas Guerrero. Color Study Techniques in Landscapes and Rural Buildings. Chapter 8 from Sustainable Rural Landscape Management. ISBN: 84-7114-985-0. Editorial Mundi-Prensa, 2001.

• Gil, M.L., Armesto J., Cañas, I. Recent Research Developments in Ecology. Development of thematic mapping for the identification of ecological corridors. A case study of the mountain range of the Galician Ancares (Lugo – Spain). ISBN: 81-7895-159-2. Transworld Research Network, 2005.  

Journal Articles: 

• Cañas, I., Ayuga, F., Ortíz, J., 1996.  Impacto producido por las construcciones agrarias sobre el paisaje: Una metodología para su estimación. Informes de la construcción 47, 441-442.

• Gil, M.L., Armesto, J., Cañas, I., 2005. 3-D expression of relief in Landsat Thematic Mapper and SPOT P images. Optical Engineering 44(4), 047003 1-5.

• Cañas, I.; Ayuga, E.; Ayuga, F., 2009. A contribution to the assessment of scenic quality of landscapes based on preferences expressed by the public. Land Use Policy 26, 1173–1181.

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  I. Cañas-Guerrero, F. R. Mazarrón, A. Pou-Merina, C. Calleja-Perucho, G. Díaz-Rubio., 2013. Bibliometric analysis of research activity in the “Agronomy” category from the Web of Science, 1997-2011”. European Journal of Agronomy 50, 19-28. 

• Title: Methodology for the characterization of traditional rural buildings as a resource of the cultural landscape: the pens of  mud architecture of Leon. University: University de Santiago de Compostela

• Title: Methodology for determining the visual impact of point and linear structures in the landscape: Galicia. University: Polytechnic University of Madrid

• Title: Methodology for conducting studies of landscape impact on transmission lines. University: Polytechnic University of Madrid

• Title: Development of a methodology for landscape integration of motorways. University: Polytechnic University of Madrid

• Project: Estimated visual impact produced by agricultural buildings. Special case of earthen architecture

         Funding: CICYT

Participants: Polytechnic University of Madrid, University of Santiago de Compostela

        Duration: 1994-1997

        Grant amount: 7,250,000 Є

• Project: Estimating the visual impact of agricultural buildings in the Galician countryside

         Funded by: Xunta de Galicia

         Participants: University of Santiago de Compostela

         Duration: 1995-1996

         Grant amount: 2,400,000 Є

• Project: Quantitative assessment of landscape impact produced by the means of low traffic density. Special case of the Sierra de ancares

         Funding: CICYT

Participants: Polytechnic University of Madrid, University of Santiago de Compostela

         Duration: 1995-1997

        Grant amount: 3,850,000 Є

• Project: Assessing the impact of air emissions from urban traffic on people, buildings and green spaces

         Funding: Polytechnic University of Madrid

        Participants: Polytechnic University of Madrid

        Duration: 1997-1999

        Grant amount: 4,500,000 Є

• Project: Collaboration agreement in form of outsourcing for the "Oasis" project under the CENIT 2008 program

         Funded by: CDTI and Grouping "Cenit-Oasis Project, AIE"

        Duration: 2008-2011

        Grant amount: 170.752Є

• Project: Red Iberoamericana to promote sustainable cocoa industry and landscapes

         Funding: CYTED

         Duration: 2014-2018

         Grant amount: 25,000 Є

        Status: In progress assessment