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The application of this methodology allows identifying the areas where the environmental value has changed over time, providing a quantitative indicator that can be analyzed using statistical techniques. The methodology has been applied as a case study to analyze the influence over land use in all the municipal solid waste landfills currently in operation inside the Valencia Region (Spain). Results have been obtained using GIS techniques integrating the information provided by the Information System on Land Occupation in Spain land use database. Results show that, without exception, the environmental value of the territory has decreased in all the cases analyzed. 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