Cultural Territorial Systems: Landscape And Cultural Heritage As A Key To Sustainable And Local Development In Eastern Europe (springer Geography)
by Francesco Rotondo /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book seeks to enhance the cultural dimension of sustainable
development and particularly focuses on minor historic centers
and their natural and rural landscapes. In a society becoming
ever more globalized, without territorial restrictions in the
production of goods and able to reproduce in China the goods and
product characteristic of South American crafts (to mention just
two extremes), the only element that can still be contextualized
is heritage identity: the result of close integration between
cultural assets, intangible assets and settled communities.
This book seeks to enhance the cultural dimension of sustainable
development and particularly focuses on minor historic centers
and their natural and rural landscapes. In a society becoming
ever more globalized, without territorial restrictions in the
production of goods and able to reproduce in China the goods and
product characteristic of South American crafts (to mention just
two extremes), the only element that can still be contextualized
is heritage identity: the result of close integration between
cultural assets, intangible assets and settled communities.
Thus, heritage identity is one of the few elements,
together with natural resources, which has the potential for
economic development that is still firmly rooted in places and
local populations. These towns are often the centerpiece of urban
landscapes and geographical areas with original features, not
always but often as individual places within networks of minor
historical centers linked by shared history, traditions and/or
natural elements (rivers, forests, river systems or other natural
elements). They are outside the major tourist networks, even if
now there is a budding interest in the touristic exploitation of
these environments. So, they are the right places to pursue a
sustainable and local development with a cultural perspective.
Thus, heritage identity is one of the few elements,
together with natural resources, which has the potential for
economic development that is still firmly rooted in places and
local populations. These towns are often the centerpiece of urban
landscapes and geographical areas with original features, not
always but often as individual places within networks of minor
historical centers linked by shared history, traditions and/or
natural elements (rivers, forests, river systems or other natural
elements). They are outside the major tourist networks, even if
now there is a budding interest in the touristic exploitation of
these environments. So, they are the right places to pursue a
sustainable and local development with a cultural perspective.
This book is a product of the VIVA_EASTPART project
(Valorisation and Improving of management of Small Historic
Centres in the eastern PARTnership region), under the EU-funded
“ENPI Eastern Partnership” program. It complements the more
practically-focused work that is in production from this group,
more focused on empirical approaches to the development of minor
historic centers of the nations involved. Though the book has
been influenced by this research and working experience, the
authors are solely responsible for the content and opinions
presented.
This book is a product of the VIVA_EASTPART project
(Valorisation and Improving of management of Small Historic
Centres in the eastern PARTnership region), under the EU-funded
“ENPI Eastern Partnership” program. It complements the more
practically-focused work that is in production from this group,
more focused on empirical approaches to the development of minor
historic centers of the nations involved. Though the book has
been influenced by this research and working experience, the
authors are solely responsible for the content and opinions
presented.