Cultural Territorial Systems: Landscape and Cultural Heritage as a Key to Sustainable and Local Development in Eastern Europe (Springer Geography)

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. 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 ℓ́ℓENPI Eastern Partnershipℓ́ℓ 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 Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Studying Cultural Territorial Systems: Introduction....Pages 3-6 The Concept of Heritage....Pages 7-12 Local Self-sustainable Development....Pages 13-19 Cultural Heritage as a Key for the Development of Cultural and Territorial Integrated Plans....Pages 21-27 Sustainable Development Policies for Minor Deprived Urban Communities and Natural and Cultural Heritage Conservation....Pages 29-49 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Lessons Learned from Planning and Management Practices on the Safeguarding and Revitalisation of Minor Historic Centres in Eastern Europe countries....Pages 53-58 Characterization of Minor Historic Centers: Quantitative Indexes, and Qualitative Aspects....Pages 59-72 Front Matter....Pages 73-73 Territorial Cultural Systems: Possible Definitions....Pages 75-84 An Integrated and Sustainable Approach to the Management of Minor Historic Centres: Territorial Cultural Systems....Pages 85-96 Socio-economic Dimension in Managing the Renewal of Ancient Historic Centers....Pages 97-106 A Systematic Analysis of Benefits and Costs of Projects for the Valorization of Cultural Heritage....Pages 107-118 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 Participation and Integrated Cultural Territorial Plans....Pages 121-132 Building Local Cultural Landscapes....Pages 133-180 Implementing and Reviewing Integrated Cultural Territorial Plans....Pages 181-187 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 Armenian Cultural Territorial Systems First Experience....Pages 191-214 Moldovan Cultural Territorial Systems First Experiences....Pages 215-239 Romanian Cultural Territorial Systems First Experience....Pages 241-263 Serbian Cultural Territorial Systems First Experiences....Pages 265-284 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 Safeguarding and Promoting Historical Heritage and Landscape in Italy....Pages 287-310 The Actors’ Role in Practices....Pages 311-327 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 A Survey of Interesting Practices in the Country....Pages 329-349 Pedestrian Accessibility of Historical Centres: A Key Determinant of Development....Pages 351-361 The Institutional Framework for Planning Instruments and Heritage Protection....Pages 363-370 Front Matter....Pages 371-371 Conclusions: Perspectives for Territorial Cultural Systems....Pages 373-382 Back Matter....Pages 383-386 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. 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 ĺlENPI Eastern Partnershipĺl 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