A possible Methodology for the Valorisation and ImproVIng of small historic centres in the EASTern regions

Francesco SELICATO

Workshop, Sibiu, June 2013

INDEX

• 1. Benefits of Safeguarding Cultural Heritage: Cutural heritage as a key of a sustainable, local development• 1.1 Introduction• 1.2. The concept of heritage• 1.3. Local self-sustainable development• 1.4 The cultural heritage as a key to the development of cultural and territorial integrated plans for the exploitation of networks

of minor historical centres and their landscape systems.• 2. Lesson learned from international best practices on safeguarding Cultural Heritage: minor historic

centres revitalisation.• 2.1. Characterisation of minor historic centres• 2.2. Main Lessons learned from the international best practices on revitalising Cultural Heritage linked to minor historic centres

• 3. Features of the new Approach on Cultural Heritage: Territorial Cultural Systems• 3.1. Territorial Cultural Systems: A first definition.• 3.2 The main elements of strategic development processes.• 3.3 The main features and benefits of the Territorial Cultural Systems.

• 4. A new Approach to the Management of Cultural Territorial Systems: Integrated Cultural Territorial Plans• 4.1 Participation and Integrated Cultural Territorial Plans

– 4.1.1. Involving the local support group and further stakeholders– 4.1.2. The new meaning of participation emerging from practices– 4.1.3. From the reactive to the proactive participation

• 4.2. Developing a vision, objectives and actions• 4.3. Developing a territorial project• 4.4. A landscape design process• 4.5. Developing structures and procedures• 4.6 Implementing and Reviewing Integrated Cultural Territorial Plans

A possible methodology

PRECONDITIONSLessons learned from the past experiences

Awareness

CONSTITUTIVE FEATURES OF THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL TERRITORIAL SYSTEM

DEFINITION

SYSTEM OF RELATIONSHIPS

SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM

SETTLEMENT PATTERN

RELEVANT AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE

INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM

MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE

CONTEXT

ACTIONS ON THE SYSTEM OF RELATIONS

STRENGTHENING

NEW OPPORTUNITIES

SHORT AND LONG TERMS

SMALL STEPS AND BIG ACTIONS

SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE CONTEXT

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

INVOLVEMENT OF THE POPULATION

AND THE INSTITUTIONS

network nodes

TIPOLOGIES

BENEFITS

SHORT TERM

LONG TERM

Institutional levelLocal levelTerritorial level

PRECONDITIONSLessons learned from the past experiences

• There’s the need of a pragmatic approach

• Methodology of intervention couldn’t be a rigid sequence of phases, but it has to be built coherent with the context

PRECONDITIONS

Awareness

• It is first of all a cultural process of growing awareness of people about the value of the cultural heritage

• Inhabitants and Institutions have to be the best promoter of this cultural heritage

• This Awareness is the best Warranty for protection and valorisation of this cultural heritage (also from an

economic point of view)

PRECONDITIONSLessons learned from the past experiences

Awareness

CONSTITUTIVE FEATURES OF THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL TERRITORIAL SYSTEM

DEFINITION

SYSTEM OF RELATIONSHIPS

SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM

SETTLEMENT PATTERN

RELEVANT AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE

INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM

MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE

CONTEXT

network nodes

Analyzing the current situation of the Cultural Territorial System(HOSMAN, VILLAGE)

Analyzing the current situation of the Cultural Territorial SystemCAPURSO – CELLAMARE - VALENZANO

Analyzing the current situation of the Cultural Territorial SystemPARCO ULIVI SECOLARI

Analyzing the current situation of the Cultural Territorial SystemPARCO ULIVI SECOLARI

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ACTIONSON THE SYSTEM OF RELATIONS

STRENGTHENING

NEW OPPORTUNITIES

SHORT AND LONG TERMS

SMALL STEPS AND BIG ACTIONS

SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE CONTEXT

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

INVOLVEMENT OF THE POPULATION AND THE

INSTITUTIONS

TIPOLOGIES

Actions: traditional techniques

Information and communication

Territorial Landscape Regional Plan Apulia Region

Agricultural Olive Trees Park

Regional Law on safeguard and valorization of Old-Century Olive Tree

BENEFITS

SHORT TERM

LONG TERM

Institutional levelLocal levelTerritorial level

In the short time benefits are relate to the social cohesion, to a new offer of working places (art crafts, agriculture, tourism, ecc.),

In the medium long period: an improvement of life conditions, of economic development more durable because built on community heritage.

Beneficiaries. Small and medium enterprises, inhabitants

Thanks for your patient attentionMultumesc mult

Francesco SELICATO

Department of Civil Engineer and Architecture,Polytechnic of Bari, Technical University (Italy)

www.poliba.it

e-mail: f.selicato@poliba.it;