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Which Landscape for Which Community? Opportunities and Pitfalls in the Application of the European Landscape Convention in Uncollaborative Context
2023
L’articolo, diviso in due sezioni principali, si propone di valutare le possibili ambiguità nell'applicazione dei principi della Convenzione Europea del Paesaggio in Italia. La prima sezione propone un quadro teorico, analizzando le relazioni tra i termini "ambiente", "territorio" e "paesaggio". L'attenzione si concentra sulle conseguenze che le diverse prospettive aprono sia a livello valoriale che operativo, oltre a trattare i tentativi di definizione. L'idea di comunità viene messa in discussione e vengono analizzate alcune sfide teoriche e pratiche legate al coinvolgimento e alla partecipazione nei processi di pianificazione del paesaggio. Nella seconda parte dell’articolo, il rapporto …
Historical Ecology, Archaeology and Biocultural Landscapes: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to the Long Anthropocene
2022
From the local to the global scale, human impact is the real protagonist of the Anthro- pocene. It is impossible to understand ecosystems and the landscape without considering the long-term processes of anthropic activities. The driving forces in landscape change are strongly related to historical dynamics. Changes in political regimes, social structures, eco- nomic modes of production, cultural and religious influences—which all traditionally fall within the domain of the humanities—are phenomena entangled with many ecological and environmental factors. Thus, understanding landscapes in the Anthropocene is impossible without a cross-disciplinary approach.
Ensenyant Horta, aprenent paisatge. Anàlisi dels discursos educatius sobre el paisatge de l'Horta i propostes de millora
2017
Al País Valencià existeixen espais agraris periurbans que conformen paisatges d'especial singularitat com ara l'Horta de València, que malgrat la seua importància està travessada per múltiples problemàtiques. Als centres d'educació secundària la majoria dels discursos sobre espai agrari que es transmeten des dels manuals escolars i el professorat s'hi apropen de manera taxonòmica, pobre i simplificadora, així com des d'un punt de vista únicament productivista, obviant tota la resta de dimensions des de les quals es pot analitzar un paisatge. Un ensenyament més convenient sobre els espais agraris a la comarca de l'Horta hauria d'estar íntimament lligat al medi local, així com contemplar tote…
A methodological approach for assessing businness investments in renewable resources from a circular economy perspective
2018
Abstract In this paper, we have analyzed a feasibility project for the realization of a biogas plant at a company in the viticulture sector located in south-central Sicily. Using engineering formulas, we identified the electrical power that the plant could produce using waste products created by the vineyard itself, examined the new and interesting opportunities that have arisen with the encouragement and development of biogas production in Italy, and then assessed the economic feasibility of the investment itself, considering an investment scheme of total capital self-financing. The possibility of using wastes from wine production comes from an in-depth study of the circular economy, that …
¿Qué es un recurso turístico? Un análisis Delphi a la Academia Hispana
2019
Tras más de cincuenta años estudiando el desplazamiento de las personas con fines de ocio, argumentando por ello el desarrollo de equipamientos, infraestructuras e instalaciones, implementando políticas y planificaciones turísticas, evaluando programas y actuaciones, todavía la materia prima de la actividad turística, la que justifica la existencia de todos los elementos anteriores, sigue sin tener un espacio consensuado entre la academia. Esta investigación, tras una amplia revisión bibliográfica que evidencia esta situación descrita, implementa un Delphi entre veinticinco personas de la academia hispana cuyas investiga-ciones están directamente asociadas al tema de estudio. El objeto no e…
RESTORING, REUSING RURAL LANDSCAPES. A CASE STUDY: THE AREA OF MENFI IN SICILY
2017
The contribution focuses on the potential of the rural landscape of Sicily, to cope with the depopulation of the smaller towns, by relying on an integrated conservation, which means not only the preservation of the endogenous territorial resource values, but also the production of surplus values. The Italian countryside is scattered with unknown and derelict “minor” heritage, this substantializes the European identity, and we should take action with a view to recovery and reuse it. However, in a time that sees a renewed interest in the potential of the agrarian landscape, it is believed that the current concept of restoration, which is now extended to the cultural and environmental heritage…
Early screening of new accumulating versus non-accumulating tree species for the phytomanagement of marginal lands
2019
International audience; The use of fast-growing trees producing a high quantity of biomass can bring significant practical and economic benefits to the reclamation of marginal lands. The present study aims to identify new shrub/tree species to offer a wider range of shrubs/trees useful for phytomanagement practices. We implemented three experimental sites in France of 1 ha each (Thann, Carrières-sous-Poissy and Leforest) contaminated by different potentially toxic elements (PTE) with a total of 38 different tree species. After two years of growth, the element concentrations in stem and leaf biomasses, tree survival rate and growth of plants were assessed. Although the three sites had elevat…
Protected areas host important remnants of marine turtle nesting stocks in the Dominican Republic
2012
AbstractNesting by marine turtles in the Caribbean has declined considerably, mainly because of human exploitation, but there has previously been no monitoring in the Dominican Republic. We present the first detailed assessment of the status of marine turtle nesting in the country, based on surveys during 2006–2010. Nesting populations of hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata and leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea are of regional importance and the green turtle Chelonia mydas is still present, although nesting in low numbers. The two main nesting sites are within protected areas: the Jaragua National Park in the south-west, important for leatherback turtles (mean of 126 nests per season), a…
The Sicilian Landscape. Reuse, Renovation and Financial Feasibility Analysis for a Rural Village
2016
The rural landscape heritage is a great richness for the Italian territory. Unfortunately, in recent years, he has undergone gradual degradation that have undermined and damaged the original quality characteristics. Interventions of recovery, reuse, repair and renovation of rural areas are needed in order to improve the quality of life and be a point of attraction for the community, whether they are residents, visitors, tourists or businessmen who intend to invest capital and resources. Suitable instrument for a first testing of the convenience viability of private investors interested in setting up operations is the pre-financial feasibility analysis, here used relating to a part of the pr…
Evaluación del significado cultural de un sitio histórico: Elca, la casa del poeta Francisco Brines
2022
El concepto de bien cultural con el tiempo se ha ido ampliando del monumento a su entorno, al territorio, y ha pasado de comprender elementos materiales a abarcar también los significados que se relacionan con el mismo. En este contexto cabe entender la figura de Sitio Histórico o lugar cultural, en la que se reconocen de forma preferente los valores inmateriales relacionados con un espacio sobre los elementos materiales, que pueden incluso llegar a resultar irrelevantes. Con motivo de la incoación de expediente para declarar la casa del poeta Francisco Brines como Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC) en la categoría de Sitio Histórico, hemos aplicado la metodología propuesta por la Carta de Burr…