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Cultural Heritage as a Contributor to Territorial/Urban Resilience

A special issue of Heritage (ISSN 2571-9408).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 11492

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Prof. Dr. Stella Sofia Kyvelou

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Department of Economic and Regional Development, School of Science of Economics and Public Administration, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, 176 71 Athens, Greece
Interests: blue economy; spatial planning; marine/maritime spatial planning; maritime/underwater cultural heritage; sustainable development; marine and coastal management; resilience
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Dear Colleagues,

In today's ever-changing and complexifying world, the importance of urban and territorial resilience cannot be neglected. From natural and manmade disasters and climate change effects to the forces of globalization, cities face a range of challenges that necessitate a focus on resilience. These events underscore the critical need for cities (as social–ecological systems and complex adaptive systems) to gain preparedness, adaptability, transformability and the capacity to withstand shocks and stresses.

Cultural heritage has increasingly been recognized as a territorial asset and a valuable resource for enhancing territorial and urban resilience. It offers a sense of belonging, tangible assets, and historical knowledge that can be effectively utilized in risk prevention and management activities. The value of cultural heritage and its role in “making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” is an integral part of the UN Agenda 2030 and the international policy for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. 

We invite authors to submit original articles and reviews that further explore the role of heritage in territorial and urban resilience for an upcoming Soecial Issue. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • theoretical approaches of resilience ( evolutionary resilience etc.)
  • urban/territorial resilience approaches and methodologies
  • resilient cities, territories, and landscapes.
  • climate crisis and protection of cultural heritage
  • heritage management strategies
  • preservation and reuse of built heritage
  • community participation, community resilience
  • integrated risk management
  • environmental agendas and policies for sustainable and resilient environments
  • maritime/underwater cultural heritage and resilient territories
  • participatory processes for the incorporation of CH in spatial planning
  • cultural heritage and cultural ecosystem services

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Stella Sofia Kyvelou
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • cultural heritage
  • urban and territorial resilience
  • urban planning
  • spatial planning
  • maritime spatial planning
  • climate-smart territorial/maritime planning

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Urban Historiography and Graphic Reconstruction of a Historic Area in Valencia, Spain
by Concepción López González, Patricio R. Orozco Carpio and Conxeta Romaní López
Heritage 2024, 7(10), 5547-5568; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7100262 - 7 Oct 2024
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The conservation of cultural heritage is a well-established fact recognized by public administrations, the scientific community, and society at large. Understanding this heritage strengthens the historical memory of communities. However, there is a type of heritage that, as it disappears or evolves over [...] Read more.
The conservation of cultural heritage is a well-established fact recognized by public administrations, the scientific community, and society at large. Understanding this heritage strengthens the historical memory of communities. However, there is a type of heritage that, as it disappears or evolves over time, cannot be physically recovered: the urban fabric of historic cores. This article aims to implement a system for integrating historical urban data into a Geographic Information System (GIS) to enable the graphic recovery of urban evolution within a territory. This system facilitates the storage of alphanumeric and graphic data in a centralized database, providing a holistic view of the transformation process of a historic center’s landscape. This case study focuses on an area in the historic center of Valencia, a territory influenced by multiple cultures since the city was founded by the Romans. Each culture has altered the spatial structures within the area. Georeferenced documents from historical archives, historical cartography, and the scientific literature were utilized for this study. The results have been integrated into the current cartography of Valencia in the GIS, producing plans of successive urban stages through the overlay of historical maps and current cartography. Full article
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Synergies of Cultural–Creative Industries and Development in Peripheral Areas: Networking, Social Capital, and Place
by Sevasti Malisiova and Stella Kostopoulou
Heritage 2024, 7(8), 4500-4519; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7080212 - 19 Aug 2024
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Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) are widely acknowledged in academic and policy discourse as fundamental resources for local development. Nevertheless, a deeper understanding of the analysis of CCI function patterns and full potential exploitation in peripheral areas is needed in the literature on [...] Read more.
Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) are widely acknowledged in academic and policy discourse as fundamental resources for local development. Nevertheless, a deeper understanding of the analysis of CCI function patterns and full potential exploitation in peripheral areas is needed in the literature on regional and local economic development. Peripheral destinations are often characterized by specific obstacles such as geographical remoteness from dominant economic centers, poor infrastructure and amenities, limited capacity for decision-making, etc. However, they can also have characteristics that can support the sustainability and development of a place, such as rich cultural heritage, traditional cultural industries, uniqueness and authenticity, and cultural identity and social cohesion. This paper provides an overview of the main characteristics of the CCIs in peripheral areas and explores synergy patterns, a significant procedure for sustainability, exchange of knowledge and practices, development of actions, promotion of innovation and local development. More specifically, the study incorporates formal networking through entrepreneurial practices and informal networking through social capital into the network theory of the cultural sector in peripheral areas of Greece. In order to identify the key traits and factors that contribute to synergies in the cultural sector, a two-stage research design has been employed. A qualitative approach based on structured interviews and relative importance index analysis to provide an assessment framework has been used. Results indicate that CCI synergy in peripheral areas depends primarily on social capital, which is extremely important in local policies rather than just entrepreneurial practices. Full article
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Rural Landscapes as Cultural Heritage and Identity along a Romanian River
by Alexandru Dragan, Remus Creţan, Ioan Sebastian Jucu and Oana Andreea Oancea
Heritage 2024, 7(8), 4354-4373; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7080205 - 14 Aug 2024
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In contemporary narratives, rural landscapes and identities, as judged by the inhabitants’ sense of belonging, continue to be important points that need to be (re)considered when discussing places as instruments for local development. This paper pushes forward these debates and explores the construction [...] Read more.
In contemporary narratives, rural landscapes and identities, as judged by the inhabitants’ sense of belonging, continue to be important points that need to be (re)considered when discussing places as instruments for local development. This paper pushes forward these debates and explores the construction of rural and regional identity in Romania with the help of a case study that focuses on perceptions of rural landscapes as cultural heritage in two rural communities situated on opposite sides of the river Mureș. Based on participant and ethnographic observation and making use of a survey and a qualitative analysis, this paper highlights the most significant features of the local cultural identities and their rural landscape heritage expressed by the two sets of people, which often coincide with the most important characteristics attributed to the regions separated by the river Mureș. The results of this study underline the dividing role of the river in the preservation of rural identity and cultural heritage. They also demonstrate that rural landscapes and the construction of identities along the river have generated both development opportunities and various risks. Full article
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Multidirectional Heritage-Led Knowledge Exchange: Learning from Practice in 19 Rural Territories
by Hanna Elisabet Åberg, Irina Pavlova, Angela Santangelo, Zahra Amirzada, Katrien Heirman and Simona Tondelli
Heritage 2024, 7(3), 1689-1700; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7030079 - 17 Mar 2024
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Rural areas are regaining attention as key resource holders. This includes the attractiveness of intact and traditional cultural elements and heritage which helps to create new opportunities. However, renewal is needed for rural areas to be competitive beyond tourism. Knowledge exchange and transfer [...] Read more.
Rural areas are regaining attention as key resource holders. This includes the attractiveness of intact and traditional cultural elements and heritage which helps to create new opportunities. However, renewal is needed for rural areas to be competitive beyond tourism. Knowledge exchange and transfer is seen as an enabling tool for regeneration and heritage valorization, although it has mostly been applied in an urban context. The aim of this paper is to explore the role of capacity building and knowledge exchange at different levels in promoting rural regeneration through heritage-led initiatives. The article describes a multi-directional knowledge transfer and exchange in 19 rural areas. The applied knowledge exchange methodology was designed to be a dynamic and vibrant exchange of capacity building and mutual learning. This exchange of knowledge enabled the local communities involved to explore new ideas and viable solutions for the regeneration of rural areas through the valorization of cultural and natural heritage. The research findings show that structuring a knowledge transfer and capacity building process that also involves key local stakeholders and the rural communities is an important milestone in the regeneration process. In addition, it can be a unique opportunity to start and build new professional long-term relationships. Full article
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Water Sowing and Harvesting (WS&H) for Sustainable Management in Ecuador: A Review
by Gricelda Herrera-Franco, Fernando Morante-Carballo, Lady Bravo-Montero, Juan Valencia-Robles, Maribel Aguilar-Aguilar, Sergio Martos-Rosillo and Paúl Carrión-Mero
Heritage 2024, 7(7), 3696-3718; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7070175 - 12 Jul 2024
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Water Sowing and Harvesting (WS&H) is an ancestral knowledge widely used as a sustainable technique in water management. This study aims to analyse the importance, promotion, and cultural heritage of WS&H techniques through a literature review in Ecuador, considering applications of ancestral techniques [...] Read more.
Water Sowing and Harvesting (WS&H) is an ancestral knowledge widely used as a sustainable technique in water management. This study aims to analyse the importance, promotion, and cultural heritage of WS&H techniques through a literature review in Ecuador, considering applications of ancestral techniques by region (coastal, Andean and insular) with a strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats (SWOTs) analysis and a focus group for a strategy proposal of the water supply. The methodology of this study includes the following: (i) an analysis of the evolution of WS&H studies in Ecuador; (ii) a presentation of WS&H techniques and their applications; and (iii) the contribution of WS&H to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), complemented by a SWOTs analysis. The results show that, in Ecuador, WS&H is a method of Nature-based Solutions (NbSs) applied to the problems of water scarcity and is affordable, ecological, and has high efficiency, improving agricultural productivity and guaranteeing water supply for human consumption. The Manglaralto coastal aquifer, a case study in the coastal region of Ecuador, involves WS&H management and artificial aquifer recharge. WS&H structures became a reference for the sustainable development of rural communities that can be replicated nationally and internationally as a resilient alternative to water scarcity and a global climate emergency, contributing to the SDGs of UNESCO. Full article
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How to Incorporate Cultural Values and Heritage in Maritime Spatial Planning: A Systematic Review
by Eirini Barianaki, Stella Sofia Kyvelou and Dimitrios G. Ierapetritis
Heritage 2024, 7(1), 380-411; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7010019 - 16 Jan 2024
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Understanding aspects of maritime/underwater cultural heritage (MUCH) and the associated cultural values and integrating them into maritime spatial planning (MSP) processes is a new global challenge alongside the rapid increase in human activities at sea and climate change impacts on the seas and [...] Read more.
Understanding aspects of maritime/underwater cultural heritage (MUCH) and the associated cultural values and integrating them into maritime spatial planning (MSP) processes is a new global challenge alongside the rapid increase in human activities at sea and climate change impacts on the seas and the oceans. This article highlights the significance of cultural values in shaping human interactions with marine environments and how MSP can address the cultural dimensions of marine resources management. The key research question addresses the prerequisites and methods for a better incorporation of MUCH in the MSP processes. This review revealed a diversity of literature addressing the inclusion of MUCH in (a) coastal and marine management but also in (b) marine/maritime spatial planning (346 articles from the Scopus database). In the first case, there is a strong focus on cultural ecosystem services (CES) and cultural values, the role of indigenous and local communities, the transfer of traditional ecological knowledge, and participatory approaches and tools. As for the latter, this review demonstrated quite a lot of relatively recent MSP endeavors that seem to be influenced by the above approaches identified in the coastal and marine management literature. This article concludes that for MSPlans to be innovative and mainly acceptable by local communities, the “missing layer” of socio-cultural values and data is indispensable. Furthermore, a collaborative MSP between governments and regional/provincial authorities may boost sustainable blue activities while preserving ecological and cultural values. Full article
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