Landscape, heritage and local participation as building blocks for a rural park framework
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Landscape, Heritage and Local Participation as Building Blocks for a Rural Park FrameworkL. GOMES DA COSTA – luis@binauralmedia.org (President of Aldeias de Magaio, São Pedro do Sul, Portugal) M. C. VALVERDE – mica.valverde@gmail.com (Master in Rehabilitation of Architecture And Urban Centers,
Technical University of Lisbon, Faculty of Architecture, Portugal)
ABSTRACT: In recent years, there has been a proliferation of interventions in Portuguese rural areas for the requalification rural resources. On a few occasions the interventions take into account the local communities and the future they want to build. This essay focuses on two aspects for the establishment of a framework for rural landscape promotion: firstly, the understanding of several social interpretations and participatory mechanisms for rural spaces and, secondly, the complexity of rural spaces and the need for a complete inventory of the several natural-cultural-economic resources KEYWORDS: Rural Heritage, Rural Landscape, Community Participation, Representational Spaces, Experiential Spaces
1. INTRODUCTION In recent years there has been a proliferation of interventions in Portuguese rural areas for the requalification and use of natural and/or built resources, many of them financed by European structural funds. These interventions are often characterized by the urge to show results in the short term by making visible the investments and the decisions made. On a few occasions the interventions explore other possibilities and uses that take into account the local living communities and the future they want to build from their own potential. Within this context, it becomes necessary to revise the intervention models for rural areas. The main factors that we consider essential when setting up a model for sustainable development in rural areas, largely coincide with the global changes in recent years and have to do with how to design the development strategies, taking into account agriculture,