The exploitation of local landscape: from knowledge to design action

Annalisa Calcagno Maniglio*, Adriana Ghersi**

* ICCOPS - Landscape, Natural and Cultural Heritage Observatory (IT)
** University of Genova (IT)

Abstract

The variety and the complexity of the landscapes of Liguria is a resource for the quality of the life of its citizens. To exploit such a resource implies firstly to arise awareness of the landscape and to know its via a thorough process of analysis and evaluation at different scales, in space and along time, to assess our one and to individuate the strategic nodes upon which a targeted design action can start-up changes for improvement.

This process, inherent to a "repossession" of landscape, has to be carried out also together with the citizens to re-compose a relationship citizen-landscape that, grounding on awareness of one's heritage and on the individuation of the values and problems of "everyday" landscape, redefines models for sustainable management and new ways of life.

With the help of some examples, a consideration will be proposed about Liguria as a laboratory of landscape-diversity. Trough the analysis of conflicts and of the overwhelming anthropic impact on the coast mirrored by abandon and decay of inland, are then proposed integration projects to re-compose the diverse needs in highly complex situations as well as strategic actions able to start-up able to trigger exploitation processes. That is done also by creating systems linking small and weak realities in the neglected landscapes.

Italian version

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