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Mapping traditional cultural landscapes in the Mediterranean area using a combined multidisciplinary approach: Method and application to Mount Etna (Sicily; Italy)
Research highlights ▶ An uniform methodology for traditional landscape inventory and description is currently absent. ▶ A multidisciplinary and standardized procedure for landscape analysis is identified. ▶ Sicily (Italy) includes several traditional agricultural landscapes and agroforestry systems.▶ It can be considered representative of the wide environmental–cultural Mediterranean scenario.
Abstract Traditional cultural landscapes (TCLs) are prominent in Mediterranean countries. The abundance of this landscape type, however, is not reflected by broad-scale inventories and mapping tools. The aim of this paper is to highlight the need for a multidisciplinary approach to landscape analysis, with special reference to the Mediterranean area. We propose an integrated method that combines deductive and inductive processes to define and map TCLs in a study area (Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy). We also develop a procedure to characterize the primary components of these landscapes as a reference to be used in cultural-landscape descriptions. For mapping purposes, three different scales of analysis were examined to select appropriate data-sets of interest. At the broadest scale (1:250,000–100,000), land systems of territorial contexts (LSTCs) were detected by overlaying climatic, lithomorphological and topological maps. At the second level (1:100,000–25,000), landscapes of main agroforestry systems (LMASs) were identified by adding primary land-cover and land-use maps. At the third and most detailed scale (1:25,000–10,000), TCLs were specified using detailed land-use maps of traditional agro-forestry systems. This procedure provides a tool to define and characterize the primary components of TCLs and to designate specific characters of importance (e.g., landscape composition and configuration, traditional techniques of land-management, and heritage features). By following this procedure, we detect a large number of TCLs in the Mt. Etna region, an important and representative area of Mediterranean cultural landscapes.
Mapping traditional cultural landscapes in the Mediterranean area using a combined multidisciplinary approach: Method and application to Mount Etna (Sicily; Italy)
Research highlights ▶ An uniform methodology for traditional landscape inventory and description is currently absent. ▶ A multidisciplinary and standardized procedure for landscape analysis is identified. ▶ Sicily (Italy) includes several traditional agricultural landscapes and agroforestry systems.▶ It can be considered representative of the wide environmental–cultural Mediterranean scenario.
Abstract Traditional cultural landscapes (TCLs) are prominent in Mediterranean countries. The abundance of this landscape type, however, is not reflected by broad-scale inventories and mapping tools. The aim of this paper is to highlight the need for a multidisciplinary approach to landscape analysis, with special reference to the Mediterranean area. We propose an integrated method that combines deductive and inductive processes to define and map TCLs in a study area (Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy). We also develop a procedure to characterize the primary components of these landscapes as a reference to be used in cultural-landscape descriptions. For mapping purposes, three different scales of analysis were examined to select appropriate data-sets of interest. At the broadest scale (1:250,000–100,000), land systems of territorial contexts (LSTCs) were detected by overlaying climatic, lithomorphological and topological maps. At the second level (1:100,000–25,000), landscapes of main agroforestry systems (LMASs) were identified by adding primary land-cover and land-use maps. At the third and most detailed scale (1:25,000–10,000), TCLs were specified using detailed land-use maps of traditional agro-forestry systems. This procedure provides a tool to define and characterize the primary components of TCLs and to designate specific characters of importance (e.g., landscape composition and configuration, traditional techniques of land-management, and heritage features). By following this procedure, we detect a large number of TCLs in the Mt. Etna region, an important and representative area of Mediterranean cultural landscapes.
Mapping traditional cultural landscapes in the Mediterranean area using a combined multidisciplinary approach: Method and application to Mount Etna (Sicily; Italy)
Cullotta, Sebastiano (Autor:in) / Barbera, Giuseppe (Autor:in)
Landscape and Urban Planning ; 100 ; 98-108
22.11.2010
11 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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