World Terraced Landscapes: History, Environment, Quality of Life

Description

This volume collects the best scientific contribution presented in the 3rd World Conference on Terraced Landscapes held in Italy from 6th to 15th October 2016, offering a deep and multifaceted insight into the remarkable heritage of terraced landscapes in Italy, in Europe and in the World (America, Asia, Australia). It consists of 2 parts: a geographical overview on some of the most important terraced systems in the world (1st part), and a multidisciplinary approach that aims to promote a multifunctional vision of terraces, underlining how these landscapes meet different needs: cultural and historical values, environmental and hydrogeological functions, quality and variety of food, community empowerment and sustainable development (2nd part). The volume offers a great overview on strengths, weaknesses, functions and strategies for terraced landscapes all over the world, summarizing in a final manifest the guidelines to provide a future for these landscapes as natural and cultural heritage. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Mauro Varotto, Luca Bonardi, Paolo Tarolli)....Pages 1-4 Front Matter ....Pages 5-5 Terraced Vineyards in Europe: The Historical Persistence of Highly Specialised Regions (Luca Bonardi)....Pages 7-25 Italian Terraced Landscapes: The Shapes and the Trends (Mauro Varotto, Francesco Ferrarese, Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo)....Pages 27-43 Slovenian Terraced Landscapes (Lučka Ažman Momirski)....Pages 45-62 Landscape Typology of French Agrarian Terraces (Jean-François Blanc)....Pages 63-77 Terraced Fields in Spain: Landscapes of Work and Beauty (Sabina Asins-Velis)....Pages 79-96 Terraced Landscapes in the Canary Islands: La Gomera, “The Terrace Island” (Lidia Esther Romero Martín, Antonio Ignacio Hernández Cordero, Aarón Santana Cordero, Carla Vargas Negrín, Juan Manuel Palerm Salazar)....Pages 97-118 Terraced Landscapes in Perù: Terraces and Social Water Management (Lianet Camara, Mourik Bueno de Mesquita)....Pages 119-137 Australian Dry Stone Terraces: An Historical and Contemporary Interpretation (Raelene Marshall)....Pages 139-158 Agricultural Terraces in Mexico (José Manuel Pérez Sánchez)....Pages 159-176 Front Matter ....Pages 177-177 Mapping Agricultural Terraces in Italy. Methodologies Applied in the MAPTER Project (Francesco Ferrarese, Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo, Alberto Cosner, Stefano Brugnaro, Kaodi Alum, Angelica Dal Pozzo et al.)....Pages 179-194 Terraced Landscapes: Land Abandonment, Soil Degradation, and Suitable Management (Paolo Tarolli, Davide Rizzo, Gerardo Brancucci)....Pages 195-210 Health, Seeds, Diversity and Terraces (Salvatore Ceccarelli)....Pages 211-224 Comparative Studies on Pattern and Ecosystem Services of the Traditional Rice Agricultural Landscapes in East Asia (Yuanmei Jiao, Toshiya Okuro, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Luohui Liang, Xuan Gao)....Pages 225-238 Terraced Lands: From Put in Place to Put in Memory (Ada Acovitsióti-Hameau)....Pages 239-249 Economic Analysis of the Traditional Cultural Terraced Olive-Growing Landscape and Participatory Planning Process (Biancamaria Torquati, Lucio Cecchini, Sonia Venanzi, Giulia Giacchè)....Pages 251-271 The Multidimensional Benefits of Terraced Landscape Regeneration: An Economic Perspective and Beyond (Luigi Fusco Girard, Antonia Gravagnuolo, Fortuna De Rosa)....Pages 273-293 The Challenge of Tourism in Terraced Landscapes (Theano S. Terkenli, Benedetta Castiglioni, Margherita Cisani)....Pages 295-309 Innovative Practices and Strategic Planning on Terraced Landscapes with a View to Building New Alpine Communities (Federica Corrado, Erwin Durbiano)....Pages 311-321 Planning, Policies and Governance for Terraced Landscape: A General View (Enrico Fontanari, Domenico Patassini)....Pages 323-333 Integrated Policies for Terraces: The Role of Landscape Observatories (Anna Marson)....Pages 335-347 Back Matter ....Pages 349-356