Mots-clés
Agriculture traditionnelle ; Domaine méditerranéen ; Italie ; Parcellaire ; Paysage agricole ; Paysage culturel ; Paysage rural ; Sicilia ; Système de cultureAgricultural landscape ; Cultural landscape ; Farming system ; Italy ; Mediterranean area ; Plots of land ; Rural landscape ; Sicilia ; Traditional agriculture ; agro-forestry systems ; cultural landscape ; ecological-cultural diversity ; land use change ; landscape characterAgricultura tradicional ; Campo mediterráneo ; Italia ; Paisaje cultural ; Paisaje rural ; Parcelario ; Sicilia ; Sistema de cultivosAn Inventory Approach to the Assessment of Main Traditional Landscapes in Sicily (Central Mediterranean Basin)
Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)
Barbera, Giuseppe
Dipartimento DEMETRA, Facoltà di Agraria, Università di Palermo
Cullotta, Sebastiano
Dipartimento DEMETRA, Facoltà di Agraria, Università di Palermo
Description :
EU policy for the conservation of cultural landscapes is of particular importance for a region such as Sicily (Italy) which is the site of many Mediterranean traditional cultural landscapes as well as new landscapes created by contemporary agriculture. Such variety of landscape, however, is not supported or confirmed by specialised inventories that identify and classify the typical Main Traditional Landscape (MTL). On the basis of these considerations, the objective of the present paper is to draw up a preliminary inventory and present a brief characterisation of MTLs in Sicily, in line with the multidisciplinary experiences and approaches implemented at European and national levels. In defining the typological units, the terminology used to identify Sicilian MTLs was modified by experiences developed on the mainland, with entries such as: bocage/semi-bocage, coltura promiscua, Mediterranean open field, mountain landscape, huerta and terrace landscape. Using different spatialised data layers, including those concerned with the main historical processes of land use and land use change, a total of eight MTLs have been detected, mapped, and concisely described. The distribution and importance of terracing systems within the different MTLs is highlighted as one of the most relevant traditional elements in the rural scenario.
Type de document :
Article de périodique
Source :
Landscape research (Online), issn : 1469-9710, 2012, vol. 37, n°. 5, p. 539-569, nombre de pages : 31
Date :
2012
Identifiants :
doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2011.607925
Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Abingdon, Taylor and Francis
Langue :
Anglais
Anglais
Droits :
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