| Title |
The Multidimensional Benefits of Terraced Landscape Regeneration: An Economic Perspective and Beyond |
| ID_Doc |
8569 |
| Authors |
Girard, LF; Gravagnuolo, A; De Rosa, F |
| Title |
The Multidimensional Benefits of Terraced Landscape Regeneration: An Economic Perspective and Beyond |
| Year |
2019 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1007/978-3-319-96815-5_17 |
| Abstract |
Terraced landscapes represent a particular type of multifunctional, historic-cultural agrarian landscapes, today at risk of abandonment due to socio-economic changes. These landscapes are an ancient example of a "circular" model in using resources, able to be productive in multiple dimensions, providing many ecosystem services to local communities and thus contributing to human well-being. Terraced landscapes have a complex value for society: sociocultural, environmental and economic values, which can become a driver of territorial regeneration, if a systemic economic-territorial perspective is adopted. This paper proposes the circular economy as a viable model of sustainable territorial development that can support terraced landscapes regeneration, exploiting their structural multifunctionality and thus enhancing the multidimensional territorial productivity. The ecosystem services' assessment framework, which includes economic, spatial, quantitative and qualitative evaluation tools, can be integrated in agrienvironmental policies to make operational the "circular" paradigm of regeneration. A selection of economic tools and case studies is presented to show how circular processes can be activated in terraced landscapes, reducing costs and waste of resources, increasing multidimensional productivity, and finally attracting more investments towards a new systemic urban-rural "circular" development model. |
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| Index Keywords |
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| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Book Citation Index – Social Sciences & Humanities (BKCI-SSH); Book Citation Index – Science (BKCI-S) |
| EID |
WOS:000582484500018 |
| WoS Category |
Agronomy; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies; Geography; Geography, Physical |
| Research Area |
Agriculture; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Geography; Physical Geography |
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