PATRIMONIO CULTURAL Y DESARROLLO TERRITORIAL
García Cuesta, José Luis/Manero Miguel , FernandoSinopse PATRIMONIO CULTURAL Y DESARROLLO TERRITORIAL
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Conceived from the geographical point of view and based also upon the possibilities of interdisciplinary knowledge, this work deals with the analysis and interpretation of the territorial implications derived from the important role played by Cultural Heritage as a factor of development and the transformation of socio-economic and spatial structures. It is thus a question of reflection and debate, of special importance at a moment when heritage assets, associated with the discovery of the many possibilities that lie within the historical legacy on the different scales, appear to be subject to strategies and instruments of valuation that show ambivalent results. In other words, to define the contradictions involved in the interventions applied to the treatment and management of elements which are essentially vulnerable to the impact of forces that have no regard for their intrinsic characteristics or the need for their long term conservation. Thus, it becomes convenient to underline the need for rigour in analyses and evaluations, to approach the subject from the perspective of sustainable development and to examine in detail the lessons and warnings that arise from the compared experience. This may enable good practices and a vision of the future to prevail over short-term, harmful interventions.