The transition towards post-productivism: heritage areas, cultural parks and spatial planning

Abstract

The development of heritage area is an increasing trend in the United States and Europe, a phenomenon spreading over other areas where the tertiary economic sector is gaining weight and the dimensions of culture and leisure tend to hybridize. Heritage areas or parks are heterogeneous initiatives that place cultural heritage at the heart of spatial planning policy and economic development, aiming at the reinvention of large territories and local community participation in planning. Their relevance stems from their potential influence on the territorial configuration of broad regions and their impact upon the articulation of traditional protected areas. Notwithstanding this, they have attracted scant academic attention so far. This paper presents the results of an investigation that has analyzed most available literature on the topic, with the aim to open the issue of heritage areas to academic scrutiny of both technical and social disciplines.

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