Natural and Cultural Heritage and Spatial Organization: Andalusia as a Case in Point

Authors

  • Geografía y Desarrollo Regional y Urban (GDRU)

Keywords:

Gestión de recursos, planificación territorial, políticas de desarrollo, Andalucía

Abstract

The article sets out to identify and categorise what offi cially constitutes what might constitute the natural
and cultural heritage in Andalusia, focusing above all on the spatial dimension of this. To do so, the territorial
divisions laid down by the “Bases para una Carta sobre Patrimonio y Desarrollo en Andalucia” [Groundwork
for Mapping out Patrimony and Development in Andalusia] are here used with their criteria for urban and
coastal areas, fertile river plains, lowlands and mountain fastnesses. The natural heritage is given attention
to fi rst and then the cultural one. In both cases conservation fi gures existing at the international, national
and regional level are offered these understood in terms of their aforementioned territorial units. The fi ndings
of the study would seem to show that any sort of heritage sited within a any given territory must be
understood as an integral part of a whole if that heritage is to become useful for development, and, in the
light of this, the territorial distribution of heritage as explained in the paper could well prove to be a good
starting point for future refl ection.

Published

2008-06-25

How to Cite

(GDRU), G. y D. R. y U. (2008). Natural and Cultural Heritage and Spatial Organization: Andalusia as a Case in Point. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 40(156), 297–311. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/75857

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