Sustainable rural development: The role of traditional activities in Central Italy

Gobattoni, Federica; Pelorosso, Raffaele; Leone, Antonio; Ripa, Maria Nicolina

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.06.013

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“…Being the most damaged in recent decades, rural areas require a confident change based on the principles of multifunctionality [48,62]. In the present work, the wine sector has been used as an interesting economic reality in the Italian framework.…”

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Rethinking Sustainability within the Viticulture Realities Integrating Economy, Landscape and Energy

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Sustainability is often explained through three dimensions (society, economy and environment). However, such a definition currently appears to be restricted. Sustainable development often includes the energy issue. An example of realities founded on bioenergy are agro-energy districts. These realities involve all the three dimensions of sustainability, integrating also the energy dimension and fueling a potential circular economy. Based on these premises, the most affluent rural subdivision in Italy is that of wine. The wine sector has experienced a recent growth of its economic market, diverging from other agricultural activities and enlarging its cultivated surface areas. In this sense, the local landscape has also changed. Owing to the strong inclination of the wine sector in adopting sustainable strategies and measures, agro-energy districts can be the following future phase in viticulture realities as a cutting-edge business in the modern agricultural sector, implementing new strategies and opportunities.

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“…Areas of great natural and historical interest, such as the Site of Community Interest and Special Protection Area (SCI-SPA) "Calanchi di Civita di Bagnoregio" and the SCI-SPA "Monti Vulsini" and the tuff towns of Civita di Bagnoregio, Celleno, Civitella D'agliano and Roccalvecce are located in the Teverina Consortium, leading to a very attractive cultural landscape. The naturalistic, historical and cultural assets, as well as the quality of its agricultural products and of the rural sceneries, make Teverina territory a fascinating rural area, with a potential for attracting tourism as great as that in Tuscany Region [1]. Indeed, the landscape offers history, semi-natural environments and typical products that still define the identity of the landscapes and the communities [1,20,21].…”

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“…Agriculture shapes landscapes and rural areas are one of the most important geographic zones for the functionality of social-ecological systems. Indeed, rural areas provide numerous ecosystem services for both citizen and rural inhabitants, from the provision of food and habitat for species to the aesthetic value and the environmental amenity characters that are able to satisfy the psychological and health needs of people [1]. Moreover, historical and cultural heritages as well as sense of place [2] are strictly linked with the perceived landscape.…”

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Green Payment and Perceived Rural Landscape Quality: A Cost-Benefit Analysis in Central Italy

Cortignani¹,

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The conservation of perceived scenery of traditional extensive and diversified landscapes is a valuable aim for reaching sustainable rural development. Considering the financial budget assigned and the application rules of European Union agricultural policy (Common Agricultural Policy-CAP), the relationship between perceived landscape benefits and CAP first pillar payments is an interesting aspect to analyze. In this study, a cost-benefit analysis has been carried out in a rural area of Central Italy that represents typical Italian conditions of hilly territories. Greening payment, a mechanism aimed to boost public goods, including landscapes and their ecological functionality, was selected as a proxy for policy cost of preserving traditional extensive landscapes. The benefits of greening have been evaluated through the analysis of the people's willingness to pay for the maintenance of extensive and diversified landscapes. The analysis conducted does not explicitly consider the full range of environmental benefits determined by greening, even if some interviewees may have perceived them in addition to the visual perception of the rural landscape. The present study can contribute to the debate on the agricultural policy post-2020, especially for a future definition of long-lasting and cost-effective sustainable interventions in hilly and extensive rural landscapes.

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“…The 'cultural landscape' framework seems to be a challenging opportunity to effectively implement adaptive governance strategies that promote ecosystem resilience (e.g., Schultz et al, 2015). Preserving cultural landscapes is also fundamental to further develop fragile rural economies, mainly encouraging the delivery of particular goods and services linked to a given traditional landscape (e.g., Gobattoni et al, 2015). As also highlighted by Kelly et al (2015) in Southern Italy, an improved resilience of human-natural systems, as well as their increased adaptive capacity, is related to social memory, which is often threatened by outmigration of young people, land abandonment, land degradation in forests, and the loss of traditional knowledge.…”

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Adaptive forest governance to face land use change impacts in Italy: a review

Vizzarri

Sallustio

Tognetti

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Sustainable rural development: The role of traditional activities in Central Italy

Cited by 39 publications

References 81 publications

Rethinking Sustainability within the Viticulture Realities Integrating Economy, Landscape and Energy

Rethinking Sustainability within the Viticulture Realities Integrating Economy, Landscape and Energy

Green Payment and Perceived Rural Landscape Quality: A Cost-Benefit Analysis in Central Italy

Adaptive forest governance to face land use change impacts in Italy: a review

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