Water Heritage in the Rural Hinterland Landscapes of the UNESCO Alto Douro Wine Region, Portugal: A Digital Humanities Approach

Abstract

Starting from a well defined and demarcated area in space, the Corgo River, in the region of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, this work seeks through Information Technologies (IT), Digital Humanities and online tools and applications (software) to provide digital images of space and water resources, anthropic elements related to water and various natural features. Based on these available resources and a set of historical cartographic documents, we provide a realistic view of the cultural and natural water landscape and how augmented reality can help archaeology interpret this landscape and its historical transformations.

Resilience in Urban and Architectural Design—The Issue of Sustainable Development for Areas Associated with an Embankment

“…Planning embarkments is part of a broader regional water management policy. An example here is the problem of deficits in the commune of Vila Pouca de Aguiar in northern Portugal, where, in order to balance the water supply system, the study proposed its transition to conjunctive water management based on surface water being stored in small dams and groundwater [47][48][49].…”

Heritage and Railways: Sustainable Tourism Opportunities Boosted by Digital Transformation

“…The pervasiveness of ICT and the potential of digital cultural heritage practices have consolidated new paradigms and methods in heritage representation and enhancement [7][8][9] and become a stimulus for community engagement [10], heritage recognizability and territorial development [11][12][13]. In this light, digitisation strategies for landscape [14] and tangible and intangible heritage constitute challenging areas of research, and tackling the bottlenecks in the growing usage of data capturing and multiscale acquisitions [15][16][17] and seizing opportunities in order to boost heritage democratisation and a sense of belonging in the landscape are beyond the scope of tourism.…”