CULTURAL LANDSCAPES AS DRIVER FOR TERRITORIAL INNOVATION: A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR THE VALLE VITULANESE

Abstract

In an effort to identify a situated strategy for enhancement of the Valle Vitulanese, an inner marginal area of the province of Benevento (Italy), the paper structures an evaluative methodological approach that recognizes and interprets the valley as a multifunctional cultural landscape. The outcome is an enhancement strategy that leverages the specificity of each municipality to enable local networks to activate dialogue between recovery and development of tangible and intangible resources. The first territorial action develops in the old town of Tocco Caudio, one of the eight municipalities of the valley, investing on the valorisation of local resources and triggering an incremental process of revitalization, able to strengthen the system of values and relationships which characterizes the context of vast area whose Tocco Caudio is an integral part.

Keywords: cultural landscape, adaptive decision-making processes, NAIADE method