scholarly journals Fortresses as Specific Areas of Urban Greenery Defining the Uniqueness of the Urban Cultural Landscape: Warsaw Fortress—A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1043
Author(s):  
Ewa Zaraś-Januszkiewicz ◽  
Jakub Botwina ◽  
Barbara Żarska ◽  
Tatiana Swoczyna ◽  
Tomasz Krupa
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Natural System ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Unique Element ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Urban Greenery ◽  
Valuable Element

The term “fortress landscape” is a holistic one which involves coverage and terrain adapted for defensive purposes. The specificity of the historical heritage of the Polish cultural landscape is expressed in a great number of such objects, some of which have been absorbed by its cities. A case in point is the Warsaw Fortress. A significant part of its fortification has survived to this day. Due to its spatial structure, manner of use and condition, the Fortress constitutes a valuable element of Warsaw’s natural system. At the same time, it should be noted that this element is important due to being a tourist attraction and is an example of qualified military tourism. Military tourism is one of the most popular types of modern tourism. Its elements are frequently integrated into the urban green area system. Moreover, due to its specific spatial structure, the Fortress provides a unique element enriching the cultural landscape of the city. In this paper, a historical background of the Warsaw Fortress is analyzed with a special emphasis on its cultural value and public perception. The methods used in the study include a cultural value assessment, the WNET method, a survey questionnaire and both PCA and PCC statistical methods. The analysis showed that the landscape value of the Fortress received 70% of the maximum possible rating in the conducted survey. What is more, the Warsaw Fortress was also evaluated using all the assessment criteria. The study shows that the entry of the fortress elements into the city’s natural system is perceived as being valuable, although it often lacks a specific program. Consequently, the Warsaw Fortress should be subject to landscape protection with a view towards revitalization, along with introducing a recreational program.

Analysis of the Characteristics of Modern German-Style Architecture in Fangzi, a Modern Town along the Jiaoji Railway

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 6453-6456
Author(s):  
Xiao Lin Zhu ◽  
Chang Jiang Liu ◽  
Juan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Industrial Town

Fangzi, a century town, born because of the jiaoji railway, shows modern buildings and the unique historical and cultural landscape as a industrial town along the jiaoji railway. It preserved basic integrity of the modern German-style architecture. This paper based on the site visiting at modern German-style architectures in Fangzi, review the historical background of the Fangzi region, in order to tease out the main features of modern German-style architecture in Fangzi.

scholarly journals The Value Assessment and Planning of Industrial Mining Heritage as a Tourism Attraction: The Case of Las Médulas Cultural Space

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iria Caamaño-Franco ◽  
María Suárez
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Gold Mines ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Industrial Mining ◽  
Levels Of Support ◽  
Mining Heritage

This article analyzes the heritage construction process or “heritagization” of Las Médulas gold mines, a prime example of how Spain’s mining heritage has been reused for tourism purposes. Based on a methodology combined documentary analysis and fieldwork, informal interviews with territorial actors and surveys targeting residents, this study addresses the complexities of integrating this cultural landscape into a tourism development strategy and analyzes the support and impacts perceived by the local population. The information gathered in this research is intended to facilitate the development of adequate planning and generate recommendations to mitigate the debate that has surrounded Las Médulas and confronted its stakeholders for years. The results show that the existence of multiple agents and institutions acting on the destination leads to problems of management and collaboration. In addition, the local population’s lack of involvement and awareness is also hindering integral tourism planning. There are a number of positive impacts mainly related to the increase in the tourist value of the image of the area and its historical and cultural heritage, as well as the consequences of financial management for tourism, which also help to predict the levels of support of residents to the tourist development of Las Médulas.

scholarly journals Bell Names in the History of the Russian Language (Linguistic and Cultural Aspect)

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 01018
Author(s):  
Oksana Franchuk ◽  
Aleksandra Osipova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Analysis ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Field Analysis ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Unique Element ◽  
Historical Knowledge ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Linguistic Units ◽  
The Russian Language

The paper considers principles of naming the bells and the main features, according to which the bell could get either name. Scientists believe that to a greater extent the structure of such onym units characterizes the specifics of how the bells were treated in Kievan Rus and the overall attitude of the Russians to them. The study was based on the analysis of the unique catalogue containing linguistic units and reflecting the history of bells, bell ringing and bell casting. The main sources of the study included compiled chronicles, archive materials, register of monastic and temple property, inscriptions on bells, and church charters. The study was conducted through comparative-historical, linguistic and cultural analysis, as well as field analysis within the cognitive stylistics. As a result, 51 bell names and their historical background were analyzed. The authors conclude that the study of linguistic units related to the history of bells and bell ringing in Russia alongside with their casting features will make it possible to bridge the historical knowledge gap and to draw some conclusions on the way the Russians perceive the linguistic worldview of this unique element of the Russian culture.

The rewards of non-commercial production: Distinctions and status in the anime music video scene

First Monday ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mizuko Ito
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Music Videos ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Music Video ◽  
Quality Work ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Video Scene ◽  
Japanese Animation

Anime music videos (AMVs) are remix videos made by overseas fans of Japanese animation. This paper describes the organization of the AMV scene in order to illuminate some of the key characteristics of a robust networked subculture centered on the production of transformative works. Fan production that appropriates commercial culture occupies a unique niche within our creative cultural landscape. Unlike professional production and many other forms of amateur media production, transformative fan production is non-commercial, and centered on appropriating, commenting on, and celebrating commercial popular culture. Participants in robust fan production scenes are motivated to create high-quality work that can rival the quality of professional media, but do this within an entirely non-commercial context. Rewards are not financial, but rather center on recognition and social participation. I describe how AMV creators, supporters, and viewers engage in processes of social inclusion as well as processes for marking status and reputation that delineate different modes of participating, contributing, and being recognized. This paper starts by outlining the conceptual framework and methodology behind this study. Then the paper provides historical background on the AMV scene before turning to descriptions of three complementary dimensions of the AMV scene drawn from ethnographic fieldwork: the properties of open access and sharing that support an amateur ethos, processes of connoisseurship and distinction making, and how status and reputation are established and negotiated among the elite editors that comprise the core of the scene. Together, these characteristics of the AMV scene provide incentives for both new and aspiring creators to participate, as well as for more experienced creators to improve their craft.

KAIMO KULTŪRINIO KRAŠTOVAIZDŽIO VERTĖ

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 113-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jūratė Jurevičienė
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
And Shifts

The paper discusses changes of the concept of cultural value of agrarian landscape in a few last decades. The interaction of the community and landscape, urgent problems of assessment and treatment of cultural landscape in rural areas of today’s Lithuania are revealed. Recent changes in the understanding of the value and shifts in the contents of this concept require improvement of the legal system of Lithuania on a few levels. Contradictions in the system of listing in the context of low efficiency of urban heritage preservation and economic decline are analysed. Inadequate role of local communities is revealed as one of the basic factors of threats to authenticity of relict agrarian landscapes. Recent international documents on cultural landscape protection enable perfection of this heritage preservation. Santrauka Nagrinėjamos kaimo kultūrinio kraštovaizdžio problemos, susijusios su jo vertės sampratos kaita pastaraisiais dešimtmečiais Vakarų šalyse ir Lietuvoje. Atskleidžiami mažai nagrinėti Lietuvos kaimo kraštovaizdžio vertės aspektai. Siekiama atskleisti dabartinėje Lietuvos kaimiškojo kraštovaizdžio reglamentavimo sistemoje slypinčius pavojus jo vertingosioms savybėms išlikti. Lyginami reikalavimai, nustatyti šiuose dokumentuose ir Lietuvos ratifikuotuose Europos Sąjungos teisės aktuose. Lyginama vietos bendruomenių sąsajų su kraštovaizdžiu svarba ir ribotos teisinės bei ūkinės prielaidos joms dalyvauti kaimiškojo kultūrinio kraštovaizdžio vertės nustatymo ir jos išsaugojimo procesuose.

Public perception of the cultural value of Satoyama landscape types in Japan

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuuki Iwata ◽  
Katsue Fukamachi ◽  
Yukihiro Morimoto
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Landscape Types ◽  
Satoyama Landscape

scholarly journals The Reconstruction of a Javanese Civilization Cultural Landscape in 8 AD based on Canggal Inscription in Gendol Hill Complex, Magelang, Central Java

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Niken Wirasanti ◽  
Helmi Murwanto
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Volcanic Eruptions ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Sacred Spaces ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Biotic Resources ◽  
Structure Layout

The research took place in the Gendol Hill complex, Magelang, Central Java. One of the peaks in the hills complex is Mount Wukir, where a Canggal Inscription was found. The Canggal Inscription mentions an area named Java, rich in agricultural products with many sacred buildings. The term Javanese refers to an area of Gendol Hill complex, which is part of the Kedu–Central Java region. This paper aims to 1) interpret the cultural landscape of the Gendol Hill complex, 2) reconstruct the spatial structure (layout), and its utilization as a settlement area for Javanese society in the 8th century.  This paper interprets the Canggal Inscription and collates information about the potential of both biotic and non-biotic resources. Data processing is conducted through inductive–explanatory analysis. The results suggest that the Cultural Landscape of Gunung Wukir Temple was in a place protecting it from disaster. The complex was protected by Gendol Hills, acting as a barrier against volcanic eruptions from  Mount Merapi. Gendol Hill complex was located in an environment that flourished with both biotic and non-biotic resources. The community cultivated its alluvial plains and established settlements in this area. The denuded structural hills were also perceived as sacred spaces to erect temples with natural resources close by such as andesite rocks available from rivers around the hills.

scholarly journals Small Sacral Architecture and Its Greenery in Lower Spiš Region in Slovakia

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denisa Halajová ◽  
Attila Tóth ◽  
Peter Halaj
Keyword(s):  
Woody Plants ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Historical Legacy ◽  
North East ◽  
Mining History ◽  
Valuable Element ◽  
Landscape Value ◽  
Trade Route

Abstract Small sacral structures are significant elements of Spiš cultural landscapes (North-East Slovakia). This paper presents results of the field mapping of small roadside sacral objects and their greenery along a 66-kilometre long road section connecting North and South of Lower Spiš and the municipalities of Levoča, Spišská Nová Ves, Hnilčík, Mníšek nad Hnilcom, Smolník, and Úhorná. This road was an old trade route and has an important historical legacy in Lower Spiš – a traditional mining cultural landscape with a characteristic hilly topography, wide forest landscapes and rich mining history. The presented mapping was conducted within the research project VEGA 1/0371/18 “SacralArch: Preservation of the Historical Legacy and Architectural Diversity of Small Sacral Structures in Cultural Landscapes of Slovakia“, based on the methodology elaborated by Tóth (2018), which includes localisation, spatial context, technical or health condition and an overall description of the sacral element and the woody plants in its direct surroundings. In total, 13 small roadside sacral objects were mapped, while the most prevailing elements are crosses. The most common cross type is wooden cross without pedestal. The oldest and aesthetically most valuable elements are metal crosses on stone pedestals, made of travertine. The most valuable element is a registered cultural monument – a Baroque roadside chapel of St. John of Nepomuk from 1726 in Smolník. Woody plants accompany only roadside crosses in the study area. The oldest and most significant in terms of landscape value are individuals of small-leaved linden trees (Tilia cordata Mill).

Inventory and assessment of geoheritage in the Liguria region (Italy) within the framework of land management and development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Ferrando ◽  
Francesco Faccini ◽  
Flavio Poggi ◽  
Paola Coratza
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Q Value ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Management And Development ◽  
Scientific Value

<p> <span><span>Geoheritage is an important natural resource that can represent a link between geosciences and the wider public, and all over the world initiatives have emerged to protect, value and enhance it. Therefore, geoheritage assessment is a fundamental step in choosing a correct land management strategy. The Liguria Region in Northern Italy is characterized by a wide geological and geomorphological variety, encompassing an important and valuable geoheritage. In Liguria, a regional law (L.R. 39/2009) protect and enhance geodiversity and geosites, establishing the Regional Inventory of Geosites. However, an approved official inventory is still lacking. In the present work a first reasoned inventory of 120 geosites is proposed for the Liguria Region, based on field surveys and literature review. A quantitative assessment of the value and the degradation risk was carried out. The value assessment takes into account the scientific value, the additional (aesthetic and cultural) value and the potential for use value; these three values are combined to obtain a total value (Q). Nine geosites obtain a Q value higher than 4: these geosites are among the best known of the Liguria region and are already exploited for tourism, such as the Palmaria and Tino islands, the Portovenere cliffs, the Gambatesa Mine, the Mt. Ramaceto sandstones, the Fascette Gorge, the S. Bernardino karst plateau, the Capo Mortola nummulitic limestones, the ophiolite outcrops of the Beigua Geopark and Framura. The degradation risk assessment takes into account both fragility and vulnerability of the geosites. The geosites selected and assessed in the present research will be implemented in the Regional Inventory of Geosites. Moreover, the results provides the necessary ground for interested parties to take actions for the implementation of effective regional geoconservation strategy or environmental management plan. </span></span></p>

scholarly journals Assessing Heritage Significance: Decision Support Tools for Managing Landscape's Cultural Value in Southern Italy

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 647-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppina Cassalia
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Support Tools

The paper presents a three year research project aiming to design a methodological model for a management plan applicable to a cultural landscape case study, like Area Grecanica, Calabria, Italy. Its argued that the management planning should be seen as upstream activity of the intervention, with a view to the process related to territorial changes, the theme of sustainable development and the revitalization of place identity, as a tool for heritage recognition on a global scale, such as UNESCO WHS. In conclusion, the paper proposes a management plan "participated monitoring", seeking the involvement and participation of all landscape actors, setting as its scope to bring technical and common knowledge together in planning management.

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