EU's development strategy integrates Economic, social and territorial cohesion. Besides, European Territorial Agenda and European Green Deal reinforce the need to rethink the territory's use and its resources. Moreover, the EU Urban Agenda argues that culture and heritage are key resources for resilient and sustainable development, including local culture, to enhance self-esteem and wealth. This understanding r...
The tertiarisation of society along the second half of the 20th century and the correlated growth of culture and leisure industries created an unprecedented pressure for change on historic centres, creating paradoxical relations between tourism, heritage preservation and urban development. This model of development provided a more intense cross-cultural confrontation, with the corresponding differences in recog...