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Rey-Pérez, Julia; Dominguez-Ruiz, Victoria. (2020). Multidisciplinarity, Citizen Participation and Geographic Information System, cross-cutting strategies for sustainable development in rural heritage. The Case study of Valverde de Burguillos (Spain).

Revista: Sustainability, Volumen: 12, 1-22

Impacto: JCR (2019): 2.576, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, Q2 (120/265)

DOI:10.3390/su12229628

Abstract:
The pace at which cities grow and its impact on heritage management has meant that those heritage assets not linked to the traditionally monumental have been directly doomed to oblivion. The purpose of this article is to present a research methodology backed up by multidisciplinarity and stakeholders’ diversity that allows us to highlight the values and singular aspects of this rural heritage. To achieve this, a methodology was devised that is divided into three phases: mapping of human, cultural, and natural resources based on studies undertaken by the Public Sector Administration, experts, and the citizens themselves. The second phase involved the establishment of what to protect amongst all the stakeholders involved. Finally, the third stage entails integration of the information within an urban development framework. In order to work on the development of a diagnosis
from three highly dierent approaches, Geographic Information Systems was used as information management tools, as a means of contrasting it and performing a comprehensive analysis of the same. The development of such a holistic approach provided a patrimonial map of essential resources in the municipality to be taken into account to shape sustainable development strategies inherent to a rural environment of low density. The lack of this comprehensive approach when managing rural heritage in which citizens take on centre stage in decision-making processes unearths two fundamental issues: firstly, the ascertainment of the existence of cultural heritage hitherto abandoned, alongside the need to endow urban governance powers to the public administration, as it falls to them to spearhead this shift in public management.

Highlights:

phases of the methodology:
1. MAPPING RESOURCES (Table 2). Creation of a georeferenced database for alphanumeric and graphic information input.Management of spatial and thematic information.Handling of information on a Geographic Information System (GIS) basis,
data crossing, and generation of new information and points of view on the layers that comprise the project.Representation and output of information.
2. REACHING A CONSENSUS on what to protect. To develop this phase, a collaborative mapping strategy is used, which implies working in tandem with all the stakeholders involved.
3. INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION INTO THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK.