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Emergency-Proof Tourism: The Heritage of Industrial Archaeology in Internal Areas as a Potential for a Sustainable Tourism

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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".

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Dr. Valentina Talu

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Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning (DADU), University of Sassari, Alghero, Italy
Interests: participatory design; policies for urban re-generation; design for promoting accessibility at various scales

Prof. Dr. Arnaldo Cecchini

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Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning (DADU), University of Sassari, Alghero, Italy
Interests: participation; urban models; walkability; healthy cities; right to the city
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Dr. Nađa Beretić

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Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning (DADU), University of Sassari, Alghero, Italy
Interests: urban design; public space; participation; place theories; public art; cultural landscape and heritage

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Dear Colleagues,

One of the activities most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is tourism.

Even before the pandemic, the impressive growth of the tourism sector around the world has posed significant problems of environmental and social sustainability in recent years. The so-called “overtourism” phenomenon and reactions of residents around the world against it were only a telltale sign of critical issues that are caused by the often-uncontrolled growth of visitors.

The pandemic abruptly interrupted this trend due to the difficulty in moving around, the restrictions and lockdowns, etc. The fear of infection caused a reduction in the number of tourists by about two-thirds.

When the acute phase of the pandemic is over, it is most likely that a tourism upturn would include very different ways and kinds of tourism compared with those of the past.
It is not unreasonable to think that a more distributed tourism, in space and time, will be favored, reducing the pressure on the most congested places and extending the fruition to wider areas.
For some time now, alternative ways of tourism have been gaining importance in the tourism sector. This includes slow tourism, environmental tourism, ethical tourism, experiential tourism, tourism linked to knowledge, and care for places, all of which have enhanced and increased tourism in inland areas. It can be assumed that their importance will continue to grow in future circumstances.
Particular attention deserves that segment of tourism that is linked to the heritage of industrial archaeology, especially if the heritage is located in areas of great environmental interest (e.g. numerous mining sites).
This Special Issue aims to collect contributions that explore the topic of the heritage of industrial archaeology in internal areas as a potential for sustainable tourism, proposing analyses, case studies, projects, evaluations, and perspectives.

Dr. Nađa Beretić
Dr. Valentina Talu
Prof. Dr. Arnaldo Cecchini
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industrial archaeology
mining sites
experiential tourism
alternative tourism
overtourism

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Emergency-Proof Tourism: The Heritage of Industrial Archaeology in Internal Areas as a Potential for a Sustainable Tourism

by Nađa Beretić, Valentina Talu and Arnaldo Cecchini

Sustainability 2021, 13(7), 3911; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13073911 - 01 Apr 2021

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Instead of narrowly protecting the heritage, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention promotes a holistic development approach to respond to new societal challenges [...] Full article

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Participatory Urban Design for Touristic Presentation of Cultural Heritage Sites: The Case of Negotinske Pivnice (Wine Cellars) in Serbia

by Zoran Đukanović, Jelena Živković, Uroš Radosavljević, Ksenija Lalović and Predrag Jovanović

Sustainability 2021, 13(18), 10039; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su131810039 - 08 Sep 2021

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The growing perception of heritage as a public commodity encourages rural communities to recognize their natural and cultural heritage as a potential for tourism development. This creates the need for an appropriate presentation of heritage sites that ensures that their cultural and natural assets are appreciated and protected. “Negotinske pivnice” are cultural heritage sites in Serbia, nominated for the UNESCO World Heritage List. They are architectural complexes of wine cellars in rural region with a long tradition in wine production and industry and are unique in terms of their settlement structure. This emphasizes the spatial dimension of their interpretation and presentation, and highlights the importance of urban design for their sustainable use for tourism. Based on understanding urban design both as a process and a product, and cultural heritage site as a place, we argue that participatory urban design contributes to appropriate heritage presentation by widening design knowledge base to include local communities’ lay knowledge. Following the case study methodology, we explored the relationships between participatory process, the knowledge gained, and urban design solutions for presentation of cultural heritage sites as living places in “Wine Cellars of Negotin Participatory Urban Design” project. The research reveals that the wider knowledge base affects urban design at both strategic and project levels and sets the grounds for diverse presentation forms through which harmonization of heritage protection and touristic presentation is possible. Full article

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A Cultural Heritage Low Entropy Enhancement Approach: An Ex Post Evaluation of Creative Practices

by Maria Cerreta, Gaia Daldanise, Eleonora Giovene di Girasole and Carmelo Maria Torre

Sustainability 2021, 13(5), 2765; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13052765 - 04 Mar 2021

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According to the current European and Italian scenario related to urban regeneration, cultural and landscape heritage valorization is being enhanced by the activation of innovative processes and new emerging approaches. These involve the development of methodologies and tools that can address decision-making processes based on creative practices consistent with a concept named “low-entropy economy” in this paper. The low-entropy economy represents an economic approach based on the minimization of physical urban transformation and the enhancement of the existing heritage. In this perspective, the research aims to develop the Cultural Heritage Low Entropy Enhancement (CHLEE) approach by exploring how some frugal experiences have promoted cultural heritage enhancement and related complex values through a program of temporary uses and activities able to produce new values, where the human experience is essential. A crucial role is represented by the heterogeneity of creative practices that contribute to identifying and implementing innovative management and governance models. The analysis of creative practices, based upon the ex post evaluation of some Italian case studies across the PROMETHEE-GAIA multicriteria method, is able to show how these experiences build innovation ecosystems and improve the ex ante evaluation for new strategies and policies, underlining strengths, weaknesses, and milestones that shape creative experiences as drivers of urban competitiveness. Full article

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