Los Parques Patrimonialesun Instrumento de Desarrollo Sostenible

Abstract

In the last years, the regional economic development has integrated basic strategic tools: the concepts of "cultural landscape" and "heritage park". Both are a sustainable approach, which combine the conservation and the territorial development. During the first decades of the 21th century, the concepts of "cultural landscape" and "heritage park" have appeared on the scene of the regional science as an opportunity for the future for a territory with a specific topic, a singular history, proper means of access, landscapes with high valor and a collective cultural identity. In this sense, we study an specific project focused on the heritage park of the Nile river between the modern town of Aswan and the First Cataract. The decline of the landscape undergone in this area during the last years together with the opportunities of development of its millenary landscape convert this proposal into an optimal alternative based on an attractive touristic activity, which avoids a major deterioration. Moreover, it is an incentive for the culture, the local identity and the economic development.