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Urban Commerce and Protected Cultural Landscape
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: Received: 30 October 2018 / Approved: 31 October 2018 / Online: 31 October 2018 (07:41:09 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 13 December 2018 / Approved: 17 December 2018 / Online: 17 December 2018 (04:58:43 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 13 December 2018 / Approved: 17 December 2018 / Online: 17 December 2018 (04:58:43 CET)
A peer-reviewed article of this Preprint also exists.
Griñán Montealegre, M.; López Sánchez, M. Urban Commerce and Protected Cultural Landscape. Heritage 2019, 2, 72-85. Griñán Montealegre, M.; López Sánchez, M. Urban Commerce and Protected Cultural Landscape. Heritage 2019, 2, 72-85.
Abstract
By analyzing the urban landscape, this investigation focuses on commercial typologies in historical urban areas and its relationship with the urban landscape and its heritage values. Trade plays an essential role in historical urban areas, both in the past and in the present, since it is part of the urban landscape—creating it and modifying it, but also preserving it. Historical protected urban areas contain diverse elements reflecting the impacts of commercial activities that have existed in cities throughout history. At present, the urban landscape of commercial activity is made up of a multiplicity of typologies and formats which interact with the historical landscape and its values, using them to strengthen its strategies of attraction, differentiation, and sales. Shop owners contribute to the preservation of historic urban areas by maintaining the commercial functions within them. Therefore, we affirm that the role of commercial activity in the preservation of urban protected areas is essential. However, further research is needed because this aspect has not been addressed in depth by the scientific community specializing in the management of cultural heritage.
Keywords
urban commerce; cultural landscape; historic city; cultural heritage; management
Subject
Social Sciences, Ethnic and Cultural Studies
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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