Methodological Advances in the Analysis, Assessment, and Management of the Andalusian Industrial Landscape

Abstract

This paper aims to show the progress and first results of a research project that has as objective the design of a methodological, conceptual and operational base, capable of offering theoretical and technical support that allows to identify and characterize industrial landscapes, contribute to the knowledge and analysis of its values and define basic intervention criteria that support its protection, conservation and use based on its heritage and cultural consideration. In the design of this methodological proposal, special attention has been given to the complexity, specificity and identity of these industrial landscapes since their consideration as cultural landscapes. Likewise, the study of these landscapes has been approached through a comprehensive proposal that contemplates the different factors that influence its definition and puts into dialogue disciplines that usually work independently in the study of the landscape. The testing of this methodology is being carried out in a specific case of Andalusian industrial landscape.