Alto Douro Vinhateiro património da humanidade: a complexidade de um programa de preservação

• Main Authors: Lina Lourenço-Gomes, João Rebelo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Investigación Social y Turismo 2012-01-01
• Series: PASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=88123053002

The Alto Douro Wine Region (ADW) was listed by UNESCO in 2001 as a living and evolving cultural landscape. Besides the physical diversity of the landscape, there is amultiplicity of actors involved in ADW preservation defi ned at three levels: i) instruments and public entities (in terms of land management); ii) property rights defi nition and liability management (asset level); and iii) stakeholders (as regard the preservation effects). In this paper, we defi ne the relevant attributes to formulate a program to preserve and safeguard the ADW, based on the evidence suggested in a previous study, on the results of a pretest and using information from public discussions and meetings with experts. The research carried out shows that the attributes to consider are: (a) terraced vineyards supported by schist walls, (b) landscape mosaic with agricultural diversity, including plots planted with and bordered by traditional crops, (c) traditional agglomerations and built heritage and,(d) a price, expressed by an annual tax increase per household.