loures landscape management plan

INTERREG IV C
REGIONAL INITIATIVE PROJECT
EUROSCAPES
Launching Conference
LOURES LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PLAN
MUNICIPALITY OF LOURES
PORTUGAL
MARNE-LA-VALLÉE / VAL MAUBUÉE
18th of FEBRUARY, 2010
• What we have
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• What we lack
Planning instruments
– Loures master plan under revision.
– Regional plan for the metropolitan area of Lisbon.
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Management of our landscape and cultural
heritage resources.
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Experience regarding communication and
training.
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Techniques of involvement of local actors.
Studies and diagnosis
– From Loures green plan
Soil ecological value
Geo-morphological units
Natural heritage
Potential vegetation
...
– From Loures built cultural heritage evaluation.
Identification of old settlements
Conservation state of buildings
Functional profile
...
•Objectives of Loures Landscape Management Plan
– Cultural heritage
• Management strategy preventing the
degradation of built cultural heritage.
• Study the possibility of tax benefits’
policies for cultural heritage
rehabilitation.
• Study modes of attracting private
investment for cultural heritage.
– Landscape
• Study modes of increasing the
production of high quality items from
agriculture and herding: wine, cheese,
biological vegetables.
• Study regulations for non-aedificandi
areas.
• Make public the actual potential of the
abandoned land for its multi-functional
use: studies on biodiversity, nature
conservation, sustainable tourism, recreation and
aesthetic fruition.
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Involvement of local actors
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Foster the creation of partnerships
between enterprises and public institutions
for landscape and cultural heritage
protection.
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Organize meetings with local schools:
teachers and students towards the
dissemination of the project.
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Involve property owners and local
entrepreneurs (farmers, wine producers,
sheep and goat raisers, tourism agents).
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Involve local cultural and recreational
associations.
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Foster the creation of networks of common
interests.
Involvement of external actors
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Universities and research centers.
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Government institutes.
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Media (dissemination of the project ideas).
We need external expertise and support on techniques of
sensitization and involvement of local actors
• towards the understanding of non-urbanized areas
as resources for leisure, sustainable tourism, sports,
the study of biodiversity ...
• Territorial limit of the plan
Area of the plan 80: squared kilometers
Municipality of Loures: 168 squared kilometers
Landscape diagnosis of an old town center
• Diagnosis and studies to be produced and completed
– Economic data
• Up-to-date and accurate data on active agriculture areas, herding parcels,
agriculture abandonment and cynegetic areas.
• Existing economic activities and companies in the area of study.
• Identification of potential investors in the field of agriculture, derivative
products, sustainable tourism, recreational and cultural activities.
– Social data
• Up-to-date and accurate data on the local population. Info from last census
(2001) is outdated.
• Production of specific surveys on:
– People’s intentions and expectations regarding the land they own or inhabit.
– Social and cultural practices associated with the territory they inhabit.
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
G.I.S.
PLANNING
DOCUMENTS :
PROT-AML(1),
PDM(2), LOURES
GREEN PLAN
GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION
SYSTEM
RAISING
AWARENESS OF
INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL
ACTORS
COMMUNICATION
LOURES
CULTURAL
HERITAGE AND
LANDSCAPE
MANAGEMENT
PLANS
STRATEGY FOR
RURAL PATHS
AND CULTURAL
PROMENADES
STRATEGY FOR
WATER COURSES
AND NARROW
VALLEYS
STRATEGY FOR
ACTIVE
AGRICULTURE,
VINEYARDS,
HERDING
STRATEGY FOR
AGRICULTURAL
ABANDONMENT
AND FOREST:
BIODIVERSITY
STRATEGY FOR
RURAL
SETTLEMENTS
AND OLD TOWN
CENTRES
(1) PROTAML – REGIONAL PLAN FOR THE METROPOLITAN AREA
OF LISBON
(2) PDM – LOURES MASTER PLAN