Evaluation of Landscape Quality in Valencia’s Agricultural Gardens—A Method Adapted to Multifunctional, Territorialized Agrifood Systems (MTAS)

Sandra Mayordomo-Maya and Jorge Hermosilla-Pla
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Sandra Mayordomo-Maya: ESTEPA Researh Group Estudios del Territorio, Paisaje y Patrimonio (Studies on Territory, Landscape and Heritage), Department of Geography, Universitat de València, Avenida Blasco Ibañez 28, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Jorge Hermosilla-Pla: ESTEPA Researh Group Estudios del Territorio, Paisaje y Patrimonio (Studies on Territory, Landscape and Heritage), Department of Geography, Universitat de València, Avenida Blasco Ibañez 28, 46010 Valencia, Spain

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-31

Abstract: Multifunctional agrifood systems with noteworthy roots in a territory are the result of a historical yet dynamic specialization. They are present in the place’s knowledge, social connections, collective action, the organization of institutions, innovation and capital. These systems are seen in the landscape, which becomes a resource as well as cultural and environmental heritage. In this regard, it is necessary to study the significance of the many aspects of heritage and landscape in agrifood systems to suitably manage and appreciate them as a territorial resource. This study develops and applies a quantitative method with various criteria to enable the landscape values of multifunctional, territorialized agrifood systems (MTAS in Spanish) to be evaluated, paying attention to essential matters such as the process of heritage recognition and the quality of their landscapes. To do so, a method designed by the authors for evaluating landscapes has been adapted to the peculiarities that define such systems, made up of criteria such as representativeness, authenticity, ecological integrity, vulnerability, accessibility and historical, social and symbolic values. The method has been applied to an exemplary Mediterranean landscape, the agricultural gardens of Valencia, which combine features of MTAS in metropolitan and coastal flatland contexts.

Keywords: agrifood system landscape; evaluation of landscape heritage; Huerta of Valencia; agricultural gardens; evaluation method; heritage management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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