Patrimonio territorial y desarrollo sostenible: Un estudio comparativo en Iberoamérica y España

Abstract

This paper intends to explore, through the comparative analysis o five study cases in Latin America and Spain, the relationships between territorial heritage and sustanaible development. In order to cope wth this aim, first, it should deep on the conceptual and methodological basis linked to both terms and, secondly, from then, to develop an empirical task which allow to recognize and to evaluate, on commom basis, the main characteristics of the territoriall heritage in each study area and their relationships with sustainable development. The analysis provides ambivalent conclusions, since together the evident richness of territorial heritage in all the study areas and their better relative socioeconomic development situation, it is found out an uneven explotaition of territorial resources and scarce attention to environmental sustainability.