Abstract

This contribution reports the activities carried out by LamoLab, a non-governmental organization for multi-domain and multi-scale research applied to cultural terraced landscapes. Terracing and dry-stone walling have been internationally recognized as carriers of cultural values and traditional knowledge. Lamole in Chianti (Italy) has served as a primary case study of terraced vineyards, where interdisciplinary research has been converging for almost a decade. The evolution of multi-sensor data acquisition in different spectral ranges, data-driven modelling and multi-scalar approaches performed over the years are mentioned, with specific attention to the evaluation of microclimate variations induced by dry-stone walls and how they affect plant growth, ripening, and production. The results already obtained from data processing and analysis are described, although the work is still progressing. The ongoing research and future projects of LamoLab are reported for developing methodologies to understand the parameters that are critical for the effective restoration and functioning of the dry-stone walled vineyards and construct performance-oriented design strategies to enable knowledge-based design processes.

Highlights

  • Terracing is considered one of the most evident anthropogenic footprints on the landscape

  • This traditional agro-hydraulic system represents a longstanding and intimate relationship between humankind and nature. Some of these “Cultural landscape” sites, with peculiar value, are protected by UNESCO and inscribed in the World Heritage List (UNESCO, 1979), from rice terraces in China and Philippines to the typical Italian terraced landscapes (Costiera Amalfitana and Portovenere, Cinque Terre). Another international recognition of the specific agricultural value of terraces has been given by FAO - Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), for recovering traditional knowledge, farm resilience, food security, cultural identity, agrobiodiversity, and landscape peculiarity criteria

  • The study allowed the production of 3D models from aerial-based (UAV) photogrammetry of the Grospoli I vineyard, both in the VIS and TIR spectral range

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Summary

Terraced landscapes

Terracing is considered one of the most evident anthropogenic footprints on the landscape. This traditional agro-hydraulic system represents a longstanding and intimate relationship between humankind and nature Some of these “Cultural landscape” sites, with peculiar value, are protected by UNESCO and inscribed in the World Heritage List (UNESCO, 1979), from rice terraces in China and Philippines to the typical Italian terraced landscapes (Costiera Amalfitana and Portovenere, Cinque Terre). Another international recognition of the specific agricultural value of terraces has been given by FAO - Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), for recovering traditional knowledge, farm resilience, food security, cultural identity, agrobiodiversity, and landscape peculiarity criteria.

The case study of Lamole
Research on the field
The adopted methodologies
Methodology Photogrammetry
Obtained results
Ongoing and future research
Conclusions
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