Abstract
The growing perception of heritage as a public commodity encourages rural communities to recognize their natural and cultural heritage as a potential for tourism development. This creates the need for an appropriate presentation of heritage sites that ensures that their cultural and natural assets are appreciated and protected. “Negotinske pivnice” are cultural heritage sites in Serbia, nominated for the UNESCO World Heritage List. They are architectural complexes of wine cellars in rural region with a long tradition in wine production and industry and are unique in terms of their settlement structure. This emphasizes the spatial dimension of their interpretation and presentation, and highlights the importance of urban design for their sustainable use for tourism. Based on understanding urban design both as a process and a product, and cultural heritage site as a place, we argue that participatory urban design contributes to appropriate heritage presentation by widening design knowledge base to include local communities’ lay knowledge. Following the case study methodology, we explored the relationships between participatory process, the knowledge gained, and urban design solutions for presentation of cultural heritage sites as living places in “Wine Cellars of Negotin Participatory Urban Design” project. The research reveals that the wider knowledge base affects urban design at both strategic and project levels and sets the grounds for diverse presentation forms through which harmonization of heritage protection and touristic presentation is possible.
Highlights
IntroductionIn the context of growing use of cultural heritage for tourism, there is a need for the appropriate use, interpretation and presentation of heritage sites, which ensures that local people are involved and benefit from their development, and that local cultural and natural assets are respected and protected
Accepted: 21 August 2021In the context of growing use of cultural heritage for tourism, there is a need for the appropriate use, interpretation and presentation of heritage sites, which ensures that local people are involved and benefit from their development, and that local cultural and natural assets are respected and protected.The purpose of this paper is to discuss community participation in urban design for presentation of cultural heritage sites (CHS), as a possible way to harmonize heritage conservation and tourism development in rural setting
(WCN PUD) project was studied in this paper as an example of a successful practice of use of community participation for CHS presentation through urban design, in the context of Serbia
Summary
In the context of growing use of cultural heritage for tourism, there is a need for the appropriate use, interpretation and presentation of heritage sites, which ensures that local people are involved and benefit from their development, and that local cultural and natural assets are respected and protected. The purpose of this paper is to discuss community participation in urban design for presentation of cultural heritage sites (CHS), as a possible way to harmonize heritage conservation and tourism development in rural setting. This research study is situated within the rural context of the Eastern Serbia and focuses on the investigation of the participatory urban design process and the results of that process, in order to reveal how can local communities’ knowledge guide urban design for an appropriate presentation of CHS. Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
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