The term ‚territorial identity‛, in its wide meaning, has to be preferred to ‚regional identity‛, as it better defines the sense of belonging to a place. The adjective ‚regional‛ makes reference to some defined spatial dimension, an enclosed space, which somehow represents a limit and ends by colliding with the idea of belonging to a private ‚where‛. The word ‚territory‛ seems to be the most proper one to connote the process of organization in a physical space, irrespective of its extension. For this reason, it does not deal with the ‚region‛, meant as a piece of land limited by borders, but with ‚territory‛, as a more open space. The interest of economic geographers for the relationships between territorial identity and development results quite evident; the best way to animate the economy and the wealth of a territory is undoubtedly represented by an endogenous approach to the socio-economic development, which focuses on local places and resources and on the participation of all main players in the territory. It is necessary to look inside the territory in order to discover and recover, and sometimes invent, the ‚territorial identity‛, which then becomes an instrument to identify the specific resources, potentially coming from a territory, and to define different strategies to be able to face those menacing forces against the socio economic wealth. Such an approach enables to connect people to the territory and to stir that local awareness, that geo-cultural unity, upon which it will be later possible to build the proper sense of development: namely the territory.

Territorial Identity and Rural Development: Organic Viticulture in Apulia Region and Languedoc Roussillon

Simona Giordano
2019-01-01

Abstract

The term ‚territorial identity‛, in its wide meaning, has to be preferred to ‚regional identity‛, as it better defines the sense of belonging to a place. The adjective ‚regional‛ makes reference to some defined spatial dimension, an enclosed space, which somehow represents a limit and ends by colliding with the idea of belonging to a private ‚where‛. The word ‚territory‛ seems to be the most proper one to connote the process of organization in a physical space, irrespective of its extension. For this reason, it does not deal with the ‚region‛, meant as a piece of land limited by borders, but with ‚territory‛, as a more open space. The interest of economic geographers for the relationships between territorial identity and development results quite evident; the best way to animate the economy and the wealth of a territory is undoubtedly represented by an endogenous approach to the socio-economic development, which focuses on local places and resources and on the participation of all main players in the territory. It is necessary to look inside the territory in order to discover and recover, and sometimes invent, the ‚territorial identity‛, which then becomes an instrument to identify the specific resources, potentially coming from a territory, and to define different strategies to be able to face those menacing forces against the socio economic wealth. Such an approach enables to connect people to the territory and to stir that local awareness, that geo-cultural unity, upon which it will be later possible to build the proper sense of development: namely the territory.
2019
978-88-942641-2-8
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