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Agricultural terraced systems of the tuscan archipelago: typological analysis and recovery possibilities of dry stone walls

  • Paolo Armanasco
  • Leonardo Conti
  • Michele Moretta
  • Alberto Masoni
  • Stefano Camiciottoli
  • Enrico Palchetti

In the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, dry-stone walls represent an extensive cultural heritage in state of generalized abandonment. Considering the multifunctionality recognized to surviving terraced systems needs to be safeguarded through surveys aimed at providing characterization and indications for possible recovery interventions. After a preliminary quantitative G.I.S. remote analysis, qualitative characterization of the realities deemed most significant was carried out by on-site surveys. 48 sample areas have been analyzed by studying parameters related to constructive, functional aspects and state of conservation. A variety of construction and management techniques has been found and it appears that there are strong differences in the state of conservation even between neighboring fields: on one side farmers and virtuous private individuals who maintain the terraces, on the other side, abandoned areas where the decay produces a fragmentation of the landscape continuity and originates sometimes non-negligible potential danger situations. Thus, technical indications are proposed for the restoration of degraded structures requiring priority interventions.

  • Keywords:
  • dry stone walls,
  • features analysis,
  • state of conservation,
  • land abandonment,
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Paolo Armanasco

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0000-4752-5160

Leonardo Conti

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-4181-5893

Michele Moretta

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0008-0942-9256

Alberto Masoni

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-5473-4649

Stefano Camiciottoli

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0002-7180-1692

Enrico Palchetti

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-8815-1134

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Agricultural terraced systems of the tuscan archipelago: typological analysis and recovery possibilities of dry stone walls

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Paolo Armanasco, Leonardo Conti, Michele Moretta, Alberto Masoni, Stefano Camiciottoli, Enrico Palchetti

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Italian

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10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.31

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2024

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© 2024 Author(s)

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Tenth International Symposium "Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques"

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Livorno (Italy) 11th-13th June 2024

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Laura Bonora, Marcantonio Catelani, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci

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2024

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© 2024 Author(s)

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Firenze University Press

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10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6

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