This paper examines the relationship between landscape, architecture, and heritage valorisation in the historic town of Alcaraz (Albacete, Spain), a rural settlement affected by extreme depopulation. Despite its rich architectural heritage, the town faces demographic decline and the loss of functions. Framed within debates on adaptive reuse and territorial regeneration, the study draws on historical sources, urban morphology, visual materials, archival records, and demographic data to explore the links between landscape and the built environment. It highlights the limits of heritage-led regeneration in shrinking rural areas and calls for integrated strategies connecting heritage, landscape, and territorial development
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Esther Almarcha Núñez-Herrador
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0002-4141-1530
Titolo del capitolo
Alcaraz: Landscape, Architecture and Heritage Valorisation Processes in Contexts of Extreme Depopulation in Castilla-La Mancha
Autori
José Manuel López Torán, Esther Almarcha Núñez-Herrador
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.28
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
Sottotitolo del libro
14th International Congress Barcelona-Girona, 4-7 November
Curatori
Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-1113-0
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-1112-3
Collana
ReUso