Mountain Roads as Heritage Objects: Towards a Typology of Heritage Status Development Processes

This paper describes how the examination of the historical and socio-cultural processes involved in establishing mountain roads as heritage objects suggests that heritage development situations can be modeled in terms of 4 major categories (labeled A, B, C and D). The resulting typology is presented in conjunction with a number of interpretative keys that can be used to define a road’s heritage development status and it is illustrated by examples from the Alps, the Himalayas and the Andes. A road’s heritage status is generally related to its specific historical and/or physical characteristics. The model presented here can be used to analyze the evolution of this status over different scales of time and space. This paper concentrates on the history and tourism aspects of heritage development, as they are essential factors in the spatial and regional dynamics of mountain areas.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Conference on Transport Research Society

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  69363 Lyon cedex 07,   France 
• Authors:
  • Bernier, Xavier
• Conference:
  • 11th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Berkeley CA, United States
  • Date: 2007-6-24 to 2007-6-28
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 9p
• Monograph Title: 11th World Conference on Transport Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cultural resources; Forest roads; Historic preservation; Mountain roads; Rural highways; Tourism; Types of roads by environment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Typology
• Geographic Terms: Alps; Andes; Himalayas
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01124445
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 23 2009 7:40AM