Trends of Transformation of Historic Small Towns in Landscape
Trends of Transformation of Historic Small Towns in Landscape

Summary/Abstract: Since the middle of the 20th century the significance of the historic towns has changed in the urban cadastre of Lithuania and in the hierarchy system of visual landmarks of landscape. In general, the landscape characteristics of the localities have an impact on the formation of the general vision of the country. Rural areas have accumulated cultural heritage distinguished by valuable characteristics that are considered to be as greatly valuable material to strengthen the identity of the country and to reveal the uniqueness of it. The active demographic, economic, social processes in the country have caused changes in the situation of those towns. Thus, it is important to predict and control the processes of transformations in those areas in order to support and shape the cultural identity of the local communities at the same time to preserve cultural landscape. The aim of the research is to study and structure the trends transformations of historic towns in landscape to be able to protect valuable rural historic urban structures as well as to suggest measures for their maintenance and management, with reference to the theoretical and practical analysis of the available material and the results of the empirical studies.

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