A Multi-Methodological Decision-Making Process for Cultural Landscapes Evaluation: The Green Lucania Project

The paper introduces the multi-methodological decision-making process implemented in the ‘Green Lucania project’ by a multidisciplinary research group of University of Naples Federico II, Department of Architecture (DiARC), for the cultural landscape valorization of Pisticci municipality (Basilicata Region, Italy). To identify situated synergistic actions able to produce a network of ‘green’ shared values, an adaptive evaluation approach has been implemented, where Collaborative Spatial Decision-Making processes and Geo-Design approaches interplay. The multi-methodological decision-making process for cultural landscapes evaluation activates a fundamental link between knowledge and values, to transform this dialogue into goals and actions, identify key-values, explore decision opportunities and possible alternatives, explicate impacts and effects, and manage complex systems with multiple priorities related to multiple landscape values.