The “Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato”. A UNESCO Case Study Between Persistence and Change

The UNESCO World Heritage SiteWorld Heritage Site entitled the “Vineyard LandscapeVineyard landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and MonferratoLanghe-Roero and Monferrato” has been introduced by examining the current driving forces of changeChanges. Both internal and external, they affect its system, structure, and characteristics. In the same way, its six components and the two associated buffer zones have been described by providing indications related to the local tangible and intangible permanencesPermanences that characterize this Italian hilly landscape. Despite some major factors of changeChanges detected by analysing the SWOT analysis among the ‘Threats’ and ‘Weaknesses’ listed, as well as by the literature reviewLiterature review, both the application file and the management planManagement plan do not include specific resilienceResilience-oriented discourses related to its social component.