Enhancement policies of sheep tracks network and local development: a renewed challenge for Abruzzo. − Abruzzo cultural landscape has been shaped by the practice of transhumance, which supported the process of urban transformation and economically sustained the social fabric. The inclusion, in 2019, of transhumance in the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage gave a chance to rethink regional initiatives aimed at defining projects for the enhancement of sheep tracks which testify the will to create new tourist opportunities and to activate broader local development projects. The “Parcovie 2030 - The Transhumance that unites” project fits into this context. The aim of this paper is to verify the progress of this project (with a critical assessment of the role played by governance), considering the potentialities of the territory, also with regard to the demographic and socio-economic capital endowment shown by the areas crossed by these paths.

Nell’ambito di una rilettura del rapporto città-campagna chiamato  oggi a sconfessare posizioni contrappositive per aderire ad una visione e programmazione territoriale integrata, il presente contributo si propone di ripercorrere il rapporto città-campagna costruito dalla città abruzzesi di L’Aquila e Sulmona.In particolare, si sottolineerà il ruolo della posizione delle due città di Conca intermontana poste lungo la storica “Via degli Abruzzi” che può annoverarsi, senz’altro, tra i grandi itinerari commerciali, diplomatici, culturali e militari dell’Italia trecentesca.