%0 Journal Article
%T Towards Integration of Rural Heritage in Rurban Landscapess. Case of Lithuanian Manor Residencies
%J American Journal of Tourism Management
%@ 2326-0645
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5923/j.tourism.20120102.04
%X Due to rapid urban expansion the limits between the urban and rural areas became blurred and hardly distinguishable; Traditional rural environment is also changing rapidly from the social, economic, and cultural points of view at the beginning of the 21st century. These changes, although presenting numerous opportunities for increasing quality of life and economic prosperity, simultaneously cause threats to the authenticity and even survival of the valuable relics of rural landscape, such as rural settlements, farmsteads, individual buildings, and the residencies of manors. The focus of this research is the manor residencies of Lithuanian. Throughout the history manor residencies functioned in the agricultural and natural environment; currently part of them are being affected by the expanding urban areas. These changes urge to search for the new approaches to management of this particular heritage in order to preserve its valuable features and to adapt it to the needs of contemporary society, such as tourism, recreation, cultural and creative industries, urban farming etc. The aim of our research was to develop the interdisciplinary guidelines for management of the residential ensembles of manors absorbed by the urban expansion. The guidelines include the ideas for maintaining and strengthening the centrality of the manor residencies, preserving their integrity, restoring cultural continuity, and for functional and design innovations and management of heritage and social conflicts in the peri-urban areas with heritage features. The attention to finding the connections between this rural heritage in the changing urban context and the concept tourism was given as well. The methods of the research included the analysis of literature and photographical surveys of the manor residencies in the territory of the city of Kaunas in Lithuania.
%K Urban Sprawl
%K Rurban Landscape
%K Manor Residence
%K Lithuania
%U http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.tourism.20120102.04.html