Les paysages comme outils pour un projet touristique de développement local des établissements humains de la micro région des Ziban

Abstract

Although the theme of the landscape is not recent, its consideration as a tool for territorial development projects, more particularly linked to tourism, is the subject of current concerns. Landscapes are exceptional sites, they refer to living spaces, production and recreation spaces, yet they remain essential for our economic and social development, thanks to the better mobilization of the natural and cultural resources they contain. This research focuses on the landscapes of the Ziban micro-region in Algeria, as an argument for tourism promotion. The culmination of this work is the proposal of a landscape characterization and a diagnosis of the tourist potential. To do this, a combined methodological choice of two analysis methods was used. The first method “Landscape character assessment” is based as much on the objective and subjective dimensions of the landscape in the realization of diagnosis. It makes it possible to characterize landscapes, understand their structures, to identify landscape resources and opportunities for tourism development. The method includes different stages, going first through a documentary analysis, by grouping the sources of information on the landscape. Then a cartography of the landscape which is based on the tools of the geographic information system (GIS), it results from the interaction between natural factors (relief, hydrography and vegetation) and human activities (land use). Followed by the inventory of the land which allows, among other things, to validate of all information collected during the mapping landscape, to identify the aesthetic and perceptual qualities and to describe the character of the landscapes. As the last step, the classification in the process of landscape characterization, which consists in identifying the characteristic elements, the types of landscape and the landscape units. The second method consists in determining the values of the tourism potential at the level of each landscape unit identified through a system of quantifiable criteria (attribution of scores for natural and cultural resources), which will allow the evaluation of the possibilities of tourism development. The results obtained will allow the construction of a landscape typology of the Ziban micro-region, the characterization of landscape units where a diversity of resources will emerge, the determination of the values of tourism potential and its consideration in sustainable tourism development projects.