in lava stone to the characteristic paving in strips of basalt, to weeding the roads, freeing
land of stones, and so on.
The same is true for the possible restoration and/or rehabilitation of rural buildings and
their dependent buildings along the itineraries, with the aim of reusing them for accom-
modation9.
4.4. Management modes
The indication in the methodological plan of four parties for the management of the itin-
eraries - the towns, the regional government, the park board, and individuals - is coher-
ent with the total project of the Regional Development Program, which tends towards
involving several parties, including individuals, in completing the works necessary in or-
der to reach its social and economic objectives.
In our case the towns should provide the financial resources for bringing into being the
means of implementing the itineraries, directly taking charge of the works and acquiring
the buildings to be rehabilitated or, in this last case, involving private individuals with
contributions towards the rehabilitation expenses.
The presence of the regional government among the parties comes from the legislative
disposition (art. 34 of the Regional Law [L.R.] no. 14/88) on the priority that is given to
regional aid to towns whose territory is all or in part within the confines of the park for
the rehabilitation of traditional rural buildings, for the rural road network, for nature ex-
cursions.
The presence of the park board, instead, comes from the text of the same article of law
that states that the pluriannual economic-social plan and the annual action plans of the
board can include the realization of works and intervention aimed at adding value to the
protected area in the territories of the towns interested in the park, even those outside
the perimeter of the park itself.
There is a clear desire on the part of the region at a legislative level to involve the park
board in the financing and the coordination of the town initiatives that are outside the
protected area, but are aimed at adding value to the land around it, seen in its entirety as
a landscape value related to the agricultural spaces to be protected and rehabilitated.
5. Considerations and conclusion
The study, beyond the case-study examined, seeks to be a contribution, albeit a modest
one, to understanding the process that must govern policies of territorial organization
and development, represented in the following diagram:
PROBLEM ÷ THESIS ÷ HYPOTHESIS ÷ VERIFICATION ÷ PROPOSAL
Once the theme-cum-problem is established, one or more theses for its solution are for-
mulated. The hypothesis that realizes the thesis is considered as the condition the verifi-
cation of which controls the validity of the theses; it must have objectives and contents
that are coherent with the theses.
The formulation of the hypothesis functions to create further research (verification) from
which the hypothesis itself can more or less be confirmed. This research must be con-
9 Ibidem.