Mapas de valoración. Incorporación de valores inmateriales en la valoración del patrimonio edificado

Built heritage is not only related to material but also to nonmaterial heritage which increases its value. Historic centers are more than an ensemble of heritage buildings; they are the summary of built heritage and its intangible component (history, social behavior, etc) which grants significance to the first. In the search of a more comprehensive view of built heritage a tool called Value Maps that pretends to link nonmaterial heritage to a GIS system in order to find how it affects an specific monument or a historic centre. This tool was tested in the historic town of Cuenca-Ecuador, mapping festivities and vocational uses. The information gathered by the tool become an input to establish broader ascribed values in the value assesment section of a newly created Inventory System (Registry and Catalogue Fiches, VlirCPM Project) for the city.