02288nas a2200349   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001300043653002300056653001900079653001500098653001200113653002100125653003700146653001700183653002200200653002200222653002500244653002400269653002500293653002400318653002500342653001200367100002600379700001900405700001900424245017100443856014300614490000700757520115400764022002001918                                       d10aCold War10acultural landscape10aDriving forces10aResilience10aRomania10aSaxon population10aTangible and intangible heritage10aTransylvania10acultural heritage10aEconomic analysis10aecosystem resilience10alandscape structure10amigratory population10apolitical discourse10aquestionnaire survey10avillage1 aIleana Patru-Stupariu1 aMarioara Pascu1 aMatthias Burgi00aExploring Tangible and Intangible Heritage and its Resilience as a Basis to Understand the Cultural Landscapes of Saxon Communities in Southern Transylvania (Romania)  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85067312898&doi=10.3390%2fsu11113102&partnerID=40&md5=c5df3852e000ae57afde7440e84716300 v113 aLandscape researchers tend to reduce the diversity of tangible heritage to physical aspects of cultural landscapes, from the wealth of intangible heritage they focus on land-use practices which have a direct and visible impact on the landscape. We suggest a comprehensive assessment of both tangible and intangible heritage, in order to more accurately assess the interconnection of local identity and the shaping of cultural landscapes. As an example, we looked at Saxon culture and cultural landscapes in southern Transylvania (Romania), where we assessed features of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, identified their resilience and the driving forces of their change. Our analysis, based on 74 interviews with residents in ten villages in southern Transylvania, showed a high resilience of tangible heritage and a low resilience of intangible heritage. A major factor responsible for changes in the Saxon heritage was a decline in the population at the end of the Cold War, due to migration, driven by political and economic factors. We conclude by discussing the specific merits of such an analysis for integrated landscape management.  a20711050 (ISSN)