The keyword is: sustainable development. The resources must be managed so that the economic, social and aesthetic needs can be met maintaing the cultural integrity, the essential ecological processes, the biological diversity and the life systems in the area at hand (development of the economic activities, sharing of the knowledges and of the goals among the citizens and passing them down to the next generations).
Being aware of how the Cinque Terre territory represents a priceless resource leads the local administrations to implement policies to support a social fabric made of small enterprises, in order to foster a fairer distribution of richness, and to offer the young generations the opportunity to be the protagonists in their villages, without being forced to leave their territories, that would feel the effects of such an abandonment.
