Paisajes invisibles. El viñedo en el área periurbana del Gran Mendoza (Argentina) a la luz de la Carta del Paisaje de las Américas

The article focuses on the vineyard landscape in the periurban area of Greater Mendoza, which is threatened by the advance of urbanization with the loss of vineyard and olive grove properties in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The preservation of this landscape is a priority, not only because of its economic and productive value, but also because of its environmental, identity and cultural values. However, this landscape is disappearing and is invisible both to those who live in it and to those who should be protecting and managing it from the public sphere. This paper proposes its analysis through the Landscape Charter of the Americas (LCA) by means of the strata which, according to this document, make up the American landscape. The results show the possibilities of this Charter as an operational instrument to identify the components, their relationships and interdependencies, as well as to reveal their "character", values, potential and the underlying conflicts. They provide guidelines for the management and design of catalogues which ensure their protection.