摘要：Globalization and local territorial identity are two concepts placed in opposite "hemispheres", but the political social, economical and cultural reality shows close links between them. The need to identify a course for the territorial development which should be anchored in the two contradictory processes represents the success key to the contests in which the territories compete. In this context, the present study focuses on the issue of sustainable local development of the ".ara" (land) type territories in Romania, by following a development model that should properly capitalize the identity feature of these rural areas. The working plan consists of three subpoints: the conceptualization of the territorial identity, the territorial identity capitalized in the local development process and the perspectives of shaping the local development based on the local identity distinctiveness. The conclusion is that, by being placed into a coherent process of local development, by appealing to "smart" types of territorial management tools, the distinctiveness of the ".ara" type territories can be sustainably capitalized. The identity and local heritage represent central elements around which one must rethink their development and the community should reconfigure its relation with the territory.
关键词：territorial identity; heritage; local developement model; ".ara" ; type areas
