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Multifunctional Ecological Networks as Framework for Landscape and Spatial Planning in Italy

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Urban Services to Ecosystems

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Faced with increasingly frequent environmental emergencies and related challenges (climate change, biodiversity loss, natural habitat destruction and fragmentation, soil consumption), this paper argues that overall territorial resilience can greatly benefit by developing innovative landscape planning solutions to address territorial management concerns. A specific land management option, the Multifunctional Ecological Networks or Green Infrastructures, offers an advisable approach for territorial regeneration and wasteland reuse especially in urban and peri-urban areas. This approach integrates strategic objectives based on area multifunctionality and sustainability of actions into planning activity at different landscape scales. By taking into account the genius loci of each context and maintaining a clear vision of the preservation of biodiversity and Natural Capital, the Multifunctional Ecological Network approach represents a key resource in landscape planning that can strategically balance many different needs. This contribution offers a comparative analysis of a number of Green Infrastructures introduced as landscape and spatial planning tools at regional and provincial (metropolitan area) scales to examine the potential benefits of implementing Multifunctional Ecological Networks.

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  1. Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA, Rome, Italy

    Serena D’Ambrogi & Matteo Guccione

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  1. Serena D’Ambrogi
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  1. Department of Life Sciences and Facility Management (LSFM), Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR), Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Wädenswil, Switzerland

    Chiara Catalano

  2. Department of Planning, Design, Technology of Architecture (PDTA), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Maria Beatrice Andreucci

  3. Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF) – Botanical Unit, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Riccardo Guarino

  4. Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), Unit of Pisa, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy

    Francesca Bretzel

  5. Department of Architecture, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Manfredi Leone

  6. Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), Unit of Palermo, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Palermo, Italy

    Salvatore Pasta

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D’Ambrogi, S., Guccione, M. (2021). Multifunctional Ecological Networks as Framework for Landscape and Spatial Planning in Italy. In: Catalano, C., Andreucci, M.B., Guarino, R., Bretzel, F., Leone, M., Pasta, S. (eds) Urban Services to Ecosystems . Future City, vol 17. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75929-2_14

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