Peri-urban Conflicts and Environmental Challenges : A Mediterranean Perspective

Tomao, Antonio (EDT)/ Clemente, Matteo (EDT)

River Publishers（2022/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 124 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9788770226820
• DDC分類 307.76

Full Description

Urban expansion and the preservation of fringe landscapes are clearly interconnected issues. This book discusses the relationship between landscape and peri-urban agriculture and the possible implications of sustainable land management for fringe land quality, proposing a framework to evaluate the latent nexus between agro-forest systems and human settlements in Southern Europe. Eco-sustainable planning integrated with multi-faceted policy actions (social, economic, cultural and political dimensions) is a relevant approach to reinforce sustainability of fringe landscapes. Permanent assessment of these factors allows for the implementation of different development scenarios. The present work definitely contributes to systemic and multi-scale approaches informing environmental policies, with the aim of achieving an integrated management of peri-urban agricultural landscapes.

Contents

1. Conflicting Landscapes: Urban Fringes and Socioeconomic Transformations in Southern Europe 2. Densifying, Decompacting, Rethinking Cities: A Mediterranean Debate 3. Wildfires and the Local Context: An Empirical Analysis of a Peri-Urban District 4. From Deforestation to Forestation: The Long-term Experience of a Mediterranean Area 5. Welcome to 'Forestscapes': In Between Urban Reality and Rural Idyll