Seventh International Conference on

INFORMATICS AND URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNINGPlanning Support Tools: Policy Analysis, Implementation and Evaluation

Department of Land Engineering

University of Cagliari (Italy)

A NEW LANDSCAPE PLANNING APPROACHto Areas with a strongly Rural Matrix

Cialdea Donatella

L.a.co.s.t.a. Laboratory,

University of Molise, Italy

University of Cagliari (Italy)

10-12 May 2012

The new Landscape Plan

�Two fundamental objectives

� the capacity to read the landscape and

� the definition of landscape quality aims

are combined with the obviously important potential of the new Landscape Plan which aims to act on three fronts

Conservation

Re-qualification

Sustainable Development

Metodology

Territorial Analysis

Resource Systems State Grid

Data collation

FINAL GRID

Landscape Quality

Aims

Five Resource Systems

VALUES

Natural Zones,

Protected Areas

DETRACTORS

Seismic, hydrological,

Landslide,0 restrictions

Physical-Environmental R. S.

Landscape-Visual R. S.

VALUE

Landscape areas restrictions

Residual areas

DETRACTORS

Landscape detractors elements

Visibility

Five Resource Systems

Historical-Cultural R. S.VALUES

Archaeological,

Urban and Architectural

Restrictions

DETRACTORS

Accessibility

State of conservation

Agricultural-Productive R. S. Demographic-Tourism R. S.

Diachronic maps

The Actual State (A) starts with the present state of territorial planning in the Actual

Landscape Plans. In particular it was decided to take into consideration the “map of

territorial qualities” which identifies the elements present within the territory whose

importance is such to have warranted their localisation and selection,

characterisation and appraisal.

Diachronic maps

The Evolutional State (E) is described through a comparison between two

representations of the territory made forty years apart. The aim is to highlight the

main changes in land use within the region. The vegetation map of the Molise

region was created according to two temporal horizons/two different periods: the

post-Second World War period (indicative reference date: 1954) and the

beginning of the 1990s (indicative reference date: 1992).

Diachronic maps

The final is the Previsional State (P), created for reading the territorial data in

relation to the previsions indicated by the planning tools presently in force.

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• A comprehensive framework for landscape features was created

in which the coastal area was divided into two sub-areas.

• The demarcation is essentially determined by the Biferno river.

• To the right of Biferno is the area where the soil fertility is higher

and where farming is well-developed, also as a result of the land

The Coastal Area

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and where farming is well-developed, also as a result of the land

reclamation.

• The area to the left of the Biferno river shows the most signs of

this phenomenon connected with the expansion of man’s presence,

to the expansion of the Termoli’s urban area and to the industrial

zone in particular.

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• The area is divided into two sub-areas on covering the northern

and western parts and the other the eastern and southern parts.

• The boundary is determined both by the position of the major

peaks and the presence of State Road SS86.

• The northern sub-area with the villages overlooking the Sangro

The Mountain Area

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• The northern sub-area with the villages overlooking the Sangro

valley, has the higher mountains then the southern area.

• The predominant form of settlement, due to the orographical-

pedological-climatic difficulties, is centralized, while in rural areas

isolated houses and groups of habitations are almost absent

Conclusions

• The non-urban areas are the central object of attention as they are

no longer just linked to agricultural production, but are more

increasingly connected to the creation of services for the population,

• while maintaining landscape quality remains a necessity, with its

identifying features and the diversity coming from the traditions of these

places.

• It is evident that there is a need to overcome the restrictive sense of

“perceived landscape” (and therefore of perception based only on the

visual qualities of the landscape) and to exalt the principle of

sustainable development.

• A development that cannot be identified with a default model but must

fit into and be created around individual local realities with the aim of

enhancing and celebrating diversity.