Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure: Perspectives from Spatial Planning in Italy

Foreword
Contents
About the Editors
Chapter 1: Challenges for Contemporary Spatial Planning in Italy. Towards a New Paradigm
1.1 Introduction
1.2 New Priorities for Urban Planning: Redefining the “Common Interest”
1.3 Ecosystem Services for Supporting a New Spatial Planning Paradigm
1.4 Green and Blue Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for the Resilient Regeneration of the Contemporary City
1.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 2: Urban Green Infrastructure: Opportunities and Challenges at the European Scale
2.1 Introduction
2.2 EU Initiatives for the Deployment of Multi-scale Green Infrastructure
2.3 Land Configuration and Urban Ecosystem Condition and Services in European Cities
2.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: The Green City: From a Vision to a Concept from National to European Perspectives
3.1 Green City – Vision, Goals and Targets
3.1.1 Guidelines for the Implementation of Nature Conservation in Urban Planning (Example Germany)
3.2 Green Infrastructure – Local Basic Concept of Green City
3.3 The European and Global Perspective
3.3.1 City Authorities
3.3.2 National Governments
3.3.3 The European Commission
References
Chapter 4: The Inertial Forces of Ecological Planning: How Planning Resists Conceptual Change
4.1 Introduction
4.2 An Archaeology of Silence
4.3 Beauty and the Beast
4.4 Planning for the State Apparatus
4.5 Beyond the Limits
References
Chapter 5: The Project of the Green Infrastructure in Lombardy Region. A Resilient Spatial Structure for the Landscape Plan
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Integrate Complex Value Systems and Update Knowledge. Mapping and Evaluating Ecosystem Services to Support the Landscape Plan
5.3 The Green Infrastructure (GI) as a Strategic Backbone of the Landscape Plan
5.4 Conclusions
References
Chapter 6: A Green Infrastructure in the Guidelines to Limit Land Consumption of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Landscape Plan
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Guidelines to Limit Land Consumption
6.3 From Land Consumption to a Green Infrastructure Strategic Framework
6.4 Relevant Strategies of the Green Infrastructure Strategic Framework
6.4.1 Raise Awareness About Green Infrastructure and Its Benefits
6.4.2 Preserve or Re-use Open Spaces in Peri-urban Areas
6.4.3 Landscape Mitigation for Industrial and Commercial Areas
6.4.4 Urban–Rural Connection and Landscape Practicability/Accessibility
6.4.5 Promote Urban, Peri-urban, and Rural Agriculture
6.4.5.1 Objective of Protecting and Reusing Agricultural Land
6.4.5.2 Objective of Promoting Multifunctional Agriculture
6.4.5.3 Objective of Promoting Urban Agriculture
6.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 7: The Landscape Planning and the Green Infrastructure in Campania Region
7.1 The Regional Territorial Plan (PTR) and the Guidelines for the Landscape
7.2 Campania Landscapes
7.3 The Regional Landscape Areas
7.4 Landscape Enhancement Through Provincial and Municipal Plans
7.5 The Regional Landscape Regeneration Projects
7.6 The Domitio-Flegreo Coastal Masterplan and the Green Infrastructure Project
7.7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 8: The Green Infrastructure Instrument for the Metropolitan Area of Naples: Experimentations Through Local Planning
8.1 Green Infrastructures and Ecosystem Services
8.1.1 New Issues for Urban Planning
8.1.2 Ecological Networks Among Regional, Metropolitan and Local Planning
8.2 Green Infrastructures and Ecosystem Services in Qualiano’s Municipality Plan
8.2.1 Territorial Contest
8.2.2 The Municipal Urbanism Plan and the Environment Regeneration Goals
8.2.3 Details of Green Infrastructures and Ecosystem Services Design
8.3 Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Green Infrastructure and Local Planning Processes: A Study Concerning the Metropolitan Context of Cagliari
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Materials and Methods
9.2.1 Case Study
9.2.2 Zoning Schemes
9.2.3 Methodology
9.3 Findings
9.4 Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 10: Ecosystem Services Integration into Local Policies and Strategies in the City of Bologna: Analysis of the State of the Art and Recommendations for Future Development
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Material and Methods
10.2.1 Case-Study Presentation
10.2.2 Methodology for the Analysis
10.2.2.1 Definition and Selection of UES
10.2.2.2 Definition and Selection of Relevant Policies to Be Analysed
Urban Planning Tools
Climate Policies
Environmental, Greening and Other Relevant Policies
10.2.2.3 Qualitative Content Analysis
10.3 Results
10.3.1 Overall References to UES
10.3.2 Detailed Results Per UES and Policy Document (Fig. 10.2)
10.3.3 Type of Action Related to UES
10.4 Discussion and Conclusion
10.4.1 Current Situation
10.4.2 Areas for Development
10.4.3 Conclusion
References
Chapter 11: The New Urban Plan of Rescaldina Municipality. An Experience for Improving Ecosystem Services Provision
11.1 A New Urban Planning Paradigm
11.2 Understanding the Planning System to Integrate Ecosystem Services in Urban Plans
11.3 Guiding the Planning Process Through Ecosystem Services Mapping and Assessment
11.4 Conclusions
References
Chapter 12: Identifying Ecosystem Service Hotspots to Support Urban Planning in Trento
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Selecting and Assessing Ecosystem Services
12.3 Mapping Hotspots of Multiple Ecosystem Services
12.4 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Chapter 13: Mapping Ecosystem Services, Disservices, and Ecological Requirements to Enhance Urban Forest Planning and Management in Padova
13.1 Introduction and Objectives
13.2 Case Study
13.3 Enhancing the Urban Tree Database
13.3.1 Assessing Ecosystem Services, Disservices, and Ecological Requirements of Urban Trees
13.3.2 Analysing Spatial Distribution Across the City
13.4 Ecosystem Services, Disservices, and Ecological Requirements of Urban Trees in Padova
13.5 Padova Urban Tree Database: From a Management to a Planning Support Tool
13.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 14: Messina. Green and Blue Infrastructures for the Re-urbanisation of the City
14.1 Articulation and Interaction of Risks
14.2 Messina: A Resilient and Anti-fragile City
14.3 An Incremental Frame for the Resilient Metamorphosis of Messina
14.4 The GBIs to Describe the Landscapes of Messina
14.5 Guidelines for the Environmental Infrastructures Project
14.6 The GBIs in Support of the Strategic Flagship Projects and Intervention Priorities
References
Chapter 15: Green Texture: Nature and Reuse in the Prato Operative Plan Legislation
15.1 The City of Prato
15.1.1 The City
15.2 The Operative Plan
15.2.1 A New Vision for the City
15.2.2 The Environment
15.2.3 The Contemporary Image of the City
References
Chapter 16: Green Infrastructure and Landscape Planning in a Sustainable and Resilient Perspective
16.1 Framing Sustainability and Resilience for Landscape and Green Infrastructure
16.2 Landscape Planning and Design Through GI
16.2.1 Insights from Two European Experiences
16.2.2 The Situation of Italian Landscape Planning
16.3 Conclusion
References
Chapter 17: Lessons from Italian Experiences: Bottlenecks, New Challenges and Opportunities
17.1 The Adoption of an Ecosystem Services Approach: From Evaluation to Regional Planning of Green Infrastructure
17.2 The Unresolved Last-Mile Challenges
References
Index