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.
Author(s): Antonio Tomao, Matteo Clemente
Series: River Publishers Series in Social, Urban, Economic and Environmental Sustainability
Publisher: River Publishers
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 123
City: Gistrup
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Conflicting Landscapes: Urban Fringes and Socioeconomic Transformations in Southern Europe
1.1: The ‘Legacy’ of Traditional Urban Forms
1.2: A Shift Towards the ‘Sprawling’ City
1.3: Urban Challenges and Peri-Urban Conflicts
1.4: Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 2: Densifying, Decompacting, Rethinking Cities: A Mediterranean Debate
2.1: Introduction
2.2: Mediterranean Urbanization
2.3: In between Planned Compaction and Desired Dispersion
2.4: Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 3: Wildfires and the Local Context: An Empirical Analysis of a Peri-Urban District
3.1: Introduction
3.2: Experimental Design
3.2.1: Study Area
3.2.2: Data and Variables
3.2.3: Wildfire Indicators
3.2.4: Data Analysis
3.3: Results
3.3.1: Discussing Changes in ‘Wildfires’ Regime in the Study Area
3.4: Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 4: From Deforestation to Forestation: The Long-term Experience of a Mediterranean Area
4.1: Introduction
4.2: Understanding the Basic Characteristics of the Study Area
4.2.1: Data Sources and Indicators
4.2.2: Statistical Analysis
4.3: Understanding the Complex Evolution of Forest Cover
4.4: Using Per-Capita Forest Dynamics to Profile Municipalities
4.4.1: Discussing Socio-Environmental Implications of Forest Expansion and Decline
4.5: Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 5: Welcome to ‘Forestscapes’: In Between Urban Reality and Rural Idyll
5.1: Introduction
5.2: Land–Use Change in Southern Europe
5.3: Land–Use Change at The ‘Forestscape’: The Case of Attica
5.4: Urban Morphology and ‘Forestscapes’
5.5: Concluding Remarks
References
Index
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