The historical evolution of the relationships between economy, environment and landscape at world, Italian and regional level. UN, FAO, CBD, UNESCO, EU, Italy:initiatives on environmental and landscape, relationships with economic development. The national observatory of rural landscape. Planning in rural and urban areas. Relationships between planning, rural development and nature conservation. The development of environmental and landscape monitoring systems. Landscape restoration.
- Agnoletti M., 2010, Paesaggio Rurale. Strumenti per la pianificazione strategica, Edagricole, Milano. 348 pp.
- Agnoletti M., 2012, ed. , The Italian Historical Rural Landscape. Cultural values for the environment and rural development, Springer Verlag, Dordrecht.
Learning Objectives
Provide sudents with basic knowledge in landscape policis, planning, management, protection, monitoring, landscape impact assessment, landsacpe restoration, development of land use map and heritage maps.
Prerequisites
none
Teaching Methods
- lectures in class; laboratories, field work;
Type of Assessment
written and oral test
Course program
The historical evolution of the relationships between economy, environment and landscape at world, Italian and regional level. The activity of United Nations on the environment and the effects on planning and management of the rural territory. The conservation of world heritage sites (UNESCO) and FAO sites of the world rural heritage (GIAHS). The European Landscape Convention. The joint program on biocultural diversity of CBD and UNESCO. The EU directives on nature conservation and rural development. The European Landscape convention. The Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forest in Europe. Planning in Italy. Planning at province and town level. Planning in protected areas. The National Rural Development Plans: strategies and actions. The national observatory for rural landscape. Relationships between planning, rural development and nature conservation. The national inventory of historical landscapes and traditional practices. Planning in rural and urban areas. The development of environmental and landscape monitoring systems. The development of applied GIS projects. Case studies on landscape planning, management, restoration, identification of historical rural landscapes, landscape impact assessment;