Urban Landscapes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Bios, Techne, and Logos

   • Massimo Sargolini

   Pages 1-3

3. Ecology vs Aesthetics

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   Pages 5-10

4. Environmental and Landscape Quality

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   Pages 11-17

5. The City Under Transformation

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   Pages 19-42

6. The Metabolism of Changes

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   Pages 43-48

7. Changes in Vision

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   Pages 49-67

8. Environmental Networks for Smart Territories

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   Pages 69-84

9. Techne. Interdisciplinary Examination for an Integrated Vision. Case Study: the Adriatic City

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   Pages 85-169

10. Afterword

    • Massimo Sargolini

    Pages 171-177

Today, more than 50% of the world’s population lives in cities and is subject to particular environmental and economic impacts against the backdrop of an evolving planetary crisis. This book explores the intimate relationship between the quality of life of city dwellers and the quality of urban landscapes, including those regenerated through green spaces and environmental networks. Starting from the concept of “landscape” as defined by the European Landscape Convention (i.e. "an area, perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors"), it expands upon, in particular, the interactions between the different biotic and abiotic components that contribute to the quality of the landscape and the environment. In the first part of the book, the author examines fundamental concepts and discusses a variety of relevant topics, such as the city under transformation, waste spaces, smart communities, regeneration programs, the role of environmental networks, and new instruments for decision making. The second part is devoted to a case study of the Italian Adriatic city that highlights the need for interdisciplinary interaction among researchers in apparently disparate fields, including ecology, forest botany, chemistry, biology, geology, sociology, economics, architecture, and engineering.​  

• Landscape planning
• Regional planning
• Sustainable development
• Town planning
• Urbanization
• landscape/regional and urban planning
• urban geography and urbanism

• University of Camerino, Italy

  Massimo Sargolini

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