Overview
- Describes the importance of networks and ecological connections for the overall protection of territory
- Highlights open and challenging issues with regard to EU guidelines and policies
- Offers a valuable resource for urban planners, environmental engineers and policymakers alike
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: UNIPA Springer Series (USS)
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About this book
This book explores and outlines the reference theoretical basis of ecological networks within the international debate, focusing on how protected areas should no longer be considered as the sum of different components but rather as a network. The various European, transnational and national models of ecological networks/connections are analyzed on the basis of a detailed, updated study of relevant documents. The complex picture that emerges shows a wide range of reticular-ecological models within European plans and programs, but also many non-integrated experiences. The book subsequently examines the regulation of ecological networks/connections within planning instruments, explaining the critical points and referring to different ecological network models and specific local realities. Lastly, the book addresses two Italian case studies regarding the different normative and planning frameworks, both at a national and regional level, and demonstrating not only how ecological networks/connections can be structured within plans, but also how these networks/connections represent the core element of territory development and preservation. As such, it provides an essential tool for containing habitat fragmentation, offering a new perspective that integrates theoretical approaches and methods with planning models and the lessons learned from local applications.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Connected Lands
Book Subtitle: New Perspectives on Ecological Networks Planning
Authors: Filippo Schilleci, Vincenzo Todaro, Francesca Lotta
Series Title: UNIPA Springer Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55233-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55232-3Published: 02 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85602-5Published: 25 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55233-0Published: 20 April 2017
Series ISSN: 2366-7516
Series E-ISSN: 2366-7524
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 87
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Landscape Ecology, Nature Conservation