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Italian Historical Rural Landscapes

Cultural Values for the Environment and Rural Development

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Mauro Agnoletti

    1. DEISTAF, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy

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  • It is the first survey ever done on the traditional rural landscapes of a country
  • It defines criteria for the identification of traditional rural landscapes
  • It is a case study for rural, environmental and landscape policies

Part of the book series: Environmental History (ENVHIS, volume 1)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-1
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  2. Scientific Approaches and Research Findings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. Italian historical rural landscapes: dynamics, data analysis and research findings

    1. Italian Historical Rural Landscapes: Dynamics, Data Analysis and Research Findings

      • Mauro Agnoletti
      Pages 3-87

    2. Assessing the Integrity of the Historical Landscapes

      • Mauro Agnoletti, Antonio Santoro, Lorenzo Gardin
      Pages 89-130

    3. The Role of Historical Rural Landscapes in Territorial Planning

      • Alberto Magnaghi
      Pages 131-139

    4. Rural Landscapes: The Historical Roots of Biodiversity

      • Roberta Cevasco, Diego Moreno
      Pages 141-152

    5. Landscape and Economy

      • Tiziano Tempesta
      Pages 153-164

  4. The Landscapes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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  5. Assessing the integrity of the historical landscapes. Three case studies in some terraced areas

    1. Valle d’Aosta

      • Diego Moreno
      Pages 167-173

    2. Piedmont

      • Roberta Cevasco
      Pages 175-198

    3. Liguria

      • Diego Moreno
      Pages 199-219

    4. Lombardy

      • Lionella Scazzosi
      Pages 221-245

    5. Trentino Alto Adige

      • Mauro Agnoletti, Rita Biasi
      Pages 247-262

    6. Friuli Venezia Giulia

      • Claudio Lorenzini
      Pages 263-278

    7. Veneto

      • Tiziano Tempesta
      Pages 279-298

    8. Emilia Romagna

      • Franco Cazzola
      Pages 299-318

    9. Tuscany

      • Mauro Agnoletti
      Pages 319-341

    10. Marche

      • Piero Bevilacqua
      Pages 343-361

    11. Umbria

      • Piero Bevilacqua
      Pages 363-383

    12. Lazio

      • Piero Bevilacqua
      Pages 385-402
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Sustainable development and rural policies have pursued strategies where farming has been often regarded as a factor deteriorating the ecosystem. But the current economic, social and environmental problems of the Earth probably call for examples of a positive integration between human society and nature. This research work presents more than a hundred case studies where the historical relationships between man and nature have generated, not deterioration, but cultural, environmental, social and economic values. The results show that is not only the economic face of globalization that is negatively affecting the landscape, but also inappropriate environmental policies. The CBD-UNESCO program on biocultural diversity, the FAO Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and several projects of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, as well as European rural policies acknowledge the importance of cultural values associated to landscape. This research intends to support  these efforts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • DEISTAF, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy

    Mauro Agnoletti

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