Planning and Design Perspectives for Land Take Containment: An Operative Framework
In: SpringerBriefs in Geography Ser.
Intro -- Foreword: Land Take and the Emerging Role in the COVID-19 Pandemic -- COVID-19: Environmental and Territorial Pressures -- Planning and Design Solutions -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Innovative Reflections on Land Take -- 1.1 Changed Conditions of Cities -- 1.2 Ecological Paradigms -- 1.3 Proposing a New Approach -- 1.4 Structure and Contents of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Land Take: From General Concerns to an Ecological Approach -- 2.1 Urban Sprawl: A Matter of Terminology, Time and Place -- 2.1.1 European Interpretations -- 2.2 In Search for Alternatives -- 2.2.1 Coping with Land Take in Global and European Policies -- 2.3 Planning Alternatives: The Quest for Limitation Towards Sustainability -- 2.4 The Environmental and Ecological Turn -- 2.5 Moving Towards a Diverse Approach to Land Take -- References -- Chapter 3: Optimising Land Use: Insights from French and Italian Planning Experiences -- 3.1 France and Italy in the European Context -- 3.1.1 An Overview on Land Take -- 3.1.2 French and Italian Planning Systems in the European Context -- 3.1.3 Institutional Setting -- 3.1.4 Planning Tools -- 3.2 Planning for Sustainability -- 3.3 Green Infrastructure in France and Italy -- 3.4 Elements of Innovation -- References -- Chapter 4: Approaches to Green Infrastructure and Ecological Preservation: Two Case Studies -- 4.1 Case 1: The Former Rhône-Alpes Region -- 4.1.1 The Cities of Grenoble and Lyon -- 4.1.2 Planning Tools -- 4.1.3 Trames Vertes et Bleues in Action: From the Regional to the Local Scale -- 4.1.4 The Urban Project Approach -- 4.2 Case 2: The Piedmont Region -- 4.2.1 Institutional and Planning Background -- 4.2.2 Sustainability Issues -- 4.2.3 Methodological Innovations in GI Construction in the Province of Turin -- References -- Chapter 5: Ecological Planning.