Changing territories, spatial planning, land management and environmental threats: agro-energy districts as chances for sustainable development
Author(s)
Zambon, Ilaria
Date Issued
June 29, 2019
Type
Doctoral Thesis
Abstract
The PhD activity focused on the analysis of different contexts of Mediterranean Europe. The choice to work on these contexts is since they are very similar and comparable contexts, but with peculiar characteristics linked to their history, culture, society and economy.
The research project has made it possible to emerge: (i) changing territories, becoming more and more complex and determining different landscape implications; (ii) the role of territorial planning, which must know how to manage local and regional contexts also considering sustainable development, with specific attention to (iii) land management and (iv) potential environmental threats. Moreover, the work focused on the possibility of promoting local rural contexts in order to identify them as (v) agro-energy districts. The results obtained derive from an examination through GIS technologies and statistical elaborations, highlighting advantages and disadvantages. In addition to the three typical dimensions of sustainability (economy, society and environment), energy has been identified as a fourth essential component to characterize resilient and sustainable systems. The research activity benefited from the collaboration of several universities and research institutions, e.g. CREA, which co-financed the research project. The overall study aims to propose original approaches to provide innovative tools managing and proposing sustainable development scenarios in urban and rural contexts.
Additional information
Dottorato di ricerca in Ecosistemi e sistemi produttivi
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