The Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) principles in the Mediterranean represent
a guideline identifying an appropriate way of linking environmental best practices to local …

We propose a methodological approach to identify a multifunctional green infrastructure (GI)
on the basis of four values (conservation value, natural value, recreation value and …

In the discipline of landscape architecture (LA) a divergence of the “planning” and the
“design” cultures is not a new phenomenon. This divergence of planning and design may …

Italian coastal areas have been subject to strong anthropogenic pressure and urbanization
processes over the past 60 years. Urbanization of the protected 300-m strip from shoreline …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between housing values and a set of
determinants, related both to the urban environment and to the structural characteristics of …

This study focuses on the relations between the definition and implementation of a green
infrastructure (GI) and hydro-geological hazard. GIs are spatial structures supplying a wide …

To preserve integrity and functioning of coastal ecosystems services, monitoring and
protection actions have to be realized on an ecosystem perspective and consider an …

Land take is a process of significant relevance in the countries of European Union (EU).
Land take is the “Change of the amount of agriculture, forest and other semi-natural and …

This study aims at analyzing the relationships between supply of ecosystem services,
features of green areas and characteristics of settlements in urban contexts, by taking the …

An important set of ecosystem services (ESs) delivered by green infrastructure (GI) is based
on habitats and species protection and enhancement, that is on maintaining and improving …