Settlement models and urban growth are strictly interconnected issues. The present contribution scrutinizes the intimate relationship between these two dimensions of regional development, considering the implications of sustainable land management and suggesting a logical framework to understand the long-term evolution of economic systems and human settlements in Mediterranean Europe. Spatial planning combined with multifaceted policy dimensions characterizing Mediterranean regions (e.g., social, economic, demographic, cultural, financial and institutional issues) is a relevant approach to urban sustainability. Permanent assessment of these factors allows for the implementation of different development scenarios, thus contributing to systemic and multi-scale strategies of metropolitan growth. The pursuit of comprehensive urban policies achieving an integrated management of human landscapes is finally discussed in the present context of urban crisis in Southern Europe.
Regional development, settlement models, and urban change
Quaranta G.;Salvia R.;Rinaldi F.;
2024-01-01
Abstract
Settlement models and urban growth are strictly interconnected issues. The present contribution scrutinizes the intimate relationship between these two dimensions of regional development, considering the implications of sustainable land management and suggesting a logical framework to understand the long-term evolution of economic systems and human settlements in Mediterranean Europe. Spatial planning combined with multifaceted policy dimensions characterizing Mediterranean regions (e.g., social, economic, demographic, cultural, financial and institutional issues) is a relevant approach to urban sustainability. Permanent assessment of these factors allows for the implementation of different development scenarios, thus contributing to systemic and multi-scale strategies of metropolitan growth. The pursuit of comprehensive urban policies achieving an integrated management of human landscapes is finally discussed in the present context of urban crisis in Southern Europe.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
