Planning Peri-Urban Open Spaces: Methods and Tools for Interpretation and Classification
Today, planning an urban–rural interface requires redefining the planner’s role and toolbox. Global challenges such as food security, climate change and population growth have become urgent issues to be addressed, especially for the implications in land use management. Urban–rural linkages, socio-ec...
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| description | Today, planning an urban–rural interface requires redefining the planner’s role and toolbox. Global challenges such as food security, climate change and population growth have become urgent issues to be addressed, especially for the implications in land use management. Urban–rural linkages, socio-economic interactions and ecological connectivity are the main issues on which the new urban agenda and sustainable development goals focus. Thus, urban and peri-urban agriculture (professional and not professional) in urban–rural interfaces has a crucial role in the maintenance and enhancement of landscape quality, urban green spaces and ecosystem services. The research presented in this article adopts a holistic approach, with a special focus on open spaces, in order to understand the complexity of peri-urban landscapes and to identify homogeneous units. It also defines map-based indices to characterize peri-urban landscape types and identify main functions to maintain and enhance. The method was applied to the peri-urban area of Turin (Italy), and maps of spatial and functional classification at the landscape unit level were generated, as well as a map of critical areas to improve. Despite some minor limitations, the method and tools proposed appear to have a range of applications in the context of global challenges and from a landscape perspective. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4740c70fbbf0478b8df298932f4ad3062023-11-22T08:20:38ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2021-07-0110880210.3390/land10080802Planning Peri-Urban Open Spaces: Methods and Tools for Interpretation and ClassificationEnrico Gottero0Claudia Cassatella1Federica Larcher2Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, ItalyInteruniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico di Torino, Viale Mattioli 39, 10125 Turin, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, ItalyToday, planning an urban–rural interface requires redefining the planner’s role and toolbox. Global challenges such as food security, climate change and population growth have become urgent issues to be addressed, especially for the implications in land use management. Urban–rural linkages, socio-economic interactions and ecological connectivity are the main issues on which the new urban agenda and sustainable development goals focus. Thus, urban and peri-urban agriculture (professional and not professional) in urban–rural interfaces has a crucial role in the maintenance and enhancement of landscape quality, urban green spaces and ecosystem services. The research presented in this article adopts a holistic approach, with a special focus on open spaces, in order to understand the complexity of peri-urban landscapes and to identify homogeneous units. It also defines map-based indices to characterize peri-urban landscape types and identify main functions to maintain and enhance. The method was applied to the peri-urban area of Turin (Italy), and maps of spatial and functional classification at the landscape unit level were generated, as well as a map of critical areas to improve. Despite some minor limitations, the method and tools proposed appear to have a range of applications in the context of global challenges and from a landscape perspective.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/8/802peri-urbanizationlandscape planningperi-urban landscapelandscape analysisrural-urban interfacemap-based indicators |
| spellingShingle | Enrico Gottero Claudia Cassatella Federica Larcher Planning Peri-Urban Open Spaces: Methods and Tools for Interpretation and Classification Land peri-urbanization landscape planning peri-urban landscape landscape analysis rural-urban interface map-based indicators |
| title | Planning Peri-Urban Open Spaces: Methods and Tools for Interpretation and Classification |
| title_full | Planning Peri-Urban Open Spaces: Methods and Tools for Interpretation and Classification |
| title_fullStr | Planning Peri-Urban Open Spaces: Methods and Tools for Interpretation and Classification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Planning Peri-Urban Open Spaces: Methods and Tools for Interpretation and Classification |
| title_short | Planning Peri-Urban Open Spaces: Methods and Tools for Interpretation and Classification |
| title_sort | planning peri urban open spaces methods and tools for interpretation and classification |
| topic | peri-urbanization landscape planning peri-urban landscape landscape analysis rural-urban interface map-based indicators |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/8/802 |
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