Abstract
The Campania Region, in the South of Italy, is a territory where numerous Wasted Landscapes (WL) are recognisable, as the result of serious social
and governmental problems.
Through the last decades, many factors have been overlapping in this complex palimpsest: illegal developments and the measures to legitimize
them can be paradoxically understood as real cornerstones for the local planning system; the traces of the post-Fordist abandoned landscapes are
mixed with the historical remains, showing the deep sense of identity that still persists in the territory. On the other hand, the Campania Plain
is a porous territory characterised by an adaptive resilience. This is interwoven with the presence of areas of outstanding natural beauty, with a
resilient interstitial agriculture, and with a fragmented but resistant economy.
In this paper, two emblematic case-studies are discussed (Casaluce and Est-Naples), understanding WL as an additional category of waste with
the urgent need to be recycled, in order to: reactivate urban metabolism; to improve the quality of life, the spatial quality of the territory, and the
regional economy.
and governmental problems.
Through the last decades, many factors have been overlapping in this complex palimpsest: illegal developments and the measures to legitimize
them can be paradoxically understood as real cornerstones for the local planning system; the traces of the post-Fordist abandoned landscapes are
mixed with the historical remains, showing the deep sense of identity that still persists in the territory. On the other hand, the Campania Plain
is a porous territory characterised by an adaptive resilience. This is interwoven with the presence of areas of outstanding natural beauty, with a
resilient interstitial agriculture, and with a fragmented but resistant economy.
In this paper, two emblematic case-studies are discussed (Casaluce and Est-Naples), understanding WL as an additional category of waste with
the urgent need to be recycled, in order to: reactivate urban metabolism; to improve the quality of life, the spatial quality of the territory, and the
regional economy.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | History Urbanism Resilience |
Subtitle of host publication | Planning and Heritage |
Editors | Carola Hein |
Publisher | Delft University of Technology |
Pages | 437-448 |
Volume | 4 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-94-92516-02-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Jul 2016 |
Event | 17th IPHS Conference History-Urbanism-Resilience - Delft, Netherlands Duration: 17 Jul 2016 → 21 Jul 2016 http://iphs2016.org/ |
Publication series
Name | International Planning History Society Proceedings |
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Number | 4 |
Volume | 17 |
ISSN (Print) | 2468-6948 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2468-6956 |
Conference
Conference | 17th IPHS Conference History-Urbanism-Resilience |
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Country/Territory | Netherlands |
City | Delft |
Period | 17/07/16 → 21/07/16 |
Internet address |
Keywords
- port-city
- landscape
- path dependency
- planning