Integrated urban forestation

Journal title TERRITORIO
Author/s Andrea Bortolotti, Marco Ranzato, Efrem Ferrari
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2013/67
Language Italian Pages 9 P. 133-141 File size 2437 KB
DOI 10.3280/TR2013-067022
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The processes of rapid and uneven urbanisation found in the diffusely inhabited areas of the Upper Po Plain have left a dense deposit of residual outdoor spaces, which if reinterpreted appropriately could become a resource to restore balance to the urban ecosystem. The paper discusses strategies for the reorganisation of urban metabolism by means of forms of integrated urban forestation (Fui). The description of a scenario and of some prototype models of integrated urban forestation highlights not only the production capacities but also the numerous environmental services which forestation can offer in a diffuse urban area.

Keywords: Reuse of underused spaces; integrated urban forestation; urban metabolism

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Andrea Bortolotti, Marco Ranzato, Efrem Ferrari, Forestazione urbana integrata in "TERRITORIO" 67/2013, pp 133-141, DOI: 10.3280/TR2013-067022