Active participation of local civic communities in the planning process implementation not only is a necessary condition for the process effectiveness, but also, and mainly, a fundamental ethical reference point. In other words, a planning process that does not take account of public...

In Italy, urban planning is based on the city Masterplan. This plan identifies the future urban organization and a system of zoning rules. Land-use policies are based on these rules. The zoning rules should synthesize environmental and spatial knowledge and policy decisions concerning the...

The planning activity of the regional administration of Sardinia (Italy) is characterized by a deep change after the approval of the Regional Landscape Plan (RLP). The RLP, ruled by the National Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape, establishes the directions for future Sardinian regional...

Sardinian regional planning is characterized by a deep change that followed the approval of the Regional Landscape Plan (RLP). The RLP, which is ruled by the Italian National Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape, establishes the directions for future Sardinian regional planning. The actual...

La discussione introduttiva che qui si sviluppa ha l’obiettivo di mettere in evidenza alcuni punti cruciali dei processi di Valutazione Ambientale Strategica (VAS) che verranno approfonditi nei saggi che seguono. Questi punti sono da considerare quali riferimenti di sfondo, chiavi di lettura...

This article analyses and evaluates the degree of consensus of the residents of the municipality of Sinnai, a small coastal town in Southern Sardinia, on four proposals concerning a portion of the coastal strip defined by four junior planners at the school of urban planning of the University of...

La Valutazione Ambientale Strategica (VAS) di un piano urbanistico è un processo valutativo finalizzato alla realizzazione, nei momenti decisionale ed attuativo, dell’integrazione di obiettivi ed azioni di piano per lo sviluppo locale, economico e sociale, e la tutela delle risorse...