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Planning Rural Landscapes: A Participatory Approach to Analyse Future Scenarios in Monferrato Astigiano, Piedmont, Italy

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  • Federica Larcher
  • Silvia Novelli
  • Paola Gullino
  • Marco Devecchi

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The future of rural landscapes in Europe is the subject of considerable debate between policy-makers and researchers. This paper aims to analyse public awareness of social, economic and political forces affecting future rural landscapes in an effort to support local planning policies implementing the European Landscape Convention in a rural landscape (Piedmont, Italy). Public consultation with two focus groups (Institutional Stakeholders and Civil Society Stakeholders) was set up to reveal personal perceptions. In the first part, the main driving forces affecting local landscape transformations were identified and their likely effects were discussed with the participants. Participants' preferences regarding three alternative future scenarios were analysed in the second part. Results confirmed the complexity of a shared decision-making process in planning rural landscapes. Not only did the two groups differ in expectation, perception and attitude, but also in their interpretation of the landscape scenarios.

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  • Federica Larcher & Silvia Novelli & Paola Gullino & Marco Devecchi, 2013. "Planning Rural Landscapes: A Participatory Approach to Analyse Future Scenarios in Monferrato Astigiano, Piedmont, Italy," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(6), pages 707-728, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:38:y:2013:i:6:p:707-728
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2012.746652
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    1. Fabrizio Aimar & Francesca Cavagnino & Marco Devecchi, 2022. "Conservation and Management of Agricultural Landscapes through Expert-Supported Participatory Processes: The “Declarations of Public Interest” in an Italian Province," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-28, July.
    2. Santé, Inés & Tubío, José María & Miranda, David, 2020. "Public participation in defining landscape planning scenarios and landscape quality objectives (LQO): Landscape Guidelines for Galicia (NW Spain) case study," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    3. Irena Niedźwiecka-Filipiak & Justyna Rubaszek & Anna Podolska & Jowita Pyszczek, 2020. "Sectoral Analysis of Landscape Interiors (SALI) as One of the Tools for Monitoring Changes in Green Infrastructure Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-25, April.
    4. Jonathan Liljeblad & Khin Thinn Thinn Oo, 2020. "World heritage sustainable development policy & local implementation: Site management issues using a case study of Sri Ksetra at Pyu ancient cities in Myanmar," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(3), pages 468-477, May.
    5. Frontuto, Vito & Corsi, Alessandro & Novelli, Silvia & Gullino, Paola & Larcher, Federica, 2020. "The visual impact of agricultural sheds on rural landscapes: The willingness to pay for mitigation solutions and treatment effects," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    6. Enrico Pomatto & Paola Gullino & Silvia Novelli & Marco Devecchi & Federica Larcher, 2023. "Landscape Strategies for Terraced Landscapes in the European Alpine Region Using a Mixed-Method Analysis Tool," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-21, June.
    7. Paola Gullino & Gabriele Loris Beccaro & Federica Larcher, 2015. "Assessing and Monitoring the Sustainability in Rural World Heritage Sites," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(10), pages 1-25, October.

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