Analysis and Strategies for Sustainable Regional Planning

The book presents a unique example of integral planning at different scales and across different types of landscapes found on the outskirts of metropolitan areas. It features a sustainability-based plan to improve the evolution of the south-central area of the Calderona Mountain Range, Spain (Sierra Calderona). It is informed and driven by social, cultural, perceptual, sustainability and economic factors supported by a participative process. The plan addresses the frequent conflict between the management of natural and cultural values found in peri-urban areas and the strong pressure for transformation and public use.

Incorporating new methodologies and graphical systems for regional and local planning, the plan provides a practical example of balanced and multidisciplinary planning, based on principles of sustainability, systems thinking, new governance and local adaptation.

This is volume one of a two-volume series. It elaborates on regional analysisand diagnosis, and on the definition of strategies for the following themes: natural environment, agriculture and livestock farming, urban environment and wellbeing, infrastructures and mobility, cultural heritage, tourism and public use, landscape, sustainability, socio-demography, economic development and governance. The book is intended for planners and researchers from various disciplines, including urban planning, forestry, agriculture, cultural and touristic management, and sustainability studies.

Provides a balanced combination of planning topics, fully illustrated with maps, diagrams, and drawings for all the treated scales and topics Presents an example of multi-layered regional analysis and diagnosis, as well as of the coherent definition of regional and local strategies informed by the acquired knowledge and by participatory processes Offers an exportable example of integral planning on the outskirts of metropolitan areas

Autorentext
Juanjo Galan is Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture, Aalto University in Finland. Galan's research focuses on Landscape Planning, Regional and Urban Planning, Landscape Design and, in a general level, in the intersections between ecological and social systems.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Chapter 1.Territorial Context.- Chapter 2. Regional Analysis and Diagnosis.- Chapter 3. Territorial Objectives and Strategies.<p