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The European transhumance network
The lockdown caused by the Covid-19 outbreak was an involuntary socio-environmental experiment demonstrating that the conditions exist to pursue alternative solutions to our short-sighted economic-productive system.Long neglected themes have returned to the center of the debate: the potential of inland areas in the policies of redistribution of settlement density; the value, not only cultural, of secondary historical settlements; the enhancement of ecosystem services due to large-area environmental systems; the role of urban spaces and proximity green spaces for the sustainability of dense settlements.For all these issues, the transhumance system has played a central role over time.In this new scenario, the article reports on a research effort aimed at defining a territorial model for the European transhumance network.The territorial system of transhumance, observed according to the taxonomic hierarchy proposed by the research, will be able to constitute a knowledge base for implementing policies for the conservation of customs, traditions, beliefs, food and wine culture, and expression of the pastoral world.Furthermore, the system may become a coherent framework aimed at assessing the environmental and landscape sustainability of rebalancing settlement transformations in a climate-proof way, with particular reference to the new mobility strategies and new settlement choices that will become appropriate in the post-pandemic era.
The European transhumance network
The lockdown caused by the Covid-19 outbreak was an involuntary socio-environmental experiment demonstrating that the conditions exist to pursue alternative solutions to our short-sighted economic-productive system.Long neglected themes have returned to the center of the debate: the potential of inland areas in the policies of redistribution of settlement density; the value, not only cultural, of secondary historical settlements; the enhancement of ecosystem services due to large-area environmental systems; the role of urban spaces and proximity green spaces for the sustainability of dense settlements.For all these issues, the transhumance system has played a central role over time.In this new scenario, the article reports on a research effort aimed at defining a territorial model for the European transhumance network.The territorial system of transhumance, observed according to the taxonomic hierarchy proposed by the research, will be able to constitute a knowledge base for implementing policies for the conservation of customs, traditions, beliefs, food and wine culture, and expression of the pastoral world.Furthermore, the system may become a coherent framework aimed at assessing the environmental and landscape sustainability of rebalancing settlement transformations in a climate-proof way, with particular reference to the new mobility strategies and new settlement choices that will become appropriate in the post-pandemic era.
The European transhumance network
Valorani, Carlo (author) / Cattaruzza, Maria Elisabetta (author) / Aronsson, Kjell-Åke (author) / Cano Delgado, José Juan (author) / Messina, Simona (author) / Santillo Frizell, Barbro (author) / Vigliotti, Marco (author)
2021-02-28
doi:10.6093/2531-9906/7769
UPLanD - Journal of Urban Planning, Landscape & environmental Design; Vol 5 No 2: Healthy City; 127-148 ; UPLanD - Journal of Urban Planning, Landscape & environmental Design; V. 5 N. 2: Healthy City; 127-148 ; 2531-9906
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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710
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