From Degradation to the Regeneration of Territorial Heritage. An Eco-Systemic Vision for the Promotion of the Natural, Urban and Landscape Capital of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria

Concetta Fallanca, Antonio Taccone and Chiara Corazziere
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Concetta Fallanca: PAU Department, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Via dell’Università 25, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Antonio Taccone: PAU Department, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Via dell’Università 25, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Chiara Corazziere: LASTRE Lab, PAU Department, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Via dell’Università 25, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 23, 1-16

Abstract: The results of the research conducted on the subject of regeneration of areas of land suffering degradation were presented, studied and analyzed to establish “families” of causes and effects, to forecast lines of action commensurate with the reversibility of the damage. The area in question is the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria covering the entire territory of the former province and including the Aspromonte National Park. The methods of direct observation and critical interpretation of the phenomena, in terms of extension and incidence, are aimed at advancing a protocol of interventions for the definition, evaluation and implementation of regeneration prospects through experimental pilot laboratories for University-Region coordination. Of particular interest was the role of prevention for areas that are used improperly with the consequent loss of habitat quality, limitations of the effectiveness of ecosystem services, for those environments that express values integrated from a cultural, naturalistic point of view, identity and are subject to risks of fragmentation that endanger ecological connectivity.

Keywords: ecosystem services; habitat quality; ecological connectivity; depopulation of inland areas; territorial heritage; reversibility of degradation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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