LEADER 04928nam 22007215 450 001 9910556887803321 005 20251113204601.0 010 $a3-030-94732-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-94732-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6940131 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6940131 035 $a(CKB)21427937000041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-94732-3 035 $a(PPN)261520261 035 $a(EXLCZ)9921427937000041 100 $a20220326d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLand Quality and Sustainable Urban Forms $eChanging Landscapes and Socioeconomic Structures of European Cities /$fby Ilaria Tombolini, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Luca Salvati 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (176 pages) 225 1 $aSpringer Geography,$x2194-3168 311 08$aPrint version: Tombolini, Ilaria Land Quality and Sustainable Urban Forms Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030947316 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- Towards a sustainable use of land current policies coping with environmental degradation -- Mediterranean Europe, a fragile landscape -- Soil consumption and urban growth in Mediterranean Europe -- Preserving land quality in European metropolis -- Conclusions. 330 $aIn the panorama of studies related to the ability of lands to support both natural processes and agricultural production activities, this research introduces a still unexplored or under-studied theme which is that of the relationship between urban sprawl in its various forms and land quality. The first part of the book is dedicated to the motivations and the theoretical premises from which the research originates, connected to the concept of land and those of sustainable urban form. The second part concerns the complex path towards a sustainable use of land, both in terms of institutional and regulatory measures, and in terms of knowledge and understanding of soil degradation processes. This research focuses on the Mediterranean area which is discussed in more detail in the third part. In this part of Europe we try to establish relationships between settlement dynamics and land quality: here fragile ecosystems are diffused both from a biological point of view. physical as well as socio-economic, here we find landscapes that are particularly sensitive to land degradation processes (subject to land degradation, considered the antipodes of land quality) and which in recent decades have been particularly affected by anthropic pressure. In the fourth part, an analysis is presented concerning 76 metropolitan areas representative of southern Europe. The methodology used in this analysis is based on the relationship that exists between soil sealing (or soil waterproofing) and land degradation (or land degradation) aimed at an interpretation, at the metropolitan scale, of how in southern Europe the pattern of Urbanization (compact, dispersive, intermediate) affects the land's ability to support both natural processes and agricultural production activities in a diversified way. In particular, the data on land quality and data on land use were considered together in order to analyze the processes of urban growth and the occupation of productive land for a very large area that includes Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and some parts of the Adriatic coast. There is still a long way to go, in terms of sharing, integration and definition of strategies aimed at achieving certain targets. A necessary and innovative look towards land quality could help to consider the protection of the soil as a whole, even at the planning level. 410 0$aSpringer Geography,$x2194-3168 606 $aGeography 606 $aHuman geography 606 $aUrban ecology (Biology) 606 $aUrban economics 606 $aAgricultural ecology 606 $aRegional Geography 606 $aHuman Geography 606 $aUrban Ecology 606 $aUrban Economics 606 $aAgroecology 615 0$aGeography. 615 0$aHuman geography. 615 0$aUrban ecology (Biology) 615 0$aUrban economics. 615 0$aAgricultural ecology. 615 14$aRegional Geography. 615 24$aHuman Geography. 615 24$aUrban Ecology. 615 24$aUrban Economics. 615 24$aAgroecology. 676 $a307.1216 676 $a307.1216 700 $aRodrigo-Comino$b Jesu?s$01219332 702 $aRodrigo-Comino$b Jesu?s 702 $aSalvati$b Luca 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910556887803321 996 $aLand quality and sustainable urban forms$92979505 997 $aUNINA