The integration of the ecological and landscape network in territorial planning - A comparative approach between two Alpine regions

Abstract

While in France, the law supporting Engagement National pour l'Environnement» ("on the National Committment for the Environment", 2010) has legally recognized the tool called "Trame verte et bleue" (referring to the terrestrial and aquatic ecological network), in Italy, the "reti ecologiche" have not yet been the subject of any national legislation. Whereas the French regional planning experiments (Schéma régional de cohérence écologique) are carried out within a framework defined by the Environmental and Urban Land-Use Planning Codes, in Italy, regions have experimented more freely: some have opted for a normative or design approach to ecological networks, while others have used landscape planning (related to the application of the 2004 «Codice dei Beni Culturali e del Paesaggio») to preserve or restore ecological connectivity. The article focuses on two case studies, the French and Italian ones, with an emphasis on regional experiences on the one hand (Piedmont and Auvergne Rhône-Alpes), and on their translation into supra-local and local planning (Provincial Territorial coordination Plan and Regulatory Plan in Italy, Territorial Coherence Scheme and Local Urban Plan in France) on the other hand.