Research article
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This article explores how insights from past and present North American infrastructure projects can inform the rethinking of infrastructure’s role in the transformation of European ‘dispersed territories’, i.e. low-density urban-rural configurations. Framed by the concept of the “territorial palimpsest”, this paper adopts a qualitative, comparative case study approach to examine how infrastructure design can mediate the urban-rural divide. Through diachronic analysis, it considers several twentieth-century infrastructural imaginaries and contemporary projects. While...
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This study explores the role played by the seascape in the public acceptance of nearshore and offshore wind farms. The transposition of onshore wind farms to the sea has been defended as an alternative to mitigate resistance, assuming that, by locating them offshore, opposition would be halted. However, research indicates that this is a misconception, as offshore sites do not guarantee a problem-free solution for wind farms, and conflicts can persist even when wind parks are planned to be installed away from populated areas. The study discusses how the seascape can be perceived...
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Beginning with UN Agenda 2030, the European Commission has recently adopted many strategic policies, such as Farm to Fork, Biodiversity Strategy, and Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). These documents set up important objectives to cope with environmental and climate challenges. The study uses a quantitative and qualitative research methodology to provide an empirical analysis of the land-use changes and landscape modifications in an important area of apple production in Italy, such as Val di Non in the Trentino Region. The aim is to reflect upon the gap between...
