Planning and Design Perspectives for Land Take Containment

Benedetta Giudice is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Urban Planning at Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, Politecnico and Università di Torino, Italy. Her main research activities focus on land take containment policies and green infrastructure planning and design. She took part in national and international research projects working on cultural heritage, territorial vulnerabilities, and, more recently, public spaces. Currently, her research activities, developed within the Responsible Risk Resilience Centre, R3C, of Politecnico di Torino, focus on cultural and landscape heritage and territorial vulnerabilities.

• Chapter1. Introduction: Innovative Reflections on Land Take.- Chapter2. Land Take: from General Concerns to an Ecological Approach.- Chapter3. Optimising Land Use. Insights from French and Italian Planning Experiences.- Chapter4. Approaches to Green Infrastructure and Ecological Preservation. Two Case Studies.- Chapter5. Ecological Planning.