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Ecological Networks and Planning

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This chapter focuses on the regulation issue of the ecological networks/connections within planning instruments. In effect, the paradigm of ecological networks can be adopted within planning instruments to bridge the split existing in current development patterns between the use of the land and conservation of nature. About this issue, the work clearly explains the critical aspects, also referring to different ecological network models and specific local realities. In relation to this perspective, the most commonly adopted approach for the introduction of ecological networks into the planning process is the ecosystemic approach which, when applied to territory planning, shows it is particularly useful to dealing with the environmental system in an organic and consistent way. In particular, the work examines in depth the regulation issue on the Italian territorial context (both at a national and regional level), also referring to the different normative and planning frameworks. The most interesting result on this analysis is the comparison between different models of ecological networks/connections within plans and the initial theoretical model, explained through the results of the Census of quality/quantity updates of ordinary planning instruments at a local level according to the Ecological Network Model carried out by the Authors for the Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA, National Institute for Environmental Research and Protection) of the Italian Environment Ministry.