Landscape urbanism' interpretative models: a new vision for the Tiber River

Our proposal identifi es the River Contract as a process to implement the urban public spaces through the redevelopment of the Tiber River as a natural infrastructure. The River Contract is a participatory process with operational implications for the redevelopment of river basins. The state of art of the River Contract in Italy has been analyzed. Our sample area is located in the Roma Province, along the Tiber River in the area from Fara Sabina to Castel Giubileo. This particular area is actually not covered by any Contract, although there are a lot of naturalistic elements and boundary conditions that could lead to a good success and unexpected implications of this new instrument, oriented not only to naturalistic engineering, but also to urban design. Values of this actually not covered area have been highlighted through some different landscapes urbanism’s categories: Waterscapes that include the Tiber River and other tributaries; Naturalscapes that include some Regional Natural Reserves and the “Laghetti in Località Semblera” Natural Monument and fi nally the Regional Natural Park of Veio; Ruralscapes that involve all rural zones, including areas related to CREA (Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria) and CNR laboratories; Culturalscapes as archaeological areas, castles and ancient buildings, museums and ancient mills; Infrastructuralscapes that involve Salaria, Tiberina, Flaminia, Nomentana Roman Consular Roads and local railways. The aim of our investigation, supported by territorial georeferenced analyses, is the Regeneration Strategy for the Tiber River to connect all these Values, related to different “Scapes” for the new “urban” dimension.