La sostenibilità ambientale come vincolo giuridico per la rigenerazione urbana

Nowadays the urban regeneration is the main tool through which the Italian Regions strive for the limitation of land consumption. This new objective for planning is not only a way of balancing different general interests, but it is becoming a benchmark for social, economic, and cultural interests too. The essay examines the concrete samples of the urban regeneration in Italy by comparing those coming from the Regional legislators with the ones based on civic initiatives. The author underlines both positive aspects and negative sides of them both. At the end, nevertheless, the Author tries to draw a more general conclusion, by arguing the environmental sustainability is a comprehensive curb even beyond the normative provisions. That way he considers that environmental sustainability is the main driver for territorial policies.