The images of empty cities in the pandemic era surprised us, every economic activity, every type of transport has stopped making urban centers like ghost areas. The frame that shocked the world is certainly the one captured by Copernicus, a space satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA). He showed us a planet earth that returns to breathe, for the first time in decades the smog clouds have no longer enveloped the earth's surface. Despite the negative aspects related to health and sociality, there were many positive aspects that allowed us to think about how important the environment is about a naturalistic-environmental point of view as well as for psychological well-being. Many minor historic centers and naturalistic areas have welcomed smart-working workers, favoring a repopulation of ancient uninhabited villages or countryside areas disconnected by large urban centers. These are decentralized places that are marked by a boundary between urban and natural landscape, a boundary that in recent decades has proved increasingly weak and susceptible. The human evolution has shown us that migrations occurred to find food and comfortable places, hence the formation of the first villages to create places for the exchange of goods and knowledge, understood as cultural exchange. From the primordial human evolution up to contemporary history, needs have changed and cities have changed because of these. The pandemic has reminded us, however, how important are the places that contain memories. That border, so vulnerable, is the sustainable development goal for the future, human beings must invest to protect. It’stimeto ward the memory, the cultural identity and the natural capital of these places. Re-inhabiting, re-evaluating and rehabilitating these places could be the way to achieve a sustainable future. In the waste era increasing by pollution and frenetic city life, many people are trying to reconcile themselves with nature rhythm, with an ancient well-being of self-production daily food. The communities that live these places need to be included into a political-social process, they must be the subjects of planning. The past can be the way to approach the future.

The boundary between urban and natural landscape / Ruggiero, J.. - (2022), pp. 295-299. (Intervento presentato al convegno INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on CHANGING CITIES V Spatial, Design, Landscape, Heritage & Socio-economic Dimensions Corfu Island, Greece, June 20-25, 2022 tenutosi a Corfu Island).

The boundary between urban and natural landscape

J. Ruggiero
Primo
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2022

Abstract

The images of empty cities in the pandemic era surprised us, every economic activity, every type of transport has stopped making urban centers like ghost areas. The frame that shocked the world is certainly the one captured by Copernicus, a space satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA). He showed us a planet earth that returns to breathe, for the first time in decades the smog clouds have no longer enveloped the earth's surface. Despite the negative aspects related to health and sociality, there were many positive aspects that allowed us to think about how important the environment is about a naturalistic-environmental point of view as well as for psychological well-being. Many minor historic centers and naturalistic areas have welcomed smart-working workers, favoring a repopulation of ancient uninhabited villages or countryside areas disconnected by large urban centers. These are decentralized places that are marked by a boundary between urban and natural landscape, a boundary that in recent decades has proved increasingly weak and susceptible. The human evolution has shown us that migrations occurred to find food and comfortable places, hence the formation of the first villages to create places for the exchange of goods and knowledge, understood as cultural exchange. From the primordial human evolution up to contemporary history, needs have changed and cities have changed because of these. The pandemic has reminded us, however, how important are the places that contain memories. That border, so vulnerable, is the sustainable development goal for the future, human beings must invest to protect. It’stimeto ward the memory, the cultural identity and the natural capital of these places. Re-inhabiting, re-evaluating and rehabilitating these places could be the way to achieve a sustainable future. In the waste era increasing by pollution and frenetic city life, many people are trying to reconcile themselves with nature rhythm, with an ancient well-being of self-production daily food. The communities that live these places need to be included into a political-social process, they must be the subjects of planning. The past can be the way to approach the future.
2022
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on CHANGING CITIES V Spatial, Design, Landscape, Heritage & Socio-economic Dimensions Corfu Island, Greece, June 20-25, 2022
Natural landscape; urban landscape; identity; cultures; memory
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
The boundary between urban and natural landscape / Ruggiero, J.. - (2022), pp. 295-299. (Intervento presentato al convegno INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on CHANGING CITIES V Spatial, Design, Landscape, Heritage & Socio-economic Dimensions Corfu Island, Greece, June 20-25, 2022 tenutosi a Corfu Island).
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