LAND ECOMANAGEMENT. Environmental management and audit scheme as management measures concerning environmental quality in the territory

Recognition of the local dimension as the ideal level on which to carry out sustainable development is by now universally affirmed, as stated in the World Summit of Sustainable Development 2002, which represented an opportunity for relaunching the collaboration of local bodies in that direction. The Declaration of Local Bodies, issued as the closing document, constitutes an acceptance of responsibility regarding the promotion and carrying out of governing policies and measures of sustainable development in their individual communities. Unfortunately, these local bodies are still today not in a position to translate these policies into territorial programming, management and planning. This is the leading idea of a project financed by the Ministry of Education, University and Research, in which the authors are involved. This project was born from an interdisciplinary research activity, based on mutual exchange of scientific tools belonging to different disciplines: Architecture, Engineering and Computer Science. This paper deals with the main objective of the activity related to the research project. The main objective emerges as a proposal for putting in order useful measures in favour of eco-management development activities and an audit scheme for the sustainability of the territory in line with currently existing European Community regulations.