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“Native only”. Un dibattito millenario pro e contro l’uso di vegetazione esotica nel progetto di paesaggio, alla luce del rapporto tra biodiversità e diversità paesistica

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: The social perception of the increasing uniformity of the landscape and of the loss of biodiversity has led to a demand for greater naturalness by the landscape project. Sometimes this results in "native only" policies and urban regulations. At the same time, "diversity" (in all its forms) is a success concept, and the appreciation of the "different" that is in our own landscape, such as species not native but sometimes “rooted”, is increasing. The article concerns the reasons for and against the use of native/exotic vegetation, and discusses the cultural backgrounds, as well as scientific reference models. The many paradoxes, which result from the more restrictive attitude, lead to conclude that the appropriate species is a definition, not given by abstract rules.

Source: Ri-Vista Research for landscape architecture

DOI: 10.13128/rv-17287

Author: Claudia Cassatella

Institutions: Politecnico di Torino, University of Florence

Language: English

Topic: Urban Planning and Landscape Design

Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, University of Cambridge