Servizi ecosistemici in chiave progettuale e proattiva

Abstract

Having ascertained that the ecosystem service paradigm is a scientific rather than a “natural” one, the text criticizes the purely analytical attitude with which it is usually used; such an attitude, together with the dominance of a purely economic evaluation, is hiding the risk of a real commodification of nature. This highlights the need to progress towards the use of the ecosystem service instrument within a transformative design framework, aiming at social equity, and which adopts an inclusive evaluation system of the local actors.

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“…The laceration of the interaction and mutual transformation between man and the environment by the industrial and post-industrial civilisation of machines is at the origin of the current environmental crisis. The need to overcome the Manichaean opposition between uncontrolled exploitation and crystallisation of the environment in ‗protected reserves' of cultural and natural assets, in favour of a planning vision in which the collectively patrimonialised territorial palimpsest produces ecosystem services capable of improving people's quality of life -and not limited to a numerical and quantitative assessment of natural resources with the risk of their commodification 65 now seems evident. In pursuing a -return to the territory‖, 66 far from being a vain and nostalgic attempt to restore the original state, but rather aimed at establishing new and more efficient balances, 67 the proactive vision of the landscape promoted by ELC integrates with the logic of re-territorialisation mentioned above.…”

Urban Standards and Ecosystem Services: The Evolution of the Services Planning in Italy from Theory to Practice

“…The adaptation of the service supply is achieved through the creation of new quality standards aiming at the safeguard of the spatial structures that guarantee functions and advantages provided by the ESs, improving the quality of life of the communities and the territory resilience, according to both natural science and socio-economic studies [56][57][58].Cities and urbanizing regions take advantage from the ESs produced in the urban areas, but also are at the center of material and energy flows and natural goods availability that expands on much larger areas [59,60].…”

“…Figure 1 represents the conceptual background for CICES, using the Cascade model with the distinction between benefits and values. advantage from the ESs produced in the urban areas, but also are at the center of material and energy flows and natural goods availability that expands on much larger areas [59,60].…”