Approaches, Tools, Methods and Experiences for Territorial and Landscape Design

Territorial and landscape design now has new meanings and roles, referring to: systemic relationships in wide areas, the society and actors responsible for landscape transformation and management, and the different resources included in the development scenario. It links visions, expressing utopias and effective actions, trying to achieve a balance among ecology, culture and aesthetics and settlement assets, but it also integrates strategic and operational tools with reference to the wide debate on strategic planning. Within this framework, this chapter discusses several international and national experiences – such as the River Contracts or Corona Verde in Piedmont – that use different tools based on trans-scalar, sustainable and sometimes participative methods for promoting cooperative and competitive collaboration between territories, according to a place-based approach.