Development of a Land Take Evaluation for a Recreative Park in Northern Italy

The paper considers the procedure for the development of the land take evaluation for a recreative park located in Northern Italy. The paper gives a normative overview at European, national and regional levels, highlighting the need to define a common glossary on land take to lead the spatial planning to more sustainable actions, according to the Global Agenda targets. The analysis investigates the land cover changes over time, as basis for the calculation of a synthetic index of Land Take (LTI). Moreover, the research experiments the use of this synthetic index as parameter of a mathematical model to simulate the possible dynamical evolutions over time in terms of ecological quality. The coupling of the land take analysis and the mathematical model may help the actors and stakeholders to investigate the possible effects of future transformations, as well as to aid the decision-making process to identify suitable compensatory actions, according to the sustainable development paradigm.