Planning for Landscape and Heritage. A Community Perspective to Overcome Risks and Vulnerabilities in the Italian Case Study.

Current times of uncertainty call for a renovated reasoning and approach to natural hazards, resilience, and sustainability. Studies on cultural heritage and urban planning play a crucial role in providing a broader research perspective. In these fields, the concept of landscape acts as a bridge. In cultural heritage studies, the landscape allows for integrating the contextual value of territorial and landscape assets. In planning studies, landscape planning has gained importance since the promotion of the European Landscape Convention in 2000. This is particularly relevant in the case of Italy, which has approved six Regional Landscape Plans. The theoretical research we propose aims to provide an overview of the Italian landscape planning situation, focusing on the topics of risk and community involvement. The research findings highlight various approaches to hazards and risks in Regional Landscape Plans and show that the results were more diverse and varied where the population was most involved.