Land-use Control of Landscape Plan and Landscape Atlas in Italy

A Comparative Study of Regional ‘Landscape Area’, ‘Landscape Theme’, ‘Landscape Atlas’ and ‘Landscape Plan’

Abstract

This paper analyzed land-use control of landscape plans and landscape atlas in Italy. The comparison of five landscape plans approved by the regional governments and the situation of the rest regions were reviewed. The role of ‘landscape area’ of regional landscape plan is underlined for the coordination of landscape elements and land-use regulations between local governments. The role of ‘landscape atlas’ is the recognition of the identity of territory for the participation. The common themes of landscape elements were cleared as protected natural environment and landscape assets. Themes of historic invariant, ecological network, visual identity, landscape heritage, land-use control of renewable energy plants, participation, and critic were identified by various methods of regional landscape plans on GIS and Web GIS.