Leggere le trasformazioni del paesaggio

The increasead awareness of landscape value, not in che astract concept of absolute nantral, and so often irreal, or rare, srrongly opposite form in respect of urban compare settlements. is well defined by ·culturaJ landscare· term (Sauer,1925). Cultura Landscape is actually defined as a· combined works of nature and of man· (1992. UNESCO Convention). Rural areas were and are 'cultura) landscape', once principal productive sources for che dose urban settUements. Over the time, and because of changes of transpon means. of settlements typologies in territories, rheir relationships wirh the urban context are changed, modyfi ng che preexisting too (Turri, 1998). Actual 'rural or cultural' landscape so is now became a signs's stratification piace, that conrain rhe historic changes process. 1he reknowledge and understanding of rhe hiscork signs can be an useful tool for a new sustainable and baJanced connection between landscape and new settlements in it (Tosco. 2009; Scazzosi, 2002).