Sustainable Mediterranean Construction

THE PROBLEM OF TERRACING IN ITALY: ANALYSIS OF AN OPERATING PROCEDURE APPLIED IN PIEDMONT

Authors 

Francesco Pernice

Keywords: 

safeguard, volunteering, protection, Venaria Reale

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Abstract

What future for terrace crops.The demographic increase and the expansion of cities, the evolution of society, have led to a massive exploitation of the territory through increasingly complex and invasive methodologies with the consequent destruction of the environment also fueled by speculation and political interests. In this way those ancient techniques that respected and improved the territory using the materials present on site were dispersed; examples on the territory are the construction of dry stone walls to create terraces, small buildings used as stables and barns, divisions of borders. If we want a better future, we must look for solutions that can bring a benefit to the environment, thus creating new jobs, there must be greater collaboration between institutions, voluntary associations, universities, making the bureaucratic machine leaner and applying more common sense. These were the principles and the spirit that animated the restoration of the Royal Palace of Venaria Reale, a town adjacent to Turin. The way has been opened: we must have the will to be inspired by these principles.

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SMC Special Issue N.06 2021

SMC MAGAZINE SPECIAL ISSUE N. SIX/2021

WHOLE BOOK

001_COVER AND INDEX

005_Presentation 
Marina Fumo

015_Conference speaker | Editors of the conference proceedings

022_ The architecture of being: a “best practice” to regenerate the terraced landscape
Anna Pina Arcaro

034_Malacoccola and Sant’Elia, history and anthropology of a timeless terraced landscape
Giovanni Gugg

046_The problem of terracing in Italy: analysis of an operating procedure applied in Piedmont
Francesco Pernice

058_ Water architecture: notes on some material and cultural elements of the Amalfi coast landscape
Pietro Santoriello

070_The cultural value of the Amalfi coast terracing. A legacy of the past and opportunity for the future
Giorgia De Pasquale

082_Terraces: examples of conservation and innovation
Maria Paola Gatti

098_The terrace cultivation of the Amalfi coast in the territorial planning scheme of the Sorrento-Amalfi area between protection and sustainable development
Maria Parente

110_The value of the technological footprint on the territory in bio-cultural landscapes: the terraces of the Amalfi coast
Marica Merola

126_A future for old terraces. Opportunities and suggestions for the recovery of abandoned agricultural terraces of the Amalfi coast
Ferruccio Ferrigni

138_Protection of the terraced landscape between rural culture, climate resilience and biodiversity
Gigliola Ausiello, Luca Di Girolamo, Francesco Sommese

159_LIDAR-based approach for the management of terraced landscapes
Pierpaolo D’Agostino, Giuseppe Antuono, Tomàs E. MartìnezChao,Lia Maria Papa

171_The school construction sites and the recovery of the dry stone walling of the Amalfi coast – Pontinpietra from academic training to the art of the master builder
Gianfranca Mastroianni, Amelia Maris

183_Experimental tilting plane tests for the ultimate shear estimation of perforated dry joint masonry panels
Gabriele Milani, Antonio Formisano

202_The contribution provided by geology and geotechnical engineering in the restoration of terraces on Amalfi coast
Paolo Budetta, Giovanni Forte, Marianna Pirone, Antonio Santo, Marialaura Tartaglia, Gianfranco Urcioli

218_Potential use of alkali-activated materials in naturalistic engineering
Gigliola D’Angelo, Ilaria Capasso, Antonio Santo, Barbara Liguori

232_Terraces and dry stone walls: history of unbound stones. Respect for tradition and innovative design for unprecedented socio-environmental challenges
Giuseppe Trinchese

252_Towards the definition of guidelines for the recovery and enhancement of terraces
Veronica Vitiello, Roberto Castelluccio

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