THE RIVERSCAPE

In Piacenza the different landscapes of the Po river can trigger innovative social and cultural processes capable of reactivating today the memory of the river, composite and rooted in an ancient past. But they can also become both places able to qualify the supply of spaces and equipment for leisure, and places for the protection of bio-diversity, effective in contrasting the phenomena of degradation of the ecological systems.

THE TOPIC

01. GEOGRAPHY

The Po river defines the north border of the urbanized territory of Piacenza for a linear development of 27 Km. The riverbed, the floodplain areas and the banks …

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02. PAST AND PRESENT

Potentially the river could provide the city with a set of ecosystem services in the four broad categories defined by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment … 

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03. NATURE

The central part of the Po has basically an artificial connotation, whose runoff regime is influenced by the hydrological, geomorphological, climatological conditions …

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04. AGRICULTURE

The theme of agriculture along the floodplains of the Po and the possible flood strips is crucial and must be considered in its general and specific aspects …

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05. NARRATIONS

The Po and its territories are a compendium of historical, artistic, literary values. The history of Italy and the relationships between …

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VIDEO

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LOL 2020 | INTERVIEW #1 | Juan-Carlos Rojas-Arias [ENSA Toulouse]
LOL 2020 | INTERVIEW #3 | Andrea Oldani [Politecnico di Milano]
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