GREENWAYS IN AN EMERGING CITY CONTEXT: A UTOPIA OR A CHANCE FOR INNOVATION?

Authors

Luca Maria Francesco Fabris, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Building Environment Science and Technology
Rositsa Todorova Ilieva, Politecnico di Milano, Department of Architecture and Planning

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/fabos.860

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

Greenways today represent an already diffused practice in great part of the contemporary cities’ planning policies. This constantly growing phenomenon is undoubtedly due to the multiplicity of beneficial effects that they successfully exercise within different urban environments. The present paper aims to explore their potentialities inside a relatively new type of cities’ contexts, namely the emerging ones. Factors like rapid urbanisation and mobility fluxes intensification put under hazardous pressure one of their most vulnerable systems – the green one. That is why its timely reinforcement and integration could play a crucial role in contrasting the negative trends of cities’ ecological asset progressive fragmentation and deterioration. Furthermore, greenways will be examined in a broader perspective, that goes beyond their territorial dimension, conceiving them as important catalysts for cultural and ethical urban evolution.

Recommended Citation

Fabris, Luca Maria Francesco and Ilieva, Rositsa Todorova (2010) "GREENWAYS IN AN EMERGING CITY CONTEXT: A UTOPIA OR A CHANCE FOR INNOVATION?," Proceedings of the Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 54.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7275/fabos.860
Available at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fabos/vol3/iss1/54