Planning Rural Landscapes: A Participatory Approach to Analyse Future Scenarios in Monferrato Astigiano, Piedmont, Italy

A participatory approach to planning rural landscapes reveals significant differences in expectations, perceptions, and attitudes between institutional stakeholders and civil society stakeholders when evaluating future scenarios. The study, conducted in Monferrato Astigiano, Piedmont, Italy, identified key driving forces affecting local landscape transformations and analyzed their likely impacts through focus group consultations. Findings highlight the complexity of shared decision-making processes in rural landscape planning, emphasizing the need for inclusive strategies that account for diverse stakeholder perspectives to effectively implement the European Landscape Convention.

Larcher, F., Novelli, S., Gullino, P., & Devecchi, M. (2013). Planning Rural Landscapes: A Participatory Approach to Analyse Future Scenarios in Monferrato Astigiano, Piedmont, Italy. Landscape Research, 38(6), 707–728. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2012.746652