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A Territorial Contradiction

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Spatial planning and environmental restoration are essential corollaries to the management of protected natural areas; however, without a sound awareness of the evolutionary consistency of biocoenoses, the harmonious integration between human activities and ecosystem preservation remains an unattainable utopia. The theorisation of a balanced welfare, inspired by the universal tendency of ecosystems to reach a steady state, has to go along with the defection from any economic greed.

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    http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/index_en.htm, http://natura2000.eea.europa.eu/

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    http://www.worldofdante.org

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Guarino, R., Menegoni, P., Pignatti, S., Tulumello, S. (2015). A Territorial Contradiction. In: Gambino, R., Peano, A. (eds) Nature Policies and Landscape Policies. Urban and Landscape Perspectives, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05410-0_7

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