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A national Park in a metropolitan context

piano, plan, territorio, territory, parco, napoli, naples,
rischi naturali, park, vesuvio, vesuvius, natural risks,
environment

Roberto Gambino

Vesuvius National Park is a paradox - an extraordinary natural monument in a context of millenial anthropisation – challenging the international park and protected area culture. This challenge, clearly taken up since the first phase of the Park planning, has recently assumed a great topical relevance in relation to the rethinking of nature conservation and protected area conceptions.

This article appears in issue 134 of Urbanistica (pag. 73).