Chapter The quarries in the coastal municipalities of western Liguria: reflections on landscape protection with a view to their recovery

The coastal landscape, of western Liguria, constitutes one of the most delicate territorial areas that has undergone the greatest transformations. The coastal processes of industrialisation and urbanisation, linked above all to seaside tourism, have induced radical transformations, linked to the rai...

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author Comino, Lorenza
Lanza, Simona Giovanna
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Lanza, Simona Giovanna
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description The coastal landscape, of western Liguria, constitutes one of the most delicate territorial areas that has undergone the greatest transformations. The coastal processes of industrialisation and urbanisation, linked above all to seaside tourism, have induced radical transformations, linked to the railway development, which in the 19th century drew a strongly built coastal landscape, and allowed the development of industrial and commercial settlements. Among these activities, such as open-cast quarries, has contributed to the transformation of the landscape, due to its strong impact on the morphology of the territory. What we often read today as 'wounds' of the territory, have fed strategic sectors for the national economy (construction, infrastructure etc.) with motives that are no longer sustainable from an environmental point of view, and need to be 'healed'. In western Liguria, out of 224 disused quarries, 78 are currently reused for tertiary or industrial or artisan purposes, 64 are spontaneously renaturalised, 11 are restored to their natural state and 71 are abandoned without plans. Through the analysis of some case studies, , such as the Ghigliazza quarries in Finale Ligure, this work aims to draw attention to the role that landscape protection can play in governing and directing the choices of reuse of delicate situations from a landscape, environmental and economic point of view.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1636012025-08-02T05:18:05Z Chapter The quarries in the coastal municipalities of western Liguria: reflections on landscape protection with a view to their recovery Comino, Lorenza Lanza, Simona Giovanna Protection Enhancement Coastal areas Quarries The coastal landscape, of western Liguria, constitutes one of the most delicate territorial areas that has undergone the greatest transformations. The coastal processes of industrialisation and urbanisation, linked above all to seaside tourism, have induced radical transformations, linked to the railway development, which in the 19th century drew a strongly built coastal landscape, and allowed the development of industrial and commercial settlements. Among these activities, such as open-cast quarries, has contributed to the transformation of the landscape, due to its strong impact on the morphology of the territory. What we often read today as 'wounds' of the territory, have fed strategic sectors for the national economy (construction, infrastructure etc.) with motives that are no longer sustainable from an environmental point of view, and need to be 'healed'. In western Liguria, out of 224 disused quarries, 78 are currently reused for tertiary or industrial or artisan purposes, 64 are spontaneously renaturalised, 11 are restored to their natural state and 71 are abandoned without plans. Through the analysis of some case studies, , such as the Ghigliazza quarries in Finale Ligure, this work aims to draw attention to the role that landscape protection can play in governing and directing the choices of reuse of delicate situations from a landscape, environmental and economic point of view. 2025-08-02T05:18:04Z 2025-08-02T05:18:04Z 2025-08-01T15:59:36Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221505566_304 2975-0288 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104854 9791221505566 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163601 eng Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104854/1/43695.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.50 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.50 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221505566 16 Florence open access
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Enhancement
Coastal areas
Quarries
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Lanza, Simona Giovanna
Chapter The quarries in the coastal municipalities of western Liguria: reflections on landscape protection with a view to their recovery
title Chapter The quarries in the coastal municipalities of western Liguria: reflections on landscape protection with a view to their recovery
title_full Chapter The quarries in the coastal municipalities of western Liguria: reflections on landscape protection with a view to their recovery
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title_full_unstemmed Chapter The quarries in the coastal municipalities of western Liguria: reflections on landscape protection with a view to their recovery
title_short Chapter The quarries in the coastal municipalities of western Liguria: reflections on landscape protection with a view to their recovery
title_sort chapter the quarries in the coastal municipalities of western liguria reflections on landscape protection with a view to their recovery
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Enhancement
Coastal areas
Quarries
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Enhancement
Coastal areas
Quarries
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