After briefly discussing the extent and features of Italian national parks, this paper takes some steps toward building a conceptual system for conservation policies in national parks where cultural capital as well as natural capital is subject to conservation. It argues that in protected...

In order to determine the degree of similarity among 'local development trajectories' the paper conducts a preliminary comparative analysis of the development trajectories of the major local systems in the Marche Region in the period 1951-2001. It shows that there have been marked differences...

Uno dei problemi metodologici piu' importanti posti dalla conservazione del capitale nei parchi naturali Š l'interpretazione del rapporto tra processo di produzione in agricoltura e capitale (o paesaggio). Cio' perche' una parte rilevante del capitale che nei parchi naturali si intende...

Without full awareness of the practical implications and methodological difficulties, conservation policies have been given significant priority in Italy in the past decade. Considering the extraordinary cultural and ecological value of Italian landscapes, this role assigned to conservation...