Effects of spatial planning on rural landscapes

Policy makers are today asked to highlight the role of agriculture in the future sceneries of territory transformation, tackling the challenge posed between a sustainable development and the identity of each European area. Recent experiences showed where there is an increase of urban expansion there is also a lack of adequate policies to safeguard agricultural landscape. In order to read the effects of these policies in rural/agricultural areas, Lombardy was chosen as case-study to illustrate how planning is changing the people perception of rural landscapes.