doi: 10.4129/ifm.2010.2.17

Citazione - Citation
Salbitano F., Sanesi G., 2010 - Silviculture: landscape, cultural and social functions of forests. L'Italia Forestale e Montana, 65 (2): 251-253.

Autori - Authors

Fabio Salbitano - Dipartimento di Dipartimento di Economia, Ingegneria, Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie e Forestali, Università di Firenze; fabio.salbitano@unifi.it
Giovanni Sanesi - greenLab, Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Vegetali, Università di Bari; sanesi@agr.uniba.it; http://www.greenlab.uniba.it

Title: Silviculture: landscape, cultural and social functions of forests

 
Key words: urban forestry; urban planning; social functions; sustainability.

SUMMARY

In this paper, we discuss the emerging role of urban forestry at European and national level, placing emphasis to the cultural and social aspects of forest resources. In Italy, urban and peri-urban forests are generally considered important places for promoting social activities. In this context, foresters and urban foresters should act using the traditional forestry knowledge while encouraging the social and cultural aspects, including communication, information and involvement of users. This emerging approach needs to be supported by an organic collaboration with other disciplines and research methods.