In recent years, the issue of inner areas has gained increasing prominence in debates on territorial development, public policy, and the practices of social and economic actors. Even in Lombardy, one of the most highly urbanised regions of the Italian peninsula, policies and projects have been introduced to counter what has been described as the exodus from marginal areas. In this volume, an interdisciplinary research group from the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) at the Politecnico di Milano offers nine thematic perspectives on the fourteen territories designated as inner areas by the Lombardy Region. From the pre-Alpine valleys, historically characterised by industrial development and now facing a challenging transition, to the lowland plains transformed by changes in agriculture and the expansion of logistics; and from the lake districts, caught between overtourism and the rediscovery of their territorial heritage, Altre Lombardie takes readers on a journey through the evolving settlement patterns, organisation of everyday life, and human and natural heritage of an extraordinarily diverse territorial landscape. It is a journey that invites a reconsideration of inner areas, fostering a different understanding of their characteristics and potential, while reaffirming their crucial importance for the ecological, social, and economic balance of Italy as a whole.
In anni recenti, il tema delle aree interne ha assunto crescente importanza nel dibatti sul territorio, nelle politiche pubbliche come nelle pratiche degli attori sociali ed economici. Anche in Lombardia, una delle regioni più urbanizzate della penisola, sono state promosse politiche e progetti volti a fermare quello che è stato definito come l’esodo dalle aree marginali. In questo volume, un gruppo di ricerca interdisciplinare del Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani (DAStU) del Politecnico di Milano offre nove prospettive tematiche sui quattordici territori che la Regione ha definito quali aree interne. Dalle valli prealpine di antica industrializzazione oggi alle prese con una difficile transizione alle basse pianure trasformate dai cambiamenti dell’agricoltura e dell’avanzare della logistica passando per territori dei laghi sospesi fra overtourism e riscoperta dei beni territoriali, Altre Lombardie ci conduce in un viaggio attraverso le evoluzioni delle forme insediative, dell’organizzazione della vita quotidiana, dei patrimoni umani e naturali di un palinsesto straordinariamente variegato di territori. Un viaggio da cui si torna con un’idea diversa delle aree interne. Ma con la convinzione della loro decisiva importanza per gli equilibri ecologici, sociali ed economici del nostro paese.
Confini in movimento: l’ambiguità del frontalierato con la Svizzera nelle aree interne Lombarde. Un focus sull’Area Interna del Piambello e Valli del Verbano
alessandra pandolfi;chiara mezzetti
2025-01-01
Abstract
In recent years, the issue of inner areas has gained increasing prominence in debates on territorial development, public policy, and the practices of social and economic actors. Even in Lombardy, one of the most highly urbanised regions of the Italian peninsula, policies and projects have been introduced to counter what has been described as the exodus from marginal areas. In this volume, an interdisciplinary research group from the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) at the Politecnico di Milano offers nine thematic perspectives on the fourteen territories designated as inner areas by the Lombardy Region. From the pre-Alpine valleys, historically characterised by industrial development and now facing a challenging transition, to the lowland plains transformed by changes in agriculture and the expansion of logistics; and from the lake districts, caught between overtourism and the rediscovery of their territorial heritage, Altre Lombardie takes readers on a journey through the evolving settlement patterns, organisation of everyday life, and human and natural heritage of an extraordinarily diverse territorial landscape. It is a journey that invites a reconsideration of inner areas, fostering a different understanding of their characteristics and potential, while reaffirming their crucial importance for the ecological, social, and economic balance of Italy as a whole.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.



