Uomo e territorio: un rapporto in continua evoluzione

The dualism between man and nature always stood in the centre of many philosophical, geographical, sociological and psychological studies. Throughout history, different ways of thinking followed one another and each of them highlighted a particular aspect of the relationship between man and nature. Man is plunged in a landscape featuring natural elements and not, that affect his way of being and the relationship with his surroundings. In the relationship between man and his surrounding, it is necessary to state that the objective is the development of a system that makes every choice of planning full of those values of territorial planning, necessary to make viable the protection of the environment and the landscape: we must start the assumption that the whole territory, for the history that characterized it, for the scenic and cultural values, for the collective memory that powers it, for his own recognition, should be considered, in the first instance, a good environment to be protected, especially in relationships between objects and phenomena linked by functional mutual relationships. So, we can say that, where the physical elements of the territory offer reference points for the collectivity, such elements should be considered “environmental values” and their interrelationships can be a “common good” to be protected. The territory belongs to us, it is part of our inner world, a reference point and a good never forgotten, that feeds the essence of memory. it is land, it is home, it is life, it is the man of today, but also that of yesterday that recognizes himself in the bond he has with his land. It is necessary to find the right balance in order to mantain the witness of his own memory, but at the same time the ability to design a future compatible with the preservation of our planet.