Presentation  Presentation  

Summary

Link: Networks e Synergies

Social Development Networks

Chapter 1

Housing quality

Chapter 2

The centre and the suburbs: different systems of mobility

Chapter 3

The family and solidarity

Chapter 4

Quality of education network

Chapter 5

Living the employment network

Economic Networks

Chapter 6

Links within the economic system

Chapter 7

The trade network

Chapter 8

Veneto agriculture network

Chapter 9

Mountain synergies

Chapter 10

Production networks

Chapter 11

The distribution network

Chapter 12

Tourism: synergy between sectors and networks between individuals

Institutional services and
networks

Chapter 13

The network for workplace health prevention

Chapter 14

The Veneto model for the integration of social and healthcare services

Chapter 15

Public Administration: services for citizens and businesses

Chapter 16

Telematic networks in Veneto

Chapter 17

The environmental and territorial checking networks

Chapter 18

Cross-border institutional networks

Chapter 19

Inter-institutional local models




Chapter 9 - Mountain synergies

(Note 1) The Veneto region is 34% mountainous, yet less than 10% of the regional population actually live in these mountains. These areas are complex and distinctive and are difficult to describe using restrictive parameters or formulae.
We have now gone beyond the old approach of considering the mountains as marginal and disadvantaged areas, as they are now recognised both in the public consciousness and institutionally for their value as an important resource for everyone.
Their wealth of natural resources, firmly rooted traditions in land management, agricultural excellence and a natural inclination towards the conservation of their extensive biodiversity all add to the mountains' reputation for quality of life and financial and recreational activities.
This kind of recognition, which was also confirmed on an international scale in the 1992 Rio Conference and by the declaration of 2002 as the International Year of Mountains, does not however make up for the problems encountered while living and working there.
Problems creating settlements and with communication, the layout of the land, the difficult climate and geological instability are just some of the problems humans have had to overcome to be able to live in these places. These problems have led inexorably to the area's economy being abandoned and to a continuing drop in population, especially in the outlying areas.
Agriculture in particular is one business that has been cut back considerably: in Belluno alone the Utilised Agricultural Area (UAA) was reduced by almost 30% from 1970 to 2000. This has had serious consequences for the environment as the area is quite delicate and its economy is difficult to promote.
Changes in the use of the land, linked mainly to reductions in and difficulties with agriculture, have created a need for serious maintenance work to protect the environment; this work includes preserving slope stability, maintaining infrastructure, containing the spread of woodlands, as well as converting certain production systems linked to traditional agriculture, such as pasturelands.
These problems are also to be found in a context in which providing for tourism competes with the need to look after the environment and land, thus making it difficult to choose a suitable development strategy.



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