Planning the urban sustainable development The case of the plan For the province of Trento, Italy

摘要

This paper provides an overview of the initiatives for sustainable development taking place in Italy at the urban and provincial levels, stressing some limits they met: unsatisfactory knowledge of environmental conditions, use of too general indicators, modest public participation. The case of the plan of the Province of Trento, currently in progress, is examined. This experience applies an eco-systemic Approach to analyze the interactions among the different resource use cycles.