Strategie urbane per la gestione del capitale naturale, l’innovazione e la coesione sociale

In the policies of Italian and European cities, there is growing awareness and interest in experimenting with actions and strategies for maintenance and enhancement of the natural capital in urban areas. This is being applied through innovative forms of management and activation of coordinated public–private strategies by policy makers and active citizen groups. Starting from an experimental case study of the city of Pesaro, research identified the widespread presence of over 4,000 olive trees in the urban and peri-urban territory. The plants were classified according to the space given over to them, and their size, management method and ornamental and productive value. Through the experience gained from this case study, we highlight the analytical–methodological pathways for assessment of the existing infrastructure and the relationships with the different urban contexts and morphologies, and the basis of the logic of community management at the urban scale.