Tutela degli spazi rurali e normativa urbanistica. riflessioni sugli usi edificatori dei suoli agricoli (The Protection ofAgricultural Areas and Urban Legislation. Reflections on Building Uses of Rural Soils).

Since the Second World War, the dynamics that have animated the processes of urbanization have generated a radical transformation of the Italian rural landscape causing a change not only in order to the localization modalities residential functions but, more generally, on the whole organizational structure of the territory. As far as the protection of agricultural areas is concerned, the Italian town planning legislation has taken on a role only in recent times, referring to the concept of reducing land consumption.Starting from a brief overview of the international context, the contribution focuses on the regional scale highlighting the critical issues of the regulatory system of reference, identifying some critical elements relating to the lack of protection of the agricultural territory.In the conclusions some brief indications for updating the regulatory framework are proposed.