Abstract

The essay deals with the problem of landscape protection. The author argues that, in spite of the definition of landscape as a "common good" in the Article 9 of the Italian Constitution, Italian policies of landscape protection have been unsuccessful for over 50 years. To overcome this failure, it is necessary to call into question the whole system of public government of landscape protection. Only with a better use of resources in urban planning, rather than the mere use of legislative constraints, public policies in this area might improve in the future.