Is there a link between landscape degradation and the construction of large scale infrastructures? Case studies along the Milan-Brescia railway line, part of the 5th Trans European Corridor

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Contemporary landscapes in Europe create a mosaic of scenarios: water-based landscapes, rural landscapes, urban landscapes, natural and preserved landscapes, landscapes of culture-based regions, “religious” landscapes... Infrastructures of varying size often cross them or allow people to reach them. The proposed research is characterized by three subtopics all regarding the development of a territory – linked to the construction processes of the railway infrastructure – in terms of sustainable (or otherwise) alteration of the landscape involved. The subthemes are: a) remaining areas resulting from soil consumption due to the building of infrastructures (railways in particular); b) the need to create infrastructural works that intersect with the railways that make soils waterproof; c) desertion of infrastructural projects by major contractors that initiate processes of landscape/territorial degradation. The study, after the discussion on Commons, intends to consider the link between: a)

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