Dall’analisi al piano: il parco di Tepilora nel contesto della pianificazione territoriale della Sardegna.

Regional natural parks include land, river, lake and coastal areas of naturalistic and environmental value, which constitute a homogeneous system determined by the natural structures of the places, the landscape and artistic values and the cultural testimonies of the local populations (Law no. 394/ 91). The Park Plan is configured as the main instrument through which to pursue the objectives of protection and conservation of territorial qualities and pre-existing ecological balances and, at the same time, promote the social and economic development of the settled communities. This dichotomy, already complex in itself, requires particular attention when the protected area is affected by anthropization processes and by an important coexistence between natural habitats and agricultural areas. The present study proposes a territorial planning methodology developed and applied by the authors during the drafting of the Plan of the Tepilora Regional Natural Park, located in north-eastern Sardinia, in order to define, starting from an in-depth study of the context, a system of areal units, consistent with the governance tools in force, characterized by a significant degree of internal homogeneity and, therefore, by a specific level of protection, which constitute the spatial reference for the definition of constraints, permitted uses, destinations public or private use, by virtue of the needs of protection and conservation of the resources present (paragraph 2, Art. 11, Law establishing Tepilora Park).