a method for drafting up GI guidelines rooted in
scientific basis.
As a concluding remark, in future research we will
investigate the effectiveness of planning and design
methodologies apt to integrate the GI guidelines as
part of the planning process. An important role in this
context can be played by the Strategic Environmental
Assessment (SEA), which is often part of the
planning process. SEA has potential for integrating
the contents of the GI guidelines in planning tools
such as regional or local spatial plans. In this regard,
SEA can contribute to explicitly consider GI in the
design of Green Cities.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Authors are supported by the research project
“Paesaggi rurali della Sardegna: pianificazione di
infrastrutture verdi e blu e di reti territoriali
complesse [Rural landscapes of Sardinia: planning
green and blue infrastructures and spatial complex
networks]”, Regional Law n. 7/2007, Fund for
Development and Cohesion, Autonomous Region of
Sardinia. Giovanna Calia gratefully acknowledges
financial support of her scholarship for the Ph.D.
program in Civil Engineering and Architecture
(University of Cagliari) by P.O.R., F.S.E. Operational
Programme 2014-2020, Autonomous Region of
Sardinia. Andrea De Montis and Antonio Ledda are
supported by the University of Sassari through the
Fondo di Ateneo per la Ricerca [Academic funding
for research activities] 2020.
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