The Historical Transformation of Peri-Urban Land Use Patterns, via Landscape GIS-Based Analysis and Landscape Metrics, in the Vesuvius Area

Peri-urban areas constitute an enormous resource in terms of natural capital, landscape heritage and economic activities, but, at the same time, they are often affected by physical socio-economic degradation, drawing attention decision makers planners. Many studies have focused on these contexts both suburbs, with a close dependence urban centers, new land typologies. The present paper focuses documentary evidence direct impacts growth rural lands. study area entails Vesuvius National Park, which, belonging Naples metropolis, is well-known for its historical, geo-morphologic naturalistic value. Furthermore, has history high-quality cartographic production: 1817, 1907, 1960, 2009 time steps maps were digitized, georeferenced, vectorized compared GIS environment. results highlight strong change land-use, vineyards class types, more disaggregated mosaic. approach shows that historical modeling land-use changes supports understanding current dynamics patterns. also need to integrate planning ecology approaches, highlighting interactions between urban, agricultural areas, purpose supporting management conservation policies.