Pietro Piana
Biographic Data
| ID | 2785844 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pietro Piana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pietro |
| FAMILY NAME | Piana |
| SIGNATURE | PIANA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9367-8085 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From certification to practice
This paper explores the evaluation process within the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, through the case of the Via Romea Germanica, assessing how certified routes navigate assessment criteria and governance challenges. The analysis assesses the Via Romea Germanica’s compliance with the Council of Europe standards, focussing on the evaluation cycle’s role in ensuring thematic coherence, transnational cooperation, and sustainable developme…
Urban rewilding
In recent years, the presence of urban wildlife has increased in many cities around the world, with the consequent increase of human-animal relations. The city of Genoa (NW Italy) is a particularly complex case study where such phenomena are associated with rural depopulation of the surrounding countryside and spontaneous rewilding processes that have led several animal species to approach urban areas in search of new spaces. This paper deals wit…
Between authenticity and belonging
As mainstream cultural products, it is increasingly recognized that movies can influence the way places are perceived, exploited and materially transformed, particularly in tourism development. The relationship between movies and places has been widely explored in geographical research, but the role of animated features is still relatively unexplored. Thanks to its extremely precise geographical connotations, Disney-Pixar’s animated film Luca (20…
Coupling Historical Maps and LiDAR Data to Identify Man-Made Landforms in Urban Areas
In recent years, there has been growing interest in urban geomorphology both for its applications in terms of landscape planning, and its historical, cultural, and scientific interest. Due to recent urban growth, the identification of landforms in cities is difficult, particularly in Mediterranean and central European cities, characterized by more than 1000 years of urban stratification. By comparing and overlapping 19th-century cartography and m…
Questioning the view
This article argues that a recent resurgence of interest in topographical art has opened up a new and exciting debate about how such drawings and paintings can be used by historical geographers. This is demonstrated by a review of recent research by historical geographers, art historians, and historians, which explores how topographical art is being interrogated to examine landscape history and environmental change. Topographical views provide in…
Geological landscape and stone heritage of the Genoa Walls Urban Park and surrounding area (Italy)
In the last 20 years the conservation and enhancement of cultural and landscape heritage sites have been increasingly promoted by specific national and international laws. Thematic maps from scientific studies facilitate the public promotion and understanding of landscape and cultural heritage. This work introduces a novel geological landscape and stone heritage map of the Genoa Walls Urban Park (1:10.000 scale). The park is located in the immedi…
Geoheritage map of the Portofino Natural Park (Italy)
This paper introduces a novel geoheritage map of the Portofino Natural Park. The park is an internationally well-known area, protected since 1935, located in the Ligurian Apennines, 25 km E of Genoa. It has 80 km of hiking trails which are used by visitors all year around. \nThe map was produced by combining geological and geomorphological data, geoheritage elements and data from hiking and tourist maps. It is intended to be a base map from which…
Art and landscape history
This paper explores the value of landscape and topographical art for understanding contemporary landscapes of the Val d’Aosta, northwest Italy. The region became very popular with British tourists in the early nineteenth century and several amateur and professional artists depicted its landscapes. The paper focuses on the case study of Saint-Pierre, its castle and the surrounding landscapes, examining views by amateur artists like Henrietta Fort…
Travel, Modernity and Rural Landscapes in Nineteenth-Century Liguria
New roads and, later, railways were essential for the modernisation and rapid economic development of north-western Italy in the early nineteenth century. The new routes also encouraged an increasing number of foreign travellers to visit the region. They opened up fresh tracts of countryside and provided novel viewpoints and points of interest; many travellers took the opportunity to record these views with topographical drawings and watercolours…
Saved from the sordid axe’
Pine trees were frequently depicted and celebrated by nineteenth-century English artists and travellers in Italy. This paper examines how British visitors gained knowledge of Italian trees through drawings, paintings and prints, before and during their visits to Italy. It considers knowledge of pines by late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century authorities such as William Gilpin and John Claudius Loudon and then focuses on the representation …
Topographical art and landscape history
Elizabeth Fanshawe (1779–1856) e le sorelle grazie ad un lungo soggiorno in Liguria,Piemonte e Lombardia hanno lasciato una cospicua eredità di produzioni classificabili come topographical art l'articolo propone la loro utilizzazione come fonti per la storia,la geografia e l'ecologia dei paesaggi dell'Italia NO partendo da casi liguri
Urban rewilding
In recent years, the presence of urban wildlife has increased in many cities around the world, with the consequent increase of human-animal relations. The city of Genoa (NW Italy) is a particularly complex case study where such phenomena are associated with rural depopulation of the surrounding countryside and spontaneous rewilding processes that have led several animal species to approach urban areas in search of new spaces. This paper deals wit…
Travel, Modernity and Rural Landscapes in Nineteenth-Century Liguria
New roads and, later, railways were essential for the modernisation and rapid economic development of north-western Italy in the early nineteenth century. The new routes also encouraged an increasing number of foreign travellers to visit the region. They opened up fresh tracts of countryside and provided novel viewpoints and points of interest; many travellers took the opportunity to record these views with topographical drawings and watercolours…
Topographical art and landscape history
Elizabeth Fanshawe (1779–1856) e le sorelle grazie ad un lungo soggiorno in Liguria,Piemonte e Lombardia hanno lasciato una cospicua eredità di produzioni classificabili come topographical art l'articolo propone la loro utilizzazione come fonti per la storia,la geografia e l'ecologia dei paesaggi dell'Italia NO partendo da casi liguri
Saved from the sordid axe’
Pine trees were frequently depicted and celebrated by nineteenth-century English artists and travellers in Italy. This paper examines how British visitors gained knowledge of Italian trees through drawings, paintings and prints, before and during their visits to Italy. It considers knowledge of pines by late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century authorities such as William Gilpin and John Claudius Loudon and then focuses on the representation …
Geological landscape and stone heritage of the Genoa Walls Urban Park and surrounding area (Italy)
In the last 20 years the conservation and enhancement of cultural and landscape heritage sites have been increasingly promoted by specific national and international laws. Thematic maps from scientific studies facilitate the public promotion and understanding of landscape and cultural heritage. This work introduces a novel geological landscape and stone heritage map of the Genoa Walls Urban Park (1:10.000 scale). The park is located in the immedi…
Geoheritage map of the Portofino Natural Park (Italy)
This paper introduces a novel geoheritage map of the Portofino Natural Park. The park is an internationally well-known area, protected since 1935, located in the Ligurian Apennines, 25 km E of Genoa. It has 80 km of hiking trails which are used by visitors all year around. \nThe map was produced by combining geological and geomorphological data, geoheritage elements and data from hiking and tourist maps. It is intended to be a base map from which…
Art and landscape history
This paper explores the value of landscape and topographical art for understanding contemporary landscapes of the Val d’Aosta, northwest Italy. The region became very popular with British tourists in the early nineteenth century and several amateur and professional artists depicted its landscapes. The paper focuses on the case study of Saint-Pierre, its castle and the surrounding landscapes, examining views by amateur artists like Henrietta Fort…
Travel, Modernity and Rural Landscapes in Nineteenth-Century Liguria
New roads and, later, railways were essential for the modernisation and rapid economic development of north-western Italy in the early nineteenth century. The new routes also encouraged an increasing number of foreign travellers to visit the region. They opened up fresh tracts of countryside and provided novel viewpoints and points of interest; many travellers took the opportunity to record these views with topographical drawings and watercolours…
Questioning the view
This article argues that a recent resurgence of interest in topographical art has opened up a new and exciting debate about how such drawings and paintings can be used by historical geographers. This is demonstrated by a review of recent research by historical geographers, art historians, and historians, which explores how topographical art is being interrogated to examine landscape history and environmental change. Topographical views provide in…
Coupling Historical Maps and LiDAR Data to Identify Man-Made Landforms in Urban Areas
In recent years, there has been growing interest in urban geomorphology both for its applications in terms of landscape planning, and its historical, cultural, and scientific interest. Due to recent urban growth, the identification of landforms in cities is difficult, particularly in Mediterranean and central European cities, characterized by more than 1000 years of urban stratification. By comparing and overlapping 19th-century cartography and m…
Between authenticity and belonging
As mainstream cultural products, it is increasingly recognized that movies can influence the way places are perceived, exploited and materially transformed, particularly in tourism development. The relationship between movies and places has been widely explored in geographical research, but the role of animated features is still relatively unexplored. Thanks to its extremely precise geographical connotations, Disney-Pixar’s animated film Luca (20…
Urban rewilding
In recent years, the presence of urban wildlife has increased in many cities around the world, with the consequent increase of human-animal relations. The city of Genoa (NW Italy) is a particularly complex case study where such phenomena are associated with rural depopulation of the surrounding countryside and spontaneous rewilding processes that have led several animal species to approach urban areas in search of new spaces. This paper deals wit…
From certification to practice
This paper explores the evaluation process within the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, through the case of the Via Romea Germanica, assessing how certified routes navigate assessment criteria and governance challenges. The analysis assesses the Via Romea Germanica’s compliance with the Council of Europe standards, focussing on the evaluation cycle’s role in ensuring thematic coherence, transnational cooperation, and sustainable developme…
Archaeology (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Art (6 works) · History (5 works) · Visual arts (5 works) · Historical Art and Culture Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Tourism (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Cartography (3 works)