Valorization of the Neapolitan forestal landscape: the Camaldoli woods

The western area of Naples is characterized by the forestal landscape of the Camaldoli hills, the territory of which builds a system of cultural and environmental values that are very important. The Camaldoli woods are one of the city's most important landscape areas; conterminous with the Campi Flegrei Regional Park, the woods is in the perimeter of the Parco Metropolitano delle Colline di Napoli (Napoli Hills' Metropolitan Park) that includes the Selva di Chiaiano, Vallone San Rocco, Scudillo and the Conche dei Pisani. As residual green areas, these forestal systems work as diaphragm between the inner city and the suburbs, offering a wide-range eco-system service. The valorization of the Bosco dei Camaldoli has to be aimed at matching, in eco-friendly terms, the imbalance of the metropolitan area whose demographic increase has determined an incredible destruction of natural resources generating several problems in the territory; to remedy the problem, the management of the city will have to consider the priority of the safeguard of biodiversity and the landscape heritage inserting within the planning processes the environmental and natural factors.