37
infrastructures. The Enerscapes project was carried out by the Department of
Planning, Territorial Promotion and Energy. The Department is also responsible
for the Provincial Territorial Plan (Piano Territoriale di Coordinamento Provin-
ciale, PTCP), that will be updated thanks to the project results.
Pilot Area
The pilot project area has an extension of 128.000 ha corrisponding to 62% of
the provincial area. The whole province includes 86 municipalities, of which 55
are part of the project area. The province has a population of 177,280 inhabit-
ants, of which 78% reside in the study area. The number of inhabitants varies
from 45.000 in the capital, to 438 in the less populated center. The population
density is equal to 108 people/sq km. The predominantly agricultural area is
Fig.10
piemonte
region, italy.
photo by
andrea
cherchi.
10
