Atripalda. The analyses conducted along the W-E transects (Figg. 3 and 5) have allowed to
detect significant gradient of landscape patterns just in this direction, as a direct result of the
course of these important road axis [Yu and Ng, 2007].
The growth rate of urbanized areas is also due to ineffectiveness of Master Plans, which
haven’t allowed a reduction in house costs and encouraged people to build in countryside
where is often cheaper. Another aspect is related to the low quality of neighbourhoods built
in last decades (i.e. lack of parking and green spaces), that has brought citizens to live in
countryside.