This book proposes new ways of considering the relationship between a city and the natural systems surrounding it. It includes ideas on the recycling of spaces, infrastructure, architecture, and sustainability in urban centres, as well as case studies conducted on subjects as diverse as Quality of Life in Italy, Bolzano and Trento, and the landscape and environment of the Alps. Architecture is discussed from Lake Garda to Innsbruck, and the book closes with an international Atlas of green projects by Fuksas, Metrogramma, Kuma, However, Yoon and more. Text in English and Italian 800 colour