Abstract:

The area bordering the Ticino river, in Italy, has been recognized as a zone of particular naturalistic interest and, as such, placed under the protection of a special official body. Some years after the institution of the Park, the "Consorzio Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino" arranged for a survey, carried out by Demoskopea, to evaluate quantitatively the present level of utilisation of the Park, to ascertain the opinions of people frequenting the banks of the Ticino river, and to provide information useful for the determination of further measures, such as the construction of infrastructures.