Minor urban systems and anvironmental analysis of the R. N. reserve "Monti Eremita e Marzano" and adjoining areas, useful to the territorial government reform.

Minor urban systems have to evolve towards models in which the nebula of settlements merges in a unique district, as proposed in the R.L. 54/74. In the functional regional hierarchy, some inland settlements in the district of Salerno are also subordinated to Napoli, which goes on with its long-term process of orthogenetic development. According to the analysis of the anthropological, civilian, livestock and agricultural capacity of the area that it is being examined, it is evident that the estimated sustainability potential of the proposed urban system (Colliano, Laviano, Santomenna, Castelnuovo di Conza e Valva) is largely underused (housing capacity 79’000 vs inhabitants 8’387). The evolutionary processes of the minor urban systems have to be investigated, since a good management of the territory will be obtained only through a reformist programming that matches development with environment.