The document challenges the traditional distinction between natural and urban landscapes, demonstrating how the two spheres form part of a single system of interrelationships. In the Anthropocene era, the idea of a completely unspoilt natural world appears increasingly to be a cultural construct, whilst the landscape is interpreted as a dynamic reality, shaped by the interaction between human beings, other forms of life, the environment and social transformations.
Contemporary ecological thought calls for us to move beyond the dichotomies between nature and culture, human and non-human, natural and artificial. From this perspective, even marginal, abandoned or unplanned spaces take on ecological and social value: the Third Landscape becomes a place of biodiversity, experimentation and new possibilities for coexistence. Walking, listening and artistic practices also enable us to observe and reinterpret areas often excluded from dominant representations.
Finally, the discussion extends to the soundscape and urban regeneration. Sounds, noises, music and silence all contribute to our perception of places, whilst urban planning is called upon to integrate sustainability, participation and quality of life. The boundary between the urban and the unspoilt thus emerges not as a clear-cut division, but as a space of encounter in which to imagine new ecological and social balances.