This article provides a critical analysis of the legal framework governing mountain areas in Italy, with reference to recent developments in national legislation and the influence of European law. The article posits that the neoliberal interpretation of sustainable development has progressively diverged from the original constitutional objective of safeguarding and fostering substantive equality in mountainous areas, supplanting it with a paradigm driven by the imperatives of efficiency and market competition. Through an analysis of Italian and EU case law and positive legislation, as well as the practices of administrative authorities, the article highlights how the dogma of sustainable development is steering public policy and public authorities towards the financialization and economic exploitation of natural resources in mountain areas, thus jeopardising the social and environmental function of mountains as spaces for the protection of fundamental rights.
Questo contributo analizza criticamente la disciplina giuridica delle zone montane nell’ordinamento italiano, alla luce della più recente evoluzione del quadro normativo nazionale e delle influenze del diritto europeo. L’articolo, in particolare, argomenta come il principio dello sviluppo sostenibile, nella sua declinazione di matrice neoliberale, abbia progressivamente sostituito l’originaria finalità costituzionale di tutela e promozione dell’uguaglianza sostanziale nei territori montani con le logiche efficientistiche e le dinamiche concorrenziali del mercato. Attraverso l’analisi della giurisprudenza e del diritto positivo italiano e comunitario, nonché della prassi delle autorità amministrative, il contributo mette in risalto come il dogma dello sviluppo sostenibile orienti le politiche pubbliche ed i pubblici poteri verso la finanziarizzazione e lo sfruttamento economico delle risorse naturali delle zone montane, mettendo a repentaglio la funzione sociale e ambientale della montagna quale spazio di tutela dei diritti fondamentali.
La disciplina giuridica della montagna e lo sviluppo sostenibile: profili critici e tutela dei diritti fondamentali
Giovanni D'Elia
2025-01-01
Abstract
This article provides a critical analysis of the legal framework governing mountain areas in Italy, with reference to recent developments in national legislation and the influence of European law. The article posits that the neoliberal interpretation of sustainable development has progressively diverged from the original constitutional objective of safeguarding and fostering substantive equality in mountainous areas, supplanting it with a paradigm driven by the imperatives of efficiency and market competition. Through an analysis of Italian and EU case law and positive legislation, as well as the practices of administrative authorities, the article highlights how the dogma of sustainable development is steering public policy and public authorities towards the financialization and economic exploitation of natural resources in mountain areas, thus jeopardising the social and environmental function of mountains as spaces for the protection of fundamental rights.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


