Preface; Contents; Planning the "FEW" Nexus: Problems and Intervention Criteria; 1 Climate Policies and Strategies in the European Union; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 From the Kyoto Protocol to the 20-20-20 Package; 1.3 The 2050 Roadmap and the 2030 Climate and Energy Goals; 1.4 UE Submission to UNFCCC; 1.5 UE Action on Adaptation to Climate Change; 2 Nexus Approach to Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Adaptation and Ecosystems' Management: New Paths for a Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction

2.2 Interdependencies Among Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, Risks and Urban Development; 2.3 Efforts Towards Integrated Approaches; 2.4 Potential of a Nexus Approach; References; 3 Functions and Values of Peri-Urban Areas: A Multifunctional Perspective from EU to Lombardy Region Policies; Abstract; 3.1 "Everyday Landscapes" in the EU Context and in Lombardy; 3.2 Focus on the Metro Region of Milan; 3.3 New Perspectives for a Regional Policy; References; 4 Urban-Rural Partnerships and Governance of Peri-Urban Areas in a European Perspective. Towards Regenerative Regions; Abstract

4.1 Urban-Rural Partnerships as Theoretical and Political Concept; 4.2 The Regenerative Potential of Urban-Rural Partnerships in Peri-Urban Areas in Italy and Germany; 4.2.1 Management and Governance of Peri-Urban Areas in Lombardy (Italy); 4.2.2 Management and Governance of Peri-Urban Areas in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (Germany); 4.2.3 Conclusions and Lessons Learnt; Acknowledgments; References; 5 Qualify Decision Making Through Strategic Environmental Assessment: Advancing the Resilience of Peri-Urban Areas; Abstract; 5.1 Planning for Resilience, Dealing with Uncertainty

5.2 The Strategic Environmental Assessment of the 2014/2020 EU Funded Programmes in Lombardy Region; 5.3 The Contribution of a "Peri-Urban Arena"; References; 6 Services, Values and Functions of Peri-Urban Areas in a Nexus Approach; Abstract; 6.1 Emerging Questions. Peri-Urban Role in a Regional Vision; 6.1.1 Complexity of Interdependencies; 6.1.2 Nexus and Rural Production; 6.1.3 Fragmentation and Vulnerability; 6.1.4 Governance; 6.2 Functions and Values of Peri-Urban Areas; 6.3 Perspectives; References; 7 The Nexus Services from a Territorial Perspective: Interactions and Trade Offs; Abstract

7.1 An Approach to the NEXUS Services Analysis and Decision-Making; 7.2 Land and Territorial Spaces as the WEFS Nexus Reference Unit; 7.3 An Example of Nexus Interactions and Trade-off at the Territorial Level: Conflicts in the Use of Water Resources of the Idro Lake; 7.4 Conclusions; References; Planning the "FEW" Nexus: Cases and Applications; 8 Flood Risk Management and the Nexus Approach: A Preliminary Conceptual Overview Based on Case Studies; Abstract; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Some Considerations on the Nexus Between Flood Risk and the Energy Sector