ABSTRACT
If climate change is a global phenomenon, and if the local effects will shift long-standing regional ecological definitions, it follows that old urban political boundaries and their governance structures will have to change as well in order to implement effective policy. This question arises in relation to the number of other indicators that point to the general obsolescence of municipal boundaries relative to the next generation of town-planning policy imperatives. It may be useful to examine this question in relation to Rome and its territory.
