ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the evolution of the place of nature in the urbanized territory of Lisbon. It highlights the upsurge in environmental awareness and the emergence of a new relation between city and nature as exemplified by a central green corridor. The chapter presents the evolution of Lisbon's green spaces, focusing mainly on the changes that occurred to green structures in the trans-industrial socioeconomic context of the 1970s, when existing interstitial spaces progressively assumed the form of green corridors, playing a significant role in the greening of the urban fabric. Urban policies in 1980s Paris represent a remarkable case of success in the assembly of existing urban fragments, a major role being played by landscape design: different kinds of urban green spaces would restructure the metropolis and rehabilitate in-between spaces, as well as abandoned structures inherited from the industrial era.
