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Cultural Landscape in Practice

Conservation vs. Emergencies

  • Presents case studies on and best practices for landscape planning from the Mediterranean area
  • Offers a source of inspiration not only for academics, but also professionals and representatives of urban planning institutions
  • Written by leading experts in the field

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (LNCE, volume 26)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xl
  2. Landscape and Territorial Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Indian Villas in the Valencian Landscape (Spain): Casino del Americano

      • Pablo Rodríguez-Navarro, Sergio Estruch González
      Pages 37-53
    3. Creating a Map of the Underground Heritage in the Mediterranean Area: A Visual Representation for a Comprehensive Research

      • Beniamino Polimeni, Roberto Bixio, Carla Galeazzi, Carlo Germani, Mario Parise, Stefano Saj et al.
      Pages 115-129
    4. The Challenges of the “Divided” Heritage of Cyprus

      • Kokan Grchev, Ozgur Dincyurek
      Pages 131-143

About this book

This book approaches cultural landscape as a driver for societal challenges, economic development, social inclusion, place assessment and heritage conservation. It explores issues stemming from the relation between conservation and emergencies, and identifies descriptive tools for conveying knowledge and generating new expertise, heritage skills, seismic culture and social resilience.

The documentation of landscapes, due in part to new technologies, increasingly involves integrated methodologies and graphic outcomes such as Heritage-BIM, advanced 3D modeling, and immersive environments. According to recent UNESCO recommendations, the process of mapping places is a necessary prerequisite for design action, and also includes the emotional and perceptive dimension, so as to represent space through visual thought and produce graphic materials.

The chapters presented here will ultimately support efforts to overcome the emergency phase of reconstruction after natural disasters and, by exploring relevant issues in recent studies, will describe emerging tools that can help inspire practices that concern not only agrarian and urban, but also historic urban landscapes. The work also presents planning tools to help preserve the integrity and authenticity of urban heritages.
The book will benefit all scholars and practitioners who are involved in the process of understanding, designing and transforming places, and will foster an international exchange of research, case studies, and best practices to confront the practical challenges involved in keeping cultural landscapes alive. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Design, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Giuseppe Amoruso

  • Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Rossella Salerno

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