Historic Cities in the Face of Disasters : Reconstruction, Recovery and Resilience of Societies / edited by Fatemeh Farnaz Arefian, Judith Ryser, Andrew Hopkins, Jamie Mackee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farnaz Arefian, Fatemeh, editor.

Series:

The Urban Book Series, 2365-7588

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental geography.

Natural disasters.

Human ecology--Study and teaching.

Human ecology.

Architecture--History.

Architecture.

Cultural property.

Human geography.

Cultural geography.

Integrated Geography.

Natural Hazards.

Environmental Studies.

Architectural History and Theory.

Cultural Heritage.

Social and Cultural Geography.

Local Subjects:

Integrated Geography.

Natural Hazards.

Environmental Studies.

Architectural History and Theory.

Cultural Heritage.

Social and Cultural Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (659 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.

Summary:

This book examines reconstruction and resilience of historic cities and societies from multiple disciplinary and complementary perspectives and, by doing so, it helps researchers and practitioners alike, among them reconstruction managers, urban governance and professionals. The book builds on carefully selected and updated papers accepted for the 2019 Silk Cities international conference on ‘reconstruction, recovery and resilience of historic cities and societies’, the third Silk Cities conference held in L’Aquila, Italy, 10-12 July 2019, working with University of L’Aquila and UCL. This multi-scale, and multidisciplinary book offers cross-sectoral and complimentary voices from multiple stakeholders, including academia, urban governance, NGOs and local populations. It examines post-disaster reconstruction strategies and case studies from Europe, Asia and Latin America that provide a valuable collection for anyone who would like to get a global overview on the subject matter. It thereby enables a deeper understanding of challenges, opportunities and approaches in dealing with historic cities facing disasters at various geographical scales. Additionally, it brings together historical approaches to the reconstruction of historical cities and those of more recent times. Thus, it can be used as a reference book for global understanding of the subject matter.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I: Heritage and collective memory for resilience and reconstruction

Thinking about post-disaster reconstruction in Europe: Functionalist and identity approaches

Old Souks of Aleppo: A narrative approach to post-conflict heritage reconstruction

Photography for the city, between the need for protection, conservation and civic identity

Cultural heritage as stones of memory: The recovery of archives in the area of the Marche crater

Intangible heritage and resilience in managing disaster shelters: Case study in Japan

Water gives, water takes away. Memory, agency and resilience in ENSO-vulnerable historic landscapes in Peru

Intangible cultural economy, a mould for tangible urban built fabric – The case of Shahjahanabad, India

The Tree: The concept of place after the earthquake, L’Aquila

Part II: Historic and contemporary reconstructions of historic cities

Marsica: One hundred years on

Coventry: Shell or Phoenix, city of tomorrow or concrete jumble? From reconstruction to the Phoenix Initiative, UK

Post-trauma recovery of monumental buildings in Italy and the United States at the beginning of twentieth century

Historical town centres and post-seismic reconstructions: Between functional recovery and heritage value awareness

Integrating green solutions into post-earthquake recovery of Bam, Iran

Reconstruction of heritage and spirit: Mending the scars of Aleppo

Beyond the damage, the reconstruction of L’Aguila

The “Solidere” effect and the localisation of heritage reconstruction in post-war transitions, Libya

Bell towers under (seismic) attack: Saving a symbol, once it became a menace

Ancient city of the future: Notes on the reconstruction of Beirut

Part III: Society, governance and collective resilience

Bonding between urban fabric and capacity of collective resilience: The case of Talca historic centre, Chile

Multi-perspective pre-disaster examination as post-disaster managerial thinking ahead for Hoi An in Vietnam

Play Street: Experimenting tactical urbanism for urban resilience in Iran

The preservation of rural landscapes for building resilience in small towns: Insights from north Italy

Antigua Guatemala, from history of disasters to resilient future

Emergency management for the built heritage post-earthquake: Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy, Italy

Factors of educational poverty and resilience responses in L’Aquila’s young population

Dropout, resilience and cultural heritage: A focus of the ACCESS Project in a highly fragile area

How can teachers promote resilience in schools?- Part IV: Bringing the 21st century into reconstruction

Cities in transformation: Smarter reconstruction in historic city centres

Evaluating visitors’ experiences at St Augustine’s Abbey (Canterbury)

Seismic Microzonation: A preventive measure for the conservation of the built heritage

The representation of a resilient city: The case of Amatrice’s reconstruction

Evacuation simulation considering tourists’ attempts to return home: A case of the Kiyomizu-dera Temple area, Japan

Public administration versus social media in emergency situations

Social media and disaster management in Iran: Lorestan floods as case study

Environmental issues and energy potentials in post-earthquake reconstruction

A multidisciplinary approach to retrofitting historic buildings: The case of the former San Salvatore Hospital, L’Aquila.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-030-77356-6

OCLC:

1268325156