The Historical City. A Critical Reference and Role Model

This book offers a multivocal and interdisciplinary arena that brings together a wide range of thoughts and approaches addressing the intricacies of dealing with the historical city today. Spanning across a multitude of humanistic, sociological, and technological outlooks, it provides a multifaceted overview of current research on the city and its historicity. Based on revised and extended contributions presented at two international conferences, namely "The Historical City as a Critical Reference and Role Model for Innovative Urban and Metropolitan Development" (January 26-27, 2023) and "The Historical City as a Field for Critical Exercise. Criticism, Politics, Actors (April 17, 2023), both held at the University of Bologna, this book is an insightful and thought-provoking read for researchers in Architecture, History, Urban Studies, Social Sciences, and the Arts, as well as professionals and policy makers dealing with historical cities.

Summary

This book offers a multivocal and interdisciplinary arena that brings together a wide range of thoughts and approaches addressing the intricacies of dealing with the historical city today. Spanning across a multitude of humanistic, sociological, and technological outlooks, it provides a multifaceted overview of current research on the city and its historicity. Based on revised and extended contributions presented at two international conferences, namely “The Historical City as a Critical Reference and Role Model for Innovative Urban and Metropolitan Development” (January 26-27, 2023) and “The Historical City as a Field for Critical Exercise. Criticism, Politics, Actors (April 17, 2023), both held at the University of Bologna, this book is an insightful and thought-provoking read for researchers in Architecture, History, Urban Studies, Social Sciences, and the Arts, as well as professionals and policy makers dealing with historical cities.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ilaria Cattabriga (Editor), Enrico Chinellato (Editor), Arshia Eghbali (Editor), Arshia Eghbali et al (Editor), Ramona Loffredo (Editor), Zeno Mutton (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2024
• EAN: 9783031714726
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3171472-6
• No. of pages: 281
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 19 mm x 254 mm
• Weight: 687 g
• Illustrations: XI, 281 p. 57 illus., 42 illus. in color.
• Series: The City Project
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Stadtplanung und Architektur, Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen, Urban History, Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings, Cities, Countries, Regions, Urban Regeneration, Philosophy of the City, Digital vs Physical City, Historic Centre of Naples, Urban Conservation, Aesthetics and the City, Urban Participation, Aesthetic Perceptions of Urban Environments, Urban Changes, Digital Experience in the City, Values of Public Space, Cultural Heritage Conservation, Urban Stratification, Urban Art Practices