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This book explores sustainable development and resilience in Mediterranean landscapes, focusing on architecture, environmental management, and cultural heritage. It covers topics like temporary housing after disasters, restoration techniques, and building design for uncertain conditions. The book also looks at managing natural resources and adapting to climate change, including shoreline changes, solar energy impacts, and rising sea levels. Cultural landscapes are discussed through community involvement and heritage protection, while infrastructure topics include ecological changes, heat reduction in cities, and transport systems. It also examines how tourism and new technologies can support both the economy and the environment, along with ways to address land degradation and coastal risks. Overall, it offers a clear view of how sustainable and practical solutions can help improve and protect Mediterranean regions.
List of contents
Sustainable Architecture Landscape for Built Environment.- Long-Term Temporary Accommodation.- Versatile Structures for Post-Emergency Sheltering.- Etc.
About the author
Federico Camerin, city planner at the
Università Iuav di Venezia
(2014), was awarded in 2014–15 and 2016–17 with two fellow research grants at the same University. He was successively Early Stage Resercher in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action - Innovative Training Networks “UrbanHist” (European Joint Doctorate). In 2020, he achieved a double degree of
Doctor en Arquitectura
and Ph.D. awarded respectively by the
Universidad de Valladolid
(UVa, Spain) and
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
(BUW, Germany). He was a post-doc fellow in Urban Planning at Iuav (2021 ‘Go-for-IT’ programme) and UVa (2022-24 ‘Margarita Salas’ programme, with a research stay at
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
) and he is currently ‘Ramón y Cajal’ fellow at UVa. His research/working interests intertwined city-making process with spatial planning, planning history, and urban governance.
Summary
This book explores sustainable development and resilience in Mediterranean landscapes, focusing on architecture, environmental management, and cultural heritage. It covers topics like temporary housing after disasters, restoration techniques, and building design for uncertain conditions. The book also looks at managing natural resources and adapting to climate change, including shoreline changes, solar energy impacts, and rising sea levels. Cultural landscapes are discussed through community involvement and heritage protection, while infrastructure topics include ecological changes, heat reduction in cities, and transport systems. It also examines how tourism and new technologies can support both the economy and the environment, along with ways to address land degradation and coastal risks. Overall, it offers a clear view of how sustainable and practical solutions can help improve and protect Mediterranean regions.
