CONFERENCE TOPICS
1. THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF DEPOPULATION
All the studies regarding the processes that in the modern age and/or in the past have triggered the depopulation phenomenon of small towns will be taken into consideration. Research works on the consequences produced ‐ such as the degradation of the built heritage, the alterations of the landscape, the changes in the local economy, the demographic redistribution, all the urban and socio‐cultural transformations, the loss of identity and sense of belonging ‐ will also be collected.
2. THE KNOWLEDGE OF PLACES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY
Within the framework of the actions aimed at valorizing the territory and the anthropic settlements, the knowledge of places, from the architectural artifact to the natural‐landscape context, plays a key role. The papers may include analysis, the study, the survey, the diagnostics and technical drawings of historical‐artistic and demo‐ethno‐anthropological heritage, of the typological‐constructive layers of the historical buildings, of materials, building technologies and traditional building systems, of the archaeological heritage, of landscape, geological‐geomorphological and hydrological features.
3. STRATEGIES, METHODOLOGICAL PROPOSALS AND DESIGNS
The papers may deal with proposals, strategies and designs for the regeneration and valorization of small towns, including innovative and experimental approaches, to achieve the following objectives: reversal of the demographic degrowth trend; consolidation of local identities; recovery and integrated conservation of the existing building heritage; safeguard of landscape and environment; management and mitigation of natural risks; implementation of new spaces/services and new infrastructures; controlled transformation of the socio‐economic and work dynamics underway or to settle; promotion of cultural heritage through marketing, management and fruition actions, also with the use of new information technologies.
4. SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY AND REUSE OF BUILT HERITAGE
The goal of adjusting the application of the recent technologies, in terms of comfort and quality, with the respect of the preservation criteria and according to the principles of sustainability, requires a detailed study of all the operating methods and practices, in order to reach a performance target compatible with the safeguard of the typological‐formal characteristics of historical buildings.
The recovery and reuse fully meet the need to reduce the land and materials use, valorizing the existing degraded, underused or decommissioned buildings.
In particular, the reuse assigns a new function to buildings, representing a virtuous tool in order to its conservation and to create profitability. At the same time, structural rehabilitation, in order to get possible transformations/extensions of the buildings, will allow the feasibility of the interventions for the seismic risk prevention.
5. APPRAISAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION ISSUES
The initiatives aimed at the recovery and valorization of the small towns impose an integrated approach with the analysis of all the factors due to the economic values. The latter recall questions regarding: the analysis of the interventions costs; the study of the initiatives effects on the real estate market; financial accounting in the entrepreneurial management phase; the economic evaluation of the investment project, in terms of not only monetary, but also of the
social, cultural and environmental impacts.
These issues focus on the research themes of the Appraisal and the Economic Evaluation of the Projects. In the first case, with particular reference to the models useful for forecasting both the costs of execution of the works, and the changes that may arise on property values. In the second area, with specific reference to protocols for the study of financial profitability levels as well as for multicriteria evaluations to support decision‐making processes.
All the studies regarding the processes that in the modern age and/or in the past have triggered the depopulation phenomenon of small towns will be taken into consideration. Research works on the consequences produced ‐ such as the degradation of the built heritage, the alterations of the landscape, the changes in the local economy, the demographic redistribution, all the urban and socio‐cultural transformations, the loss of identity and sense of belonging ‐ will also be collected.
2. THE KNOWLEDGE OF PLACES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY
Within the framework of the actions aimed at valorizing the territory and the anthropic settlements, the knowledge of places, from the architectural artifact to the natural‐landscape context, plays a key role. The papers may include analysis, the study, the survey, the diagnostics and technical drawings of historical‐artistic and demo‐ethno‐anthropological heritage, of the typological‐constructive layers of the historical buildings, of materials, building technologies and traditional building systems, of the archaeological heritage, of landscape, geological‐geomorphological and hydrological features.
3. STRATEGIES, METHODOLOGICAL PROPOSALS AND DESIGNS
The papers may deal with proposals, strategies and designs for the regeneration and valorization of small towns, including innovative and experimental approaches, to achieve the following objectives: reversal of the demographic degrowth trend; consolidation of local identities; recovery and integrated conservation of the existing building heritage; safeguard of landscape and environment; management and mitigation of natural risks; implementation of new spaces/services and new infrastructures; controlled transformation of the socio‐economic and work dynamics underway or to settle; promotion of cultural heritage through marketing, management and fruition actions, also with the use of new information technologies.
4. SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY AND REUSE OF BUILT HERITAGE
The goal of adjusting the application of the recent technologies, in terms of comfort and quality, with the respect of the preservation criteria and according to the principles of sustainability, requires a detailed study of all the operating methods and practices, in order to reach a performance target compatible with the safeguard of the typological‐formal characteristics of historical buildings.
The recovery and reuse fully meet the need to reduce the land and materials use, valorizing the existing degraded, underused or decommissioned buildings.
In particular, the reuse assigns a new function to buildings, representing a virtuous tool in order to its conservation and to create profitability. At the same time, structural rehabilitation, in order to get possible transformations/extensions of the buildings, will allow the feasibility of the interventions for the seismic risk prevention.
5. APPRAISAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION ISSUES
The initiatives aimed at the recovery and valorization of the small towns impose an integrated approach with the analysis of all the factors due to the economic values. The latter recall questions regarding: the analysis of the interventions costs; the study of the initiatives effects on the real estate market; financial accounting in the entrepreneurial management phase; the economic evaluation of the investment project, in terms of not only monetary, but also of the
social, cultural and environmental impacts.
These issues focus on the research themes of the Appraisal and the Economic Evaluation of the Projects. In the first case, with particular reference to the models useful for forecasting both the costs of execution of the works, and the changes that may arise on property values. In the second area, with specific reference to protocols for the study of financial profitability levels as well as for multicriteria evaluations to support decision‐making processes.
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