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Urban ruins : memorial value and contemporary role /

This monograph discusses the role that ruins play in urban centers in terms of their meaning, testimony, and value, and the opportunities they provide. After an outline of historical and contemporary approaches, with a special analysis of British and Italian approaches, Elisa Pilia puts forward a me...

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Main Authors: Pilia, Elisa
Published: DOM publishers,
Publisher Address: Berlin :
Publication Dates: [2019]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Basics series ; volume 88
Subjects:
Ruined buildings
Ruins, Modern
City planning
Excavations Archaeology
Ruined buildings > Conservation and restoration
City planning > Italy > Cagliari
Ruins, Modern > Italy > Cagliari
Ruined buildings > Italy > Cagliari
Urban archaeology
Landscape assessment
Antiquities
Cagliari Italy > Antiquities
Italy > Cagliari
Summary: This monograph discusses the role that ruins play in urban centers in terms of their meaning, testimony, and value, and the opportunities they provide. After an outline of historical and contemporary approaches, with a special analysis of British and Italian approaches, Elisa Pilia puts forward a methodology for the investigation of the strategic values of such artifacts, and ideas for their potential contribution to a sustainable requalification of historic urban cores. The protocol is tested on the historical center of Cagliari, a midsized port city on the southern coast of the island of S
Carrier Form: 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221).
ISBN: 9783869227085
3869227087
Index Number: NA9050
CLC: TU984.546
TU984.181
Call Number: TU984.181/P638

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