Nowadays 3D virtual models of heritage sites and objects are very much requested and required in many applications, like the digital documentation and conservation, virtual restoration, physical replicas, visualization and animation, etc. This paper, after a brief review of the currently available reality-based techniques to digitally reconstruct objects and sites, addresses the issue of data p...

Nature-based solutions (NbS) offer opportunities to incorporate green elements into cultural heritage conservation and management practice in cities unlock associated co-benefits. However, concern about potential negative impacts of nature on built (i.e., biodeterioration materials, loss values, complicating practical management) can act as a barrier the uptake NbS some locations. We propose th...

The complex issues of conservation, politics, tourism management and ownership have emerged as critical issues within the World Heritage debate and specifically within heritage tourism research. Within this context, this article focuses on issues of ownership and belonging and argues that there exists a link between the conceptual inconsistencies inherent in the World Heritage idea and the tens...

COST stands for Cooperation in Science and Technology and is the longest running network funding organisation in Europe. Within the COST networks, Action D42 is dedicated to the role of the indoor environment on the behaviour of the materials present in archives, libraries and museums. Under storage, use and or exhibition. The indoor environment consists of many components able to deteriorate o...

Economic tools and regulatory systems for the urban environment 60 Land use and strategic urban planning 61 Spatial planning on the urban periphery 61 Mixed use planning and urban design policies 61 Transport planning and management 62 Preserving cultural heritage 63 Use of green space in urban areas 63 Urban agriculture and forestry 63 Integrated approaches to urban management 64 Site planning...

This paper investigates sustainability principles in the city of Curitiba, in Brazil, as a pioneer which has commenced its sustainability journey since the 1960s. Analyzing sustainability principles in Curitiba, the paper aims to study their applicability in the case of Shiraz in Iran. Considering the complexity of physical, social, cultural and environmental systems in urban planning, the rese...

ABSTRACT This article proposes to broaden the discussion of threatened identity Urban Heritage, perceived within a culture body reification, from viewpoint ephemeral arts. The ongoing research, which this derives, is interested in investigating authors who question documental representations, recover forgotten cultural spaces and propose review historical memory. analysis works that trace genea...