Historical quarters in cities are a living embodiment of people’s culture and their collective memory, which preserve heritage past achievements. Urban identity depends on meeting the current needs while preserving past. At same time, urbanization exercise pressure most countries, therefore they require updating administrative law regulation tools capable protecting rich national heritage. The ...

Abstract This paper reports on a pilot project for long-term structural health monitoring of historical city gates. typology is what today remains the defensive structures that characterised medieval centres many European cities. Even though in last years scientific community has paid great attention to analysis and masonry towers, which are apparently similar gates, only few studies explicitly...

The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate the mapping outputs historic core Gonabad city based on both physical and nonphysical elements. Despite fact that architectural elements have been sources data for conservation part cities, seemingly, cognitive map perceptions inhabitants could enhance level reliability outputs. methods research were designed survey interview collect data. was includ...

The implementation of city lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic exposed some social inequalities Mexico. paper evaluates effects closure Alameda Central, a public park Historic Centre Mexico City. It examines how its affected vulnerable populations, including homeless people, beggars, street vendors, buskers, and male sex workers, extent that they resisted leaving or found ways return...