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- A panel of geologists determined that the stable climate of the Holocene epoch has ended and the Earth has entered "a stratigraphic interval without close parallel in the last several million years" due to human impacts.
- Urban-industrial systems have become the planet's most important geophysical force, consuming 75% of energy and producing 80% of greenhouse gas emissions. Cities metabolize enormous global flows of resources and are hubs of environmental change.
- The growth of cities and urbanization has been central to driving human impacts that define
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- A panel of geologists determined that the stable climate of the Holocene epoch has ended and the Earth has entered "a stratigraphic interval without close parallel in the last several million years" due to human impacts.
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This document analyzes land use and land cover changes in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria between 1987 and 2012 using satellite images. The study found increases in built up land, farmland, and bare soil, and declines in vegetation over this period. Specifically, built up land increased from 7.0 km2 in 1987 to 17.9 km2 in 2012, farmland increased from 50.1 km2 to 63.0 km2, and vegetation declined from 68.7 km2 to 43.1 km2. The increases are attributed to urbanization from population growth and migration near the capital city of Abuja. The changes can lead to environmental degradation if not managed sustainably.
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1. The document discusses the concept of sustainable development and its three main dimensions: environmental sustainability, socio-ethical sustainability, and economic/legislative sustainability.
2. Environmental sustainability involves preserving resources, preventing pollution, and moving towards scenarios like bio-compatibility, non-interference, and dematerialization.
3. Socio-ethical sustainability focuses on principles like equity, human rights, cultural diversity, and eradicating poverty.
4. Economic and legislative sustainability means properly attributing environmental costs, orienting ongoing transitions, and enhancing distributed and network-based economic models.
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Aga Khan Award winner Turkish architect Turgut Cansever, had also been advising for Argos Hotel project in Uçhisar since 1996. He gave importance to the concept of "protection" and preserved vernacular identity and characteristics despite the demands of tourism sector. This paper aims to explore Avizou and Cansever’s design solutions in Uçhisar’s local context. Building / interior design elements and spatial relations in interiors will be analyzed with cluster analysis and ranked according to levels of novelty. Hence, achievement of creativity through transformation, combination and variation of original designs, will be displayed. Understanding Avizou’s and Cansever’s visions on revitalization and adaptive re-use is substantial since, their creativity shall be a source of inspiration for future sustainable tourism and building practices in local and global context.
Journal Of CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2020), 4(2), 37-50.
https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2020.v4n2-4
www.ijcua.com
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1) The thesis proposes a design concept called "Agritecture" which integrates agriculture into urban architecture.
2) Agritecture aims to address problems of loss of agricultural land to development and damage to natural ecology by designing buildings that can produce food on-site through passive means.
3) The objectives are to incorporate the historical concept of "Hortus Conclusus" (enclosed garden) into the design and create multi-functional spaces that provide architectural and food production purposes.
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1) The ATTESS project aims to develop guidelines for improving the energy and environmental performance of historic buildings according to sustainable construction criteria.
2) The guidelines look to balance conservation needs with efficiency goals by building on the intrinsic sustainable qualities of traditional construction methods.
3) By carefully studying each building and context, the guidelines provide a methodological tool to thoughtfully design necessary interventions that respect history, technology, energy use, and sustainability.
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Man’s history and development endeavours have beenadvancing alongside a trail of ecological
ramifications and climate change. Since prehistoric times, scientists have not recorded an accelerated shift
in the ecologyof the planet during any other epoch beside that of modern man. The paper seeks to explore
how man’s history and developmentaffects ecologyand climate. It uses desk analysis to recollect data from
global assessment reportsand runs a One paired Sample Means t-Test, 1 tailed, 8 df, at Pearson
Correlation value 0.458 and 0.5 alpha level. Findings show that, there is globalclimate change, seen in
global warming trends; andimbalance in ecological footprint, seen in depletion of air, water and land
sinks. The t-Test reveals significant net loss of global forest cover.The study also,apparently found that,
processes ofdevelopment generally tend to damage ecology. Therefore,the study recommends a refocus to
sustainable means of development.
DYNAMICS IN THE HISTORY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MAN: REFOCUSING ON ECOLOG...AEIJjournal2
Man’s history and development endeavours have beenadvancing alongside a trail of ecological
ramifications and climate change. Since prehistoric times, scientists have not recorded an accelerated shift
in the ecologyof the planet during any other epoch beside that of modern man. The paper seeks to explore
how man’s history and developmentaffects ecologyand climate. It uses desk analysis to recollect data from
global assessment reportsand runs a One paired Sample Means t-Test, 1 tailed, 8 df, at Pearson
Correlation value 0.458 and 0.5 alpha level. Findings show that, there is globalclimate change, seen in
global warming trends; andimbalance in ecological footprint, seen in depletion of air, water and land
sinks. The t-Test reveals significant net loss of global forest cover.The study also,apparently found that,
processes ofdevelopment generally tend to damage ecology. Therefore,the study recommends a refocus to
sustainable means of development.
Exploring the production capacity of rooftop gardens (RTGs) in urban agricult...Marco Garoffolo
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in urban agriculture: the potential impact on food and nutrition
security, biodiversity and other ecosystem services
in the city of Bologna
Francesco Orsini & Daniela Gasperi & Livia Marchetti &
Chiara Piovene & Stefano Draghetti & Solange Ramazzotti &
Giovanni Bazzocchi & Giorgio Gianquinto
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This document discusses the Living Building Challenge Collaborative in Italy and sustainable building. It provides information on 130+ participants from 38 nations working on the initiative. Examples of net zero impact buildings are highlighted, including a visitor center in Vancouver. Contact information is given for the Living Building Challenge Collaborative in Italy, including phone numbers, email, websites, and social media pages. The document concludes by thanking readers for their attention.
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Living Building Challenge Collaborative: Italy propone 7 incontri di discussione sui principi del protocollo Living Building ChallengeSM 3.0 con la presentazione dei “Petali” (le categorie prestazionali di sostenibilità di LBC), il contributo da parte di un esperto sul tema, con riferimento ai regolamenti locali, le pratiche e le tecnologie collegate al tema del petalo, e una discussione aperta su come sia possibile introdurre i principi di LBC nella pratica progettuale e costruttiva, anche lavorando sulle "policy" esistenti.
L'intento del Petalo “Energy” (Energia) è quello di indicare una nuova era nella progettazione, nella quale l'ambiente costruito si basi esclusivamente sulle forme rinnovabili di energia, operando tutto l'anno in maniera salubre e non inquinante
“Slow Construction” può essere definito come un approccio in linea con i principi di Slow Food e Living Building Challenge, che mira a sintonizzare gli edifici con l’ambiente locale che li circonda, utilizzando materiali locali, eliminando prodotti e materiali con sostanze tossiche, adattando la progettazione alle specifiche condizioni climatiche ed ecologiche. L’obiettivo è quello di impiegare le tecnologie in modo appropriato, abbattendo l’impatto ambientale degli edifici e potenziandone l’utilità sociale.
M’ama, non m’ama. I Petali di Living Building Challenge 3.0 in sintesi: Acqua (Water)
Mercoledì 17.02.2016
Progetto Manifattura, Piazza Manifattura 1, 38068 Rovereto (Trento, Italia)
M'ama non m'ama. I Petali di Living Building Challenge 3.0 in sintesi.
Living Building Challenge Collaborative: Italy propone 7 incontri di discussione sui principi del protocollo Living Building ChallengeSM 3.0 con la presentazione dei “Petali” (le categorie prestazionali di sostenibilità di LBC), il contributo da parte di un esperto sul tema, con riferimento ai regolamenti locali, le pratiche e le tecnologie collegate al tema del petalo, e una discussione aperta su come sia possibile introdurre i principi di LBC nella pratica progettuale e costruttiva, anche lavorando sulle "policy" esistenti.
L'intento del Petalo “Water” (Acqua) del protocollo Living Building ChallengeSM 3.0 è quello di riallineare il modo in cui le persone utilizzano l'acqua e di ridefinire il concetto di "rifiuto" nell'ambiente costruito, in modo che l'acqua venga considerata come una risorsa preziosa.
La scarsità di acqua potabile sta rapidamente diventando una problematica grave dal momento che molti paesi in tutto il mondo affrontano pesanti carenze d'acqua e una qualità dell'acqua ormai compromessa. Anche le regioni che hanno evitato la maggior parte di questi problemi fino ad oggi, perché storicamente ricche d'acqua sono a rischio: gli effetti del cambiamento climatico, un consumo di acqua altamente insostenibile e il continuo prelievo dalle principali falde acquifere fanno presagire significative problematiche future legate a questo tema.
M'ama non m'ama. I Petali di Living Building Challenge 3.0 in sintesi.
Living Building Challenge Collaborative: Italy propone 7 incontri di discussione sui principi del protocollo Living Building Challenge 3.0 con la presentazione dei “Petali” (le categorie prestazionali di sostenibilità di LBC), il contributo da parte di un esperto sul tema, con riferimento ai regolamenti locali, le pratiche e le tecnologie collegate al tema del petalo, e una discussione aperta su come sia possibile introdurre i principi di LBC nella pratica progettuale e costruttiva, anche lavorando sulle "policy" esistenti.
L'intento del Petalo “Place” (Luogo) è quello di riallineare il modo in cui le persone comprendono e si relazionano con l'ambiente naturale che le circonda. L'ambiente costruito si deve riconnettere con la storia profonda del luogo e le caratteristiche uniche presenti in ogni comunità.
M'ama non m'ama. I Petali di Living Building Challenge 3.0 in sintesi.
Living Building Challenge Collaborative: Italy propone 7 incontri di discussione sui principi del protocollo Living Building ChallengeSM 3.0 con la presentazione dei “Petali” (le categorie prestazionali di sostenibilità di LBC), il contributo da parte di un esperto sul tema, con riferimento ai regolamenti locali, le pratiche e le tecnologie collegate al tema del petalo, e una discussione aperta su come sia possibile introdurre i principi di LBC nella pratica progettuale e costruttiva, anche lavorando sulle "policy" esistenti.
L'intento del Petalo “Place” (Luogo) è quello di riallineare il modo in cui le persone comprendono e si relazionano con l'ambiente naturale che le circonda. L'ambiente costruito si deve riconnettere con la storia profonda del luogo e le caratteristiche uniche presenti in ogni comunità.
October 14th, Verona (Italy)
Come join the LBC Collaborative: Italy HAPPY HOUR
together with other LBC passionate professionals from
all Europe!
Discover the beauty of an historic building right in the
center of Verona, a few minutes walk from the Arena
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Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
Microbial characterisation and identification, and potability of River Kuywa ...Open Access Research Paper
Water contamination is one of the major causes of water borne diseases worldwide. In Kenya, approximately 43% of people lack access to potable water due to human contamination. River Kuywa water is currently experiencing contamination due to human activities. Its water is widely used for domestic, agricultural, industrial and recreational purposes. This study aimed at characterizing bacteria and fungi in river Kuywa water. Water samples were randomly collected from four sites of the river: site A (Matisi), site B (Ngwelo), site C (Nzoia water pump) and site D (Chalicha), during the dry season (January-March 2018) and wet season (April-July 2018) and were transported to Maseno University Microbiology and plant pathology laboratory for analysis. The characterization and identification of bacteria and fungi were carried out using standard microbiological techniques. Nine bacterial genera and three fungi were identified from Kuywa river water. Clostridium spp., Staphylococcus spp., Enterobacter spp., Streptococcus spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Shigella spp., Proteus spp. and Salmonella spp. Fungi were Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus flavus complex and Penicillium species. Wet season recorded highest bacterial and fungal counts (6.61-7.66 and 3.83-6.75cfu/ml) respectively. The results indicated that the river Kuywa water is polluted and therefore unsafe for human consumption before treatment. It is therefore recommended that the communities to ensure that they boil water especially for drinking.
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Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
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This presentation is for us to know that how our Environment need Attention for protection of our natural resources which are depleted day by day that's why we need to take time and shift our attention to renewable energy sources instead of non-renewable sources which are better and Eco-friendly for our environment. these renewable energy sources are so helpful for our planet and for every living organism which depends on environment.
Climate Change All over the World .pptxsairaanwer024
Climate change refers to significant and lasting changes in the average weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It encompasses both global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. While climate change is a natural phenomenon, human activities, particularly since the Industrial Revolution, have accelerated its pace and intensity
Recycling and Disposal on SWM Raymond Einyu pptxRayLetai1
Increasing urbanization, rural–urban migration, rising standards of living, and rapid development associated with population growth have resulted in increased solid waste generation by industrial, domestic and other activities in Nairobi City. It has been noted in other contexts too that increasing population, changing consumption patterns, economic development, changing income, urbanization and industrialization all contribute to the increased generation of waste.
With the increasing urban population in Kenya, which is estimated to be growing at a rate higher than that of the country’s general population, waste generation and management is already a major challenge. The industrialization and urbanization process in the country, dominated by one major city – Nairobi, which has around four times the population of the next largest urban centre (Mombasa) – has witnessed an exponential increase in the generation of solid waste. It is projected that by 2030, about 50 per cent of the Kenyan population will be urban.
Aim:
A healthy, safe, secure and sustainable solid waste management system fit for a world – class city.
Improve and protect the public health of Nairobi residents and visitors.
Ecological health, diversity and productivity and maximize resource recovery through the participatory approach.
Goals:
Build awareness and capacity for source separation as essential components of sustainable waste management.
Build new environmentally sound infrastructure and systems for safe disposal of residual waste and replacing current dumpsites which should be commissioned.
Current solid waste management situation:
The status.
Solid waste generation rate is at 2240 tones / day
collection efficiently is at about 50%.
Actors i.e. city authorities, CBO’s , private firms and self-disposal
Current SWM Situation in Nairobi City:
Solid waste generation – collection – dumping
Good Practices:
• Separation – recycling – marketing.
• Open dumpsite dandora dump site through public education on source separation of waste, of which the situation can be reversed.
• Nairobi is one of the C40 cities in this respect , various actors in the solid waste management space have adopted a variety of technologies to reduce short lived climate pollutants including source separation , recycling , marketing of the recycled products.
• Through the network, it should expect to benefit from expertise of the different actors in the network in terms of applicable technologies and practices in reducing the short-lived climate pollutants.
Good practices:
Despite the dismal collection of solid waste in Nairobi city, there are practices and activities of informal actors (CBOs, CBO-SACCOs and yard shop operators) and other formal industrial actors on solid waste collection, recycling and waste reduction.
Practices and activities of these actor groups are viewed as innovations with the potential to change the way solid waste is handled.
CHALLENGES:
• Resource Allocation.
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The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
Evolving Lifecycles with High Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) and 3-D...
Resilienza del patrimonio edilizio: qualità intrinseche e strategie di intervento sostenibili | Fabio Fatiguso, Francesco Fiorito (DICATECh, Politecnico di Bari)
1. Resilienza del patrimonio edilizio:
qualità intrinseche e strategie di intervento sostenibili
Prof. Fabio Fatiguso, Prof. Francesco Fiorito
Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento DICATECh
2. Global challenges in the built environment
Population increase
Total Global population in 2014 = 7 billion
Total Global population in 2050 = 9.5 billion
3. Global challenges in the built environment
Population increase
193,107 new people are being
added to world’s cities every day
4. Global challenges in the built environment
Global and local climate change
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Source : M. Santamouris, On The Energy Impact of Urban Heat Island and Global Warming on Buildings, Energy and Buildings, 82, 2014
(courtesy of Mattheos Santamouris)
5. Global challenges in the built environment
Global and local climate change
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6. Global challenges in the built environment
Global and local climate change
Source: M. Santamouris, S. Haddad, F. Fiorito, P. Osmond, L. Ding, D. Prasad, X. Zhai, R. Wang, Urban heat island and overheating
characteristics in Sydney, Australia. An analysis of multiyear measurements, Sustainability (Switzerland), 9 (5) (2017).
7. Global challenges in the built environment
Global and local climate change
Source: M. Santamouris, Innovating to zero the building sector in Europe: Minimising the energy consumption, eradication of the energy
poverty and mitigating the local climate change, Solar Energy, 128 (2016) 61-94.
8. Global challenges in the built environment
Global and local climate change
Source: M. Santamouris, Analyzing the heat island magnitude and characteristics in one hundred Asian and Australian cities and regions,
Science of the Total Environment, 512-513 (2015) 582-598.
9. Global challenges in the built environment
Global and local climate change
Source: M. Santamouris, On the energy impact of urban heat island and global warming on buildings, Energy and Buildings, 82 (2014)
100-113.
10. Global challenges in the built environment
Global and local climate change
Source: M. Santamouris, On the energy impact of urban heat island and global warming on buildings, Energy and Buildings, 82 (2014)
100-113.
11. Economic impact
Global challenges in the built environment
Global and local climate change
Source: M. Santamouris, Innovating to zero the building sector in Europe: Minimising the energy consumption, eradication of the energy
poverty and mitigating the local climate change, Solar Energy, 128 (2016) 61-94.
12. Impact on health
Source: M. Baccini, A. Biggeri, G. Accetta, T. Kosatsky, K. Katsouyanni, A. Analitis, H.R. Anderson, L. Bisanti, D. D'Iippoliti, J. Danova, B. Forsberg, S. Medina, A. Paldy, D.
Rabczenko, C. Schindler, P. Michelozzi, Heat effects on mortality in 15 European cities, Epidemiology, 19 (5) (2008) 711-719. (Courtesy of Mattheos Santamouris)
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Milan
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Rome
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Turin
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14. “Capability of a system, a community or a society exposed to hazards to mitigate, resist,
change and recover from the effects in a timely and efficient manner, by keeping its
functions and structures”
City as a “resilient system” new perspectives for the planning and
management models of towns
Environ_
mental
SocialEconomic
Political
The “resilient” experiences
Resilient city dimensions
15. THREE DIMENSIONS OF RESILIENCE
The case of the historic built environments
Inherent qualities and vulnerabilities of the historic built environment
SOCIO-
CULTURAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
SOCIO-
ECONOMIC
EXPOSURE TO NATURAL HAZARDS (floods, earthquakes, temperature elevation)
CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL VALUES
vs PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
PERFORMANCE DEFICIENCIES IN SAFETY, WELL-BEING AND ACCESSIBILITY
(functional, technological and normative obsolescence)
16. A new methodology for the whole historic urban settlement
STRATEGIES TO ENSURE THE
BALANCE
PRESERVATION
ADAPTATION
EVERY DIMENSIONS
(socio-cultural, socio-economic and
environmental)
EVERY PHASES OF
REFURBISHMENT
(analysis, diagnosis, intervention)
1. RECOGNITION AND ENHANCEMENT
OF THE ACTUAL QUALITIES
2. IDENTIFYING AND OVERCOMING
THE VULNERABILITIES
3. SELECTION ENHANCEMENT AND
IMPROVEMENT SOLUTIONS
17. A new methodology for the whole historic urban settlement
• Historical-geographical level
• Urban-architectural level
• Functional level
• Normative level
the historical evolution of the settlement and the
processes of transformations over the time
morphology of the territory, the mechanical and
hygrometric characteristics of the soil, the urban
arrangement, the building typologies, the
construction materials and techniques, the
mobility, the state of conservation and the
residual performances
the demographic trends and distribution of
residential areas, productive, cultural and
touristic activities, real estate market, touristic
attractiveness and features of social spaces
at national, regional and local levels
1. ANALYSIS PHASE
18. A new methodology for the whole historic urban settlement
the assessment of weaknesses and
strengths in showing a resilient
behaviour in response to risk
exposure.
the selection of suitable strategies
and solutions
Vulnerabilities and qualities are referred to the
three dimensions of resilience – environmental,
socio-cultural and socio-economic.
To exploit and enhance the inherent qualities,
To learn from them principles and rules to
overtake the vulnerabilities.
2. DIAGNOSIS PHASE OF
VULNERABILITIES & QUALITIES
3. INTERVENTION PHASE
19. The case study: the Sassi of Matera
Due to its peculiar complexity, it is highly
representative of several aspects of the urban
resilience:
• the symbiosis with the topography of the area
and the local climate
• the efficient exploitation of resources
• the transmission of traditional values of the
rural culture
• the construction practice, expression of an
empirical and established wisdom
20. URBAN -
ARCHITECTURAL
FUNCTIONAL NORMATIVE
1. FOUNDATION NUCLEUS “CIVITA”
on the “Sperone Mediano” promontory, near valleys of fertile
lands for agricultural activities, as a natural interaction among
settlement, production and defence.
2. XIII-XIV centuries, “SASSI CAVEOSO and BARISANO”
as villages for agricultural labourers in anthropic caves
excavated in the limestone rock.
3. XV-XVI centuries, EXPANSION OF SASSI
by structures built beside either/or above grottoes, exploiting
the local “tuff” limestone. The “Sassi” became ghettos
surrounded by customs borders
4. MIDDLE XIX century, HIGHEST DENSITY OF “SASSI”
5. BEGINNING XX century, the life quality and the sanitary
conditions worsted, so the symbol of status of the rural class
in South Italy.
ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
HISTORICAL -
GEOGRAPHICAL
21. • RUPESTRIAN CAVES excavated in the rock;
• MIXED DWELLINGS, with a single vaulted
room, the “lamione”, connected with
contiguous caves;
• COURTYARD HOUSES;
• PALACE HOUSES with hypogeal ground
floor and built first and second floors;
• MONUMENTAL PALACES, featured by
several vaulted rooms and decorated facades
ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
HISTORICAL -
GEOGRAPHICAL
URBAN -
ARCHITECTURAL
FUNCTIONAL NORMATIVE
TYPOLOGIES
22. THICK CAVITY MASONRIES
made out of local “tuff” limestone squared blocks
close the hypogea and border the structures built
beside either/or above
BARREL VAULTS
with “tuff” limestone at the lowest levels and clay
bricks at the highest levels, with deep extension
toward the inside that provide the indoor space with
natural cooling in summer due to the rock thermal
inertia.
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES
ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
HISTORICAL -
GEOGRAPHICAL
URBAN -
ARCHITECTURAL
FUNCTIONAL NORMATIVE
23. RESIDENTIAL USE (internal spaces) “NEIGHBORHOOD”
as relationships among people guaranteed mutual
protection, assistance and sustenance (open
spaces)
ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
HISTORICAL -
GEOGRAPHICAL
URBAN -
ARCHITECTURAL
FUNCTIONAL NORMATIVE
ORIGINARY FUNCTION
24. THE BIENNAL PLAN, 1988
THE SECOND BIENNAL PLAN, 1994
THE THIRD BIENNIAL PLAN, 2004
ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
HISTORICAL -
GEOGRAPHICAL
URBAN -
ARCHITECTURAL
FUNCTIONAL NORMATIVE
25. ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
QUALITIES AND VULNERABILITIES, TIME AND DIMENSIONS OF RESILIENCE
VULNERABILITIES projecting in the future the effects of their evolution
QUALITIES assessing based on their role in the past, as
conditions that helped the historic site overcome
pressures over the centuries and persist as
resistant, responsive and adaptive ecosystem in
the present
26. ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
ENVIRONMENTAL
VULNERABILITIES
MORPHO-TYPOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT AND MECHANICAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOIL
Fracture of the karst plateau, along the Sassi side
The limestone soil shows heterogeneous and poor mechanical properties
Va1
PLANIMETRIC LAYOUT AND DISTRIBUTION OF
UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE WATERS
Poor air quality due to the rising dampness along the permeable tuff
Low resistance and cohesion of the soil
Potential floating of squares and roofs in case of severe rainfall
Va2
PHYSICAL-MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE “TUFF”
STONE AS BUILDING MATERIAL
Chemical and physical vulnerability to the atmospheric agents and ground water
Va3
LIVEABILITY OF INDOOR SPACES
Inadequate thermal, visual and air conditions (standard) in hypogeal spaces
Va4
27. ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
QUALITIES
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OF RAINWATER
Self-sufficiency of rainwater with an efficient system of canalization
“REDUNDANT” AND “RESOURCEFUL”
Qa1
BIOCLIMATIC BEHAVIOUR
Thermal comfort of indoor spaces for the massive tuff wall, especially
in summer
“RESISTANT”
Qa2
STATE OF CONSERVATION OF THE HYPOGEA
Acceptable static condition for the grottoes, with limited failures of the
rocks
“RESISTANT”
Qa3
ENVIRONMENTAL
28. STATE OF CONSERVATION OF THE COMPARTS
Abandoned open spaces and buildings, failing in protection and control
Vsc1
ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
VULNERABILITIES
USE OF URBAN CHAMBERS
Limited accessibility in urban public chamber due to the presence of
fences, orchards, gardens and gates by private users
Vsc2
ACCESSIBILITY
Inaccessibility and insecurity during events of emergency of the site
due to the lack of accessible roads
Vsc3
Qsc1. Local construction tradition.
Traditional techniques of construction as the reveal of the local identity
“resourcefulness” and “flexibility”
Qsc2. Social value of places.
The concept of “neighbourhood” as a social cohesion reflection during
the crisis and a solid reaction during the post-crisis
“reflective”
SOCIO-CULTURAL
29. ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
QUALITIES
LOCAL CONSTRUCTION TRADITION
Traditional techniques of construction as evidence of the local identity
“RESOURCEFULNESS” AND “FLEXIBILITY”
Qsc1
SOCIAL VALUE OF THE PLACES
The concept of “neighbourhood” as a social cohesion reflection during
the crisis and a solid reaction during the post-crisis
“REFLECTIVE”
Qsc2
SOCIO-CULTURAL
30. ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
VULNERABILITIES
CONNECTION WITH THE MODERN CITY
Limited fruition of “Sassi” with spaces of modern city
Vse1
DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERTIARY SECTOR
Critical perspectives linked at touristic flows: “Sassi” as a “museum
town” or an abandoned one
Vse2
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
31. ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
QUALITIES
TOURISTIC DEVELOPMENT
Reuse and management of areas and buildings with balanced
functional distribution (residential, cultural, artistic, commercial and
social uses) that guarantee activities and facilities for both residents
and tourists
Qse1
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
33. MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS OF
RAINWATER
Self-sufficiency of rainwater with an
efficient system of canalization”
Qa1
BIOCLIMATIC BEHAVIOUR
Control of building exposure
Thermal comfort of indoor spaces
for the massive tuff wall
Qa2
PHYSICAL-MECHANICAL
CHARACTERISTICS OF
“TUFF” STONE
Chemical and physical vulnerability
of tuff
Va3
DISTRIBUTION OF
UNDERGROUND AND
SURFACE WATERS
Poor air quality, rising dampness
along the tuff
Va2
ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
ENVIRONMENTAL
FOCUS ON COMPART «A»
34. STATE OF CONSERVATION
OF THE COMPARTS
Abandoned open spaces and
buildings, failing in protection and
control
Vsc1
ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
SOCIO-CULTURAL
LOCAL CONSTRUCTION
TRADITION
Traditional techniques of
construction as the reveal of the
local identity
Qsc1
FOCUS ON COMPART «A»
35. SOCIO-ECONOMIC
ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
TOURISTIC DEVELOPMENT
Reuse and management of areas
and buildings with balanced
functional uses
activities and facilities for both
residents and tourists
Qse1
CONNECTION WITH THE
MODERN CITY
Limited fruition of “Sassi” with
spaces of modern city
Vse1
DEVELOPMENT OF
TERTIARY SECTOR
Critical perspectives linked at
touristic flows
Vse2
FOCUS ON COMPART «A»
36. 1) RESTORATION AND RETROFITTING OF THE BUILDING
- Reinforcement and dehumidification works (Va1, Va2, Va3)
- using traditional techniques to ensure cultural and technical continuity to the local construction
practice (Qsc1)
- preserving the architectural identity (Qa3)
- preserving the bioclimatic performances of the structures (Qa2)
ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
37. 2) REUSE AND MAINTENANCE
- balancing residential and touristic uses (Vse2) and the high compatibility with the internal and
external “spaces” (Va4)
- understanding the territory needs and requirements (Qse1)
- recovery of the public nature of the urban chambers (Vsc2), requalification of abandoned and
decayed areas (Vsc1), enhancement of the relationship with the water resource, by exploitation of
available collection and drainage structure at the compart scale (Qa1) and improvement of urban
water management systems (Va2).
ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
38. 3) RECONNECT PHYSICAL AND FUNCTIONAL SPACES
- with the modern town (Vse1)
- guaranteeing higher accessibility levels (Vse3), through the installation of compatible, non-invasive
and reversible systems for fruition and mobility of the site
ANALYSIS DIAGNOSIS STRATEGIES
39. Conclusion
CASE STUDY TO SUPPORT THE VALIDATION OF THE
METHODOLOGY TOWARDS THE REPLICABILITY FOR SIMILAR
HISTORIC URBAN SITES
ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS TOWARDS COMPATIBLE
STRATEGIES AND DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS, FOR
DIFFERENT THEMATIC AREAS
SUITABLE SOLUTIONS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF QUALITIES
AND IMPROVEMENT OF VULNERABILITIES, WITHIN THE
SAFEGUARD OF THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL VALUE OF THE
BUILT HERITAGE
«We should avoid leaving our children a smaller treasure
than the one left to us by our fathers»
William Morris