Using marginal land resources to solve the shortage of rural entrepreneurial land in China

L Zhu, C Yang, Y Zhang, Y Xue - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rural entrepreneurship is an important way to promote rural revitalization, narrow the gap
between urban and rural areas and increase farmers' income. With the acceleration of …

How to achieve a balance between functional improvement and heritage conservation? A case study on the renewal of old Beijing city

S Wang, J Zhang, F Wang, Y Dong - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Historic city centers require function optimization, while simultaneously being pressured to
maintain their heritage conservation and utilization. How to reconcile the two is currently a …

A creative living lab for the adaptive reuse of the Morticelli Church: The SSMOLL project

M Cerreta, A Elefante, L La Rocca - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The international debate on the adaptive reuse of cultural heritage sites consistent with the
Sustainable Development Goals has become increasingly important in the implementation …

Unpacking seismic risk in Italian historic centres: A critical overview for disaster risk reduction

F Giuliani, A De Falco, V Cutini - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2021 - Elsevier
Historic centres are cultural, social and economical resources for communities, but also
fragile areas that have often been damaged or destroyed by earthquakes. The main …

Rethinking earthquake-related vulnerabilities of historic centres in Italy: Insights from the Tuscan area

F Giuliani, A De Falco, V Cutini - Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2022 - Elsevier
Earthquakes pose a looming threat to human life and habitats, as well as the large-scale
preservation of urban cultural heritage assets located in historic centres. These areas …

[HTML][HTML] Users' vulnerability and exposure in Public Open Spaces (squares): A novel way for accounting them in multi-risk scenarios

E Quagliarini, G Bernardini, G Romano, M D'Orazio - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Public Open Spaces (POSs) such as streets and squares, in our cities are
characterized by spatio-temporal variations of users' vulnerability and exposure in view of …

Structural preconditions for adaptive urban areas: Framework rules, several property and the range of possible actions

S Cozzolino, S Moroni - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent studies have highlighted the importance of urban design and planning strategies
that trigger the formation of diverse and intricate urban areas that have the capacity to adapt …

Renovation of public lighting systems in cultural landscapes: Lighting and energy performance and their impact on nightscapes

L Valetti, F Floris, A Pellegrino - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The technological innovation in the field of lighting and the need to reduce energy
consumption connected to public lighting are leading many municipalities to undertake the …

Walkable city and military enclaves: Analysis and decision-making approach to support the proximity connection in urban regeneration

G Balletto, M Ladu, A Milesi, F Camerin, G Borruso - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Accessibility and urban walkability are the cornerstones of urban policies for the
contemporary city, which needs to be oriented towards sustainable development principles …

What promotes residents' donation behavior for adaptive reuse of cultural heritage projects? An application of the extended theory of planned behavior

H Li, T Kinoshita, J Chen, J Xie, S Luo, D Su - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The adaptive reuse of cultural heritage (ARCH) is a sustainable heritage management
method based on the principle of the circular economy. In response to the financial …