Cyclable cities: building feasible scenario through urban space morphology assessment

F Scorza, G Fortunato - Journal of urban planning and development, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Cycling is a climate-friendly, cost-effective, and greenhouse gas-efficient transport mode that
produces relevant positive aspects to: urban innovation (new technology and services, that …

The role of urban configuration during disasters. A scenario-based methodology for the post-earthquake emergency management of Italian historic centres

F Giuliani, A De Falco, V Cutini - Safety science, 2020 - Elsevier
Earthquakes have high impact in Italian historic centres, and the complex disaster chain still
causes considerable casualties and damage to the built environment. In these contexts, the …

Increasing urban walkability through citizens' participation processes

F Scorza, G Fortunato, R Carbone, B Murgante… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The work is focused on the integration of space syntax analysis (SSA) in a process of
participatory planning focused on a neighbourhood scale where the challenge of promoting …

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 …

A simplified methodology for risk analysis of historic centers: the world heritage site of San Gimignano, Italy

F Giuliani, A De Falco, V Cutini… - International Journal of …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose Worldwide, natural hazards are affecting urban cultural heritage and World
Heritage Sites, exacerbating other environmental and human-induced threats deriving from …

Mapping the Multi-Vulnerabilities of Outdoor Places to Enhance the Resilience of Historic Urban Districts: The Case of the Apulian Region Exposed to Slow and Rapid …

E Cantatore, D Esposito, A Sonnessa - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent critical events brought attention to the increasing exposure of urban environments to
both slow and rapid onset disasters, which arise from both anthropogenic and natural …

A risk-reduction framework for urban cultural heritage: a comparative study on Italian historic centres

F Giuliani, RG De Paoli, E Di Miceli - Journal of Cultural Heritage …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present and validate a large-scale methodology for
risk assessment and management in cultural heritage sites, taking into account their specific …

Hybrid oriented sustainable urban development: a pattern of low-carbon access to schools in the city of Potenza

G Fortunato, F Scorza, B Murgante - … Conference, Cagliari, Italy, July 1–4 …, 2020 - Springer
This study analyzes urban street network of the city of Potenza in Basilicata region to provide
input for a sustainable urban mobility-based strategy enabling students to reach schools …

Urban Safety—Socio-Technical Solutions for Urban Infrastructure: Case Studies

E Nicolini - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
Urban space's physical and environmental characteristics impact urban public safety.
Specifically, many areas in the older urban core are morphologically unsafe. The historic …

Mapping urban flood-prone areas' spatial structure and their tendencies of change: A network study for Brazil's Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region

D Altafini, A da Costa Braga… - … : The International Journal …, 2023 - utpjournals.press
Historically, the main cause of urban disasters in Brazil is flooding events, which are
becoming more recurrent due to climate changes and intensive urbanization, causing …