- Title
- Introduction: towards multi-perspective and multidisciplinary approaches
- Creator
- Arefian, Fatemeh Farnaz; Ryser, Judith; Hopkins, Andrew; MacKee, Jamie
- Relation
- Historic Cities in the Face of Disasters: Reconstruction, Recovery and Resilience of Societies p. 1-19
- Relation
- Urban Book
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77356-4_1
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- In a post-disaster situation, whether because of destructive natural or human-induced hazards, the interrelations of historic urban contexts, social, psychological and economic factors present a highly complex scenario for decision makers, practitioners and affected communities and individuals. This chapter makes the case and offers an entry point to this book, historic cities in the face of disasters. Examining historical and contemporary cases of dealing with disasters in historic landscapes, especially the historic built environment reconstruction, provides the opportunity for self-reflection of the part of the global community regarding the past and where theory, policy and practice stand today, to help for directions for a better future. Shockingly, there is extensive evidence that historical experiences have not led to organisational learning in many cases. There is a need to apply a multi-perspective and multidisciplinary examination of this complex subject matter, and this is a phenomenon that occurs as a global challenge which this book aims to explore. Focusing on the bigger picture, the chapter also reflects on views and approaches in different cases discussed in the book and examines their communalities and contrasts to pose a number of key questions and food for thought that can be traced back and in the book. It highlights the everlasting dilemma when thinking about reconstruction in historic landscape, when the obsession with a fixed moment of the past versus updating damaged historic urban fabric; the question of if heritage can be used as an excuse for non-participatory reconstruction approaches and potentials and conditionalities of the application of new and smart technologies for reconstruction of historic cities and their enhanced resilience. Multi-scale examinations offer multidisciplinary, cross-sectoral and complimentary voices from multiple stakeholders. Many chapters adopted different standpoints and tapped on the body of knowledge belonging to a broad range of disciplines and push boundaries of the intersection of urban, disaster and heritage discourses.
- Subject
- historic cities; reconstruction; disaster management; built heritage; social recollection; multidisciplinary approaches; SDG 11; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1441775
- Identifier
- uon:41527
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783030773557
- Language
- eng
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