Built Heritage in Post-Disaster Scenarios. Improving resilience and awareness towards preservation, risk mitigation and governance strategies

Abstract

Following the experience conducted - we can now affirm - with largely positive results and relatively quickly compared to the peculiar and unflattering slowness of reconstruction processes in Italy, the Emilia Romagna Region financed the International Academy project 'After the Damages', with the aim of guaranteeing a three-year educational offer through Summer Schools on the themes of reconstruction, risk management and post-disaster policies. The volume Built Heritage in Post-Disaster Scenarios. Improving resilience and awareness towards preservation, risk mitigation and governance strategies, edited by a team of professors from the University of Ferrara, namely Marcello Balzani, Federica Maietti, Manlio Montuori and Fabiana Raco, is the first editorial outcome of the Academy's activities and encompasses a series of contributions offered by scholars, professionals and public administration representatives within the framework of the first edition of the International Summer School, held online due to the restrictions caused by the COVID pandemic from 1 to 15 July 2020.