Defence Sites: Volume II

Contents Section 1: Military heritage history The ecological footprint and the evolution of some Roman sites on the Danube River; Military buildings: from being abandoned to reuse; "New life" for defence military architecture: the case of the sighting towers in Basilicata; Layout and shape of Durer's Geschutzrondellen in the Spanish defensive architecture: the horseshoe pattern in the Enlightenment; Juan Bautista Antonelli: the first example of Alicante's bastioned fortifications; The controversies between Jacobo Fratin and Vespasian Gonzaga on the project of the citadel of Pamplona in the late sixteenth century; The fortification of Alicante designed by the engineer Ambrosio Borcano; Analysing nineteenth century military building typologies: an Australian perspective'; How to preserve the First World War military heritage Section 2: Transition from military to civilian life Make art not war: defence sites find new life as centres of creativity; Adaptive reuse of military establishments as museums: conservation vs. museography; From a military seaplane base to an international circuit: a study of Toko Seaplane Base as a controversial heritage site Section 3: Castles and fortresses Assessment of the masonry strength of the fortress in Terezin; Potential analysis of the Templar Castle of Monzon in Huesca, Spain as a tourist attraction; The red castle of Castellorizo: the island's strategic significance and the castle's historical representations; A recreational carrying capacity assessment of the 16th century Spanish Fort of Santiago on the Island of Chikly, Tunisia; The culture of immanence in the re-use of revival architecture: a new life for Tafuri Castle in Sicily (Portopalo di Capo Passero,Syracuse, Italy); The Tunisian Wetlands Centre: modern uses for the Ottoman Fort of Borj El Loutani (Ghar El Melh); Preservation criteria applied to the case study of a 19th century fortress; Walled towns as defensive cultural landscapes: a case study of Alanya - a walled town in Turkey Section 4: Fortified cities Urbanisation of former city fortifications in The Netherlands between 1805 and 2013; Stratigraphic evidence in the ancient urban walls of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy Section 5: Risk assessment Conservation of defence heritage structures using corrosion protection techniques; Using RFID to detect UXO prior to repurposing land for civilian use Section 6: Defence tourism Accessibility to the historic defence sites of Oman for people with mobility impairment: the cases of the Nakhal, Al Hazm and Khasab fortifications; Conservation and development of military sites on Kinmen Island; Participation in and access to the defence heritage: some Swedish examples Section 7: Case studies The history and legacy of the United States Naval Communication Station in Thurso, Scotland; The Master Plan of Fortifications as a management tool for the conservation and development of the defence heritage of Cadiz; Fortification system in Valdivia, Chile: relevant Spanish colonial urban settlement expressions transferred to America; The Old City of Jeddah: from a walled city to a heritage site; Protection, conservation and enhancement of the medieval tower of Vilar and its surroundings, Lousada, Portugal; Spanish fortifications in Asia: a case study of Intramuros district in Manila - current situation and future prospects; Creative destruction? Cases of defence conversion in the United States