Mediterranean Landscape Infrastructure: A Data-Driven Analysis of Housing and Design
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This book brings together a rich and multidisciplinary collection of studies addressing the evolving intersections between mobility infrastructures, landscape transformation, and the adaptive reuse of architecture in the context of climate change, sustainable development, and technological innovation. Also, this book explores how transportation systems, tourism, and infrastructure planning shape and respond to changing environmental and societal conditions. It begins with a reflection on adaptive architectural responses to Mediterranean climate shifts, followed by an investigation of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems that enhance grid flexibility and renewable energy use. This book further delves into the key factors in developing sustainable railway corridors, the SILENT project's approach to eco-friendly road pavements, and the evolving landscape of e-commerce delivery systems through a multi-stakeholder lens. It also presents case studies on nautical tourism planning, examines governance and regulatory challenges in implementing the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) paradigm in Italy, and closes with a comparative analysis of nautical tourism infrastructures in Greece and Italy. The book focuses on the use of data, digital tools, and analytical models in landscape assessment and planning. It includes a proposal for a digital taxonomy of construction and landscape resources and addresses coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise and seismic liquefaction. Through methods such as the ANP-BOCR model, it evaluates urban forestation projects in Palermo, while another contribution explores co-designed housing scenarios in Rome. The use of digital prototyping for assessing climate impacts on cultural and natural heritage is presented alongside tools for regenerative design and user profiling. This book also considers thermal comfort in public spaces, emphasizing the role of building-integrated solar systems in diverse climates, and introduces a data acquisition approach to analyze high-speed railway networks. In addition to, this book addresses the reuse of architecture through a critical lens that merges heritage, innovation, and sustainability.
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Angeles Sánchez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Granada (Spain). She holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Prize for Doctoral Thesis in Social Sciences (1999) from the same University. Angeles's research interests focus on poverty, economic inequalities, and sustainable development. She is the Director of the research group "Public Economy and Globalization-EPIC-SEJ3" and the Principal Investigator in various research projects obtained in a competitive call. She is an Associate Research Fellow at the Camilo Dagum, Tuscan Universities Research Centre on Advanced Statistics for the Equitable and Sustainable Development - ASESD (Italy), and an Associate Research Fellow in the Unit of Excellence in Advanced Research in Economics and Business at the University of Granada. She is a Member of the Scientific Committee of IEREK. She is a Co-Editor of Social Indicators Research. She has published and serves as a reviewer in a range of leading international peer-reviewed journals. She is Co-Vice President in the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies.
Dr. Muhammad Nawaz Tunio is Esteemed Scholar, Educator, and Consultant in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation, and management. He holds a Ph.D. from Alpen Adria University, Klagenfurt, Austria, and currently serves as Assistant Professor at the University of Sufism and Modern Sciences, Pakistan. With extensive academic experience at renowned institutions, he has published numerous research articles in top-tier journals, authored book chapters, and edited books with reputable publishers. Dr. Tunio has successfully secured research grants and actively contributes to policy discussions on entrepreneurship and sustainable business practices. He has trained entrepreneurs, SMEs, and professionals through various national and international programs. As Reviewer for several academic journals, he plays a key role in shaping scholarly discourse.
Davide Longato is Spatial and Urban Planner with particular attention to environmental issues. Davide Longato is currently working in academia as Post-Doctoral Researcher and Contract Professor, focusing on various planning-related aspects that can guide sustainable development and environmental considerations in spatial decision-making contexts, plans, and policies. These include the development of GIS-based spatial assessments, the definition of planning strategies and instruments to implement sustainable actions and green interventions, and the design of approaches and solutions to address today's societal challenges in cities and regions. Davide Longato particularly specializes in climate adaptation planning and nature-based solutions for the ecological transition.
Pir Mohammad is currently working as Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. He earned his Ph.D. in remote sensing, specializing in urban heat island studies over Indian cities from the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, in 2021. He received the Excellence in Doctoral Research Award for his outstanding Ph.D. work in the science stream under the category of fundamental research. His area of research interest includes remote sensing, urban climate, urban heat island, and land use land cover change. He has authored a total of 20 SCI journal publications in the peer-reviewed journal of high repute, including GI Sciences & Remote Sensing, Science of the Total Environment, Urban Climate, Building & Environment, etc., one of which was selected as a highly cited paper in Quaternary International journal as per the Web of Science.
Content
Mobility Infrastructures, landscapes and tourism development.- Resilience in Ruins: Adaptive Architecture in the Mediterranean Climate Shift.- The Role of V2G in Grid Flexibility and Renewable Use.- Key factors for the development of sustainable railway corridors.- A look at sustainability challenges in road pavement design and construction: the project SILENT.- Evaluation of E-purchase Delivery Channels from a Multi-Stakeholder Perspective.- Planning and designing processes for nautical tourism: a case study.- Implementing Mobility as a Service paradigm: rules and governance barriers in Italy.- Nautical tourism facilities at a national level: a comparison between Greece and Italy.- landscapes' Analysis, data, and tools.- Construction and landscape site operational resources: proposal for a digital price list taxonomy.- The impact of sea-level rise on seismic liquefaction susceptibility of coastal areas and risk mitigation.- An ANP-BOCR model for the evaluation of urban forestation projects in the Bonagia district of Palermo (Italy).- Multi-criteria Evaluation and Co-design of Housing Scenarios: The Case Study of Porto Fluviale RecHouse in Rome.- Digital Prototyping to assess the impact of Climate Change in cultural and natural heritage landscape. Innovative technologies and Regenerative Design tools for a user profiling open platform.- Assessing Thermal Comfort in Public Spaces: The Impact of Building-Integrated Solar Systems in Mediterranean Coastal and Arctic Cities.- High-Speed Railway services: a data acquisition approach for network analysis.- the resuse of Housing, architecture, and design.- Transforming Mediterranean Architecture: reuse, context reinterpretation and architectural elements.- The dammuso of Pantelleria between construction tradition and innovation.- Adaptive reuse for hospitality units in urban landscapes: architectural reinterpretations, real estate dynamics, and sustainability considerations.- Postmodern design principles and urban sustainability strategies entwined with adaptive reuse. Zenetos and Apostolidis un-FIX-ed.- Sculpting light: Marcel Breuer's architectural response to Mediterranean sunlight at the IBM Research Center, La Gaude (1960-1962).