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Characterization of Minor Historic Centers: Quantitative Indexes, and Qualitative Aspects

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According to Cassatella et al. (2011), the “sense” of the landscape, environmental or urban that is, can be found in the intersection of different dimensions. From here arises the difficulty of “measuring” the value of a territory while at the same time the qualitative and quantitative evaluations must endeavor to overcome these difficulties. An assessment, however complex and composed by different dimension, must measure the effects of the changes that minor historical centers are inevitably undergoing and to compare the results of human actions. In this chapter, we explain the main indicators, often borrowed from other contexts, that quantify the different components that characterize a historic center as well as how they can contribute to a systemic characterization.

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  1. Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry, Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy), Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy

    Claudia Ceppi

  2. Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy), Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy

    Pierangela Loconte

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  2. Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ingegn, Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy

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  3. Planning Ion Mincu, University of Architecture and Urba, Bucureşti, Romania

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  4. architecture and urban planning off, Association for Urban Transition, Bucuresti, Romania

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Ceppi, C., Loconte, P. (2016). Characterization of Minor Historic Centers: Quantitative Indexes, and Qualitative Aspects. In: Rotondo, F., Selicato, F., Marin, V., Lopez Galdeano, J. (eds) Cultural Territorial Systems. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20753-7_7

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