Built environment recovery and maintenance: researches in post-graduate education

The comparison between building and environmental recovery and sustainable development has generated, in recent years, a broad debate on the role that technological innovation plays in triggering processes of sustainable rehabilitation, aimed toward economic efficiency, social equity, environmental protection and preservation of the cultural identity of existing settlements. The text develops the issues related to the urban and environmental recovery, dealing with a new scientific approach to mitigate the vulnerability of the cities, using conservation and transformation actions, compatible with the heritage to be recovered. Furthermore, the text addresses Ph.D. training, responding to the demand for researchers and professionals, able to plan the recovery and maintenance design.