A cross-disciplinary approach for the safeguard of modern urban heritage: historical investigation, satellite measurement, structural vulnerability analysis

The safeguard of the modern urban heritage, densely inhabited, characterized by binding durability limits and exposed to different environmental of risk, is a main axis of the sustainable development territory policies. The present paper develops a cross-disciplinary and multi-data-driven approach to support the decision-making-process of safeguard, management and maintenance of the modern urban heritage. The methodology is based on the spatial analysis of georeferenced data derived from historical archive surveys, satellite radar surveys (SAR), and structural vulnerability and risk assessments. Results are managed on a WebGIS platform to produce interactive easy-to-use thematic maps. The methodology is tested on the case study of Verona, focusing on the Borgo Trento sector of the Adige riverfront, which represents a benchmark for the complexity of the morphological and technological characters of the heritage buildings and the infrastructures located in the area.