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, char-acterized 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 geo-referenced 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.