Valuating Historic Centers to Save the Planet Soil

The Encyclical Letter (Laudato si’, 2) teaches that Earth cries out because of the harm Humanity has inflicted on her by its irresponsible use and abuse of the Earth goods, such as soil, and it calls people to global ecological conversion in key sectors such as soil to replace consumption as the basis for urban development via new buildings and the consequential pollution of areas and landscape. This research is devoted to answer the encyclical call by conceiving, designing and testing cases of Historic Center treasuring, an alternative to new buildings, additional development and further urban sprawl. This research tries to enhance the process of urban sustainability by the mean of a new methodology for Historic Center that includes total knowledge, analysis, valuation, treasuring and valorization.