Digital geo-spatial approaches for managing and planning complex historic cities: a comparison between Italian and European study cases

Digital geospatial infrastructures offer a transformative approach to managing archaeological heritage in complex historic cities, shifting from static mapping to dynamic, decision-oriented tools. A study comparing Italian and European cases—including Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Pisa, Verona, Bologna, Siracusa, Thessaloniki, Granada, Dubrovnik, Nicosia, and Lisbon—reveals that integrating archaeological, morphological, and regulatory data through GIS-based systems enables adaptive conservation, interoperability, and transparent governance. This framework supports sustainable urban regeneration by reconciling buried heritage with contemporary functions, while also mitigating archaeological risks and enhancing cultural valorization in stratified urban contexts.

Pistone, I. (2025). Digital geo-spatial approaches for managing and planning complex historic cities: a comparison between Italian and European study cases. BDC. Bulletin of the Calza Bini Center, 25(2), 43–72. https://doi.org/10.6093/2284-4732/13374