Reconstruction, recovery and resilience of historic cities and societies

This will be the third Silk Cities international conference and it is designed to address the issues surrounding reconstruction in historic cities at two levels.

1. At a local level the conference will provoke conversation and reflection on the rebuilding work already carried out and consideration of the next ten years of reconstruction and recovery in L’Aquila, Italy.
2. At a wider level, the conference seeks to influence the way in which risk is considered in historic cities and to promote a holistic approach to resilience which takes account of social, cultural and psychological factors.

The three day conference will be part of the series of events marking ten years from the earthquake, open to all it will encourage participation from the citizens of L’Aquila.

Round table discussions will bring academic participants in the conference together with policy makers, local activists and other stakeholders to look at strategies for recovery and resilience.

Organised by

• UCL
• Università degli Studi, L'Aquila
• Silk Cities