The urban landscape of Rome: a mixture of geomorphological and cultural heritage

The human presence on the Earth increased as ever during the last two centuries and so the people migration from countryside to cities. This led to an intense urbanization of some areas, which were affected by important landscape transformation. Today's landscape is the result of gradual changes, which had to be adapted on the earlier morphology. The analysis of historical changes can help understanding how transformations will develop in the future. The evolution of urban landscapes is also interesting from a cultural point of view, and urban geomorphological heritage is often the base for the development of geotourism. The workshop will focus on the following topics: - geomorphological analysis in urban environment - methodologies for the assessment and mapping of urban geomorphosites - urban geotourism - interpretation and popularization of urban geomorphosites - relationships between cultural and geomorphological heritage in cities - conservation of geoheritage and urban growth - geoheritage and urban planning