No. 31 (2026): Risks and built environment: From knowledge to project
Research and Experimentation

Reconstruction: The principle of ‘Intolerable Exposure’ in the Ischia Reconstruction Plan

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  • Alessandro Sgobbo
Alessandro Sgobbo
Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-18614

Published 2026-07-29

Keywords

  • De-densification,
  • Spatial Regeneration,
  • Resilience,
  • Reconstruction,
  • Risks

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Sgobbo, A. (2026). Reconstruction: The principle of ‘Intolerable Exposure’ in the Ischia Reconstruction Plan. TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, (31), 303–310. https://doi.org/10.36253/techne-18614

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Abstract

Post-disaster planning involves mediating between territorial memory and collective safety. When mitigation or vulnerability reduction are neither effective nor sustainable, selective relocation emerges as a rational strategy, recognizing that many settlements in high-risk zones derive from historically determined but now unacceptable choices. The Ischia Island Reconstruction Plan (PdRI) constitutes an emblematic case. Framed within a multi-hazard context – hydrogeological, seismic, and climatic – yet of exceptional environmental and cultural value, the PdRI, developed with the University of Naples Federico II, advances a resilient planning model. Grounded in the principle of ‘intolerable exposure,’ it shifts the focus from restoration to territorial regeneration, offering broader implications for disaster risk governance.

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