Science of Valuations: Natural Structures, Technological Infrastructures, Cultural Superstructures
About this ebook
The book is being published in the midst of the new radical transformations of the equilibrium between social system and environment generated by the serious and unexpected crises of the third decade of this century. Reflections on the reality that fills evaluative statement with truth – the reality of values – is more topical than ever in a historic phase in which the role of democracies and the destiny of civil coexistence is called into question, claiming the order of unamendable values like truth, justice and beauty.
The book brings together experiences that focus on the “intentional evaluative consciousness” as a condition for the responsibility of the subject - individual and collective - concerning the saliences and urgencies most significantly contributing to the formation of orderly communities.About the author
Alessandra Oppio is professor of Real Estate Appraisal at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, where she also serves as director of ASP (Alta Scuola Politecnica), a joint program for talented students of Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino. She currently serves as president of the Italian Scientific Society of Appraisal and Evaluation (SIEV). Her research activities deal with the analysis and evaluation of the public and private feasibility of urban regeneration interventions; the impact evaluation of projects and investments; complex decision support systems and integrated evaluation; economic and multidimensional evaluation for cultural and environmental assets. She has been the Chief Editor for the SIEV publications with the Springer since 2017.
