Juan A. García Esparza is an Associate Professor at Universitat Jaume I where he teaches Heritage Conservation and Management. His research interests rely on Heritage Science in a broad sense, from cultural landscapes to buildings. The research he is currently conducting appraises community heritage in historic cities and villages. His research is now focused on the character assessment of historic urban cores, understanding them as socio-spatial habitats defined by past and contemporary culture, society, economy, ecology and their form of regulation.
COST provides networking opportunities for researchers and innovators in order to strengthen Europe’s capacity to address scientific, technological and societal challenges. There are three strategic priorities: promoting and spreading excellence, fostering interdisciplinary research for breakthrough science and empowering and retaining young researchers and innovators.
Writing Urban Places proposes an innovative investigation and implementation of a process for developing human understanding of communities, their society, and their situatedness, by narrative methods. It particularly focuses on the potential of narrative methods for urban development in European medium-sized cities.