HERITAGE RAILWAYS AND STATIONS: from fossils of empire to platforms for sustainable regional planning, retrofitting and development
Abstract
This paper falls within the greater framework of doctoral research focusing on British Sicily as a case study in first globalisation with railways serving as a guide fossil to localise and characterise indirect rule by way of de-facto economic primacy, soft power and informal imperial intervention. It also provides the historical grounding to a tentative effort tailored towards the designing of a transnational pilot project focused on the retrofitting and revitalising vast sways of deserted and disarmed narrow gauge railway networks, lines and stations stations in Italy, Malta and Brazil dating to 1850-1914.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
Urbanism
Landscape
and Tourism Studies
Urban Development and Cultural Heritage
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Revista Ciências Exatas
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1–1
- Publication date
- 2 February 2026
- Language
- EN