Introduction: The Challenge of Recovery, 3D Digitisation as a Tool

This introductory chapter highlights the post conflict challenges that face the city of Aleppo. It also provides an overview of the chapters of the book and presents the digital tools and workflows for the documentation and analysis of urban space as an instrument of post-war recovery. The book provides indispensable and interdisciplinary insights into the revitalisation and redevelopment of urban centres in conflict regions such as Aleppo. For this purpose, the publication aims to supply innovative digital toolkits for engineers, architects, archaeologists, urban planners, and legal geographers. The compendium “Reviving Aleppo” sees itself as a platform for the collection of strategies that have fallen short in the implementation guidelines and indicator systems of donor organisations. The digitisation of urban heritage emerges as a transformative solution, offering hope for the post-conflict relief and preservation of historic centres, especially when these techniques are embedded in land management and land policy programs.