abstract
- © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.This first chapter aims to present the state of the art regarding the topic of design in vulnerable communities. Giving the most important references in the academic literature, the editors will define the theoretical framework and explain the reasons and the goals of this book. With this first chapter the feature of multidisciplinary work will be introduced, and the attention will be focused on the importance to adapt design methodologies according to the new challenges that these difficult realities will have to face in the next few years. This chapter will present the five parts of the book, introducing the general content and main contribution of each chapter. The various chapters provide up-to-date scientific background information identifying knowledge gaps and addressing vary aspects of vulnerabilities and vulnerable communities and lay out pressing challenges along with applications, actions, experiences, and questions.