RT Journal Article
T1 Approach to environmental risk analysis for the main monuments in a historical city
A1 Ortiz, Pilar
A1 Martín, Jose María
A1 Antunez, Vanessa
A1 Ortiz Calderón, Rocío
A1 Vázquez, Maria Auxiliadora
A1 Galán, Emilio
K1 Environmental risk
K1 Historical monuments
AB The analysis of environmental risk in historical cities facilitates the development of conservation strategies that can minimize the deterioration of historical heritage sites. Risk maps built with GIS software provide information about the probability of the main hazards in a region, and is a very useful tool to identify, evaluate and prioritize the restoration budget of a city in order to manage preventive conservation. In this paper, new methodologies are applied based on the vulnerability matrix and its relationship with static and structural factors, climate conditions, air quality and social agents. This technique has some obvious advantages in the application of risk analysis for cultural heritage conservation, such as the capability of simultaneous risk assessment and geographical references. The vulnerability study implies an on-site diagnosis analysis and requires an adapted protocol for archaeological heritage. The validation of this methodology was carried out in the historical town of Merida (Spain) with a GIS application (ArcGIS software), where the main monuments of this UNESCO World Heritage site were studied.
PB Elsevier
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/26361
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/26361
LA en
NO Journal of Cultural Heritage Volume 15, Issue 4, July–August 2014, Pages 432-440
NO Project of Excellence of Junta de Andalucia HUM6775 (RIVUPH)
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales
DS RIO
RD May 22, 2026