Special Issue "Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters Vs. Cultural Heritage"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Nicola Ruggieri
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Guest Editor
1. Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la provicia di Cosenza - Cultural Heritage Ministry, Milan, Italy
2. Department of Architecture, University of Florence, 50121 Florence, Italy
Interests: construction history; failure of ancient timber structures; strengthening of ancient timber structures; seismic vulnerability of historical buildings; conservation theory
Prof. Dr. Stefano Galassi
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Guest Editor
Department of Architecture (DiDA), University of Florence, Piazza Brunelleschi, 6, 50121 Firenze FI, Italy
Interests: machanical modeling of masonry constructions; timber-masonry constructions; rigid-block analysis; FEM analysis; seismic vulnerability assessment; foundation settlement-structure effect; strengthening interventions; structural software development
Prof. Dr. Mauro Francesco La Russa
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Guest Editor
Department of Biology, Ecology, and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
Interests: cultural heritage; characterization of stone building materials and their decay; experimentation of innovative protective products; archaeometric study of chronologically different ceramic remains in subaerial and underwater environments
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Since ancient times, natural disasters, especially earthquakes, have been the greatest threats to buildings, often resulting in effective countermeasures implemented by various cultures (e.g., Minoan, Greek, Roman). The climatic changes of recent years have not only triggered new pathologies on the historical–artistic heritage but have also increased the number and strength of floods and consequent hydrogeological disruptions, to which are added hurricanes and, more generally, winds at significant speeds, coastal erosion, as well as changes in sea level. These natural disasters pose new challenges to cultural heritage, subjecting it to heavier mechanical and chemical–physical burdens.

In addition, other potential threats to cultural heritage include wars, terrorism, polluted atmospheres, and fires.

It is up to the scientific community, with a mandatory multidisciplinary approach, to conduct an urgent review of the methods for assessing risk caused by natural and anthropogenic disasters, mitigation, and, more generally, conservation measures in order to preserve our cultural heritage for ourselves and for future generations.

Dr. Nicola Ruggieri
Prof. Dr. Stefano Galassi
Prof. Dr. Mauro Francesco La Russa
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • climate change
  • multi-risk assessment
  • seismic behavior
  • diagnosis
  • monitoring
  • vulnerability
  • strengthening
  • conservation
  • safeguarding

Published Papers

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