The European Forum for Distaster Risk Reduction addresses Cultural Heritage: Resilience and Risk Reduction
The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) forms the regional platform structure of Europe of the UNISDR, the U.N. ...
CURE: an UNESCO – World Bank Group Position Paper on Cultural Heritage and Reconstruction
CURE (Culture in City Reconstruction and Recovery) is a position paper published in 2018 by UNESCO and the World Bank...
Europe is ready for climate impact. The EU Commission evaluates its strategy, but what about Cultural Heritage protection?
Europe is ready for climate impacts: Commission evaluates its strategy. From: https://ec.europa.eu/clima/ On November 12th, 2018, the European Commission has...
First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis – a double ICCROM publication
Cover of the ICCROM Toolkit "FIRST AID TO CULTURAL HERITAGE IN TIMES OF CRISIS" On October 2018 ICCROM (the intergovernamental...
Second Fire almost Destroys the Glasgow School of Art
Fire blazes through the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building on 16 June 2018. ‘The heart of Glasgow’s Mackintosh legacy...
3D Scanning and Emergency Management of Cultural Heritage Buildings after Earthquakes: the St. Francis of Assisi Integrated System
3D scanning of the three levels of the St. Francis of Assisi Basilica (Assisi, Italy) -courtesy of Prof. Fabio Garzia...
Emergency Evacuation of Heritage Collections: an ICCROM-UNESCO handbook
Emergency Evacuation of Heritage Collections (ICCROM-UNESCO) - Handbook cover. Protecting Cultural Heritage is mainly aimed at avoiding that any kind...
Vegetation Fire and Cultural Heritage buildings: the Paul Getty Museum case study
Flames endangers the I 405 by the Getty Center on Dec. 5th (Credits: Melissa Castro) On December 5th, 2017, a...
The oldest fire detection system ever? The case of St. Paul outside the Wall Basilica in Rome
St. Paul outside the Walls fire - Rome July 15th, 1823(from: Archivio di San Paolo Basilica - Rome) In the...
Securing historic towns damaged by earthquakes: managing the complexity
When an historic center, a town or a district, is hit by an earthquake, managing the securing operations may reach...
Preparedness and First Aid to Cultural Heritage in the STORM Summer School
Istituto Superiore Antincendi (National Fire Academy of the Italian Firefighters) - Rome Protecting Cultural Heritage form disasters needs different actions,...
Forest Fire Risks to Cultural Heritage
When it comes to assess the risks of fire to Cultural Resources buildings or artefacts, normally they are related to...
Water Mist and Cultural Heritage: can Simulation Tools help assessing its effect?
The_Blue_Boat_1892_Winslow_Homer - Museum of Fine Arts - Boston Watercolor images are among the most vulnerable artefacts to the effects of...
Effects of Fire on Cultural Resources and Archaeology: an USDA publication
USDA - Forest Service - Wildland Fire in Ecosystems Effects of Fire on Cultural Resources and Archaeology. A problem neglected by the...
Fire risks and new threats from climate change to libraries and archives
Key observed and projected climate change and impacts for the main regions in Europe from: Climate change, impacts and vulnerability...
UAVs and protection of Cultural Heritage sites during emergency situations
During the 2016 Central Italy earthquake, drones have been extensively used by the Italian National Fire Service (CNVVF) to...
The ABC Method: a risk management approach to the preservation of cultural heritage
Cover of the ABC Method document. (Credits: ICCROM website) Risks to cultural heritage vary from catastrophic events (such as earthquakes, ...
LiDAR and Cultural Heritage in emergency situations: the H2020 STORM project first outcomes
The possibility of acquiring images and data of damaged buildings during the first phases of the emergencies is crucial to...
Large scale crisis and data exchange: the CAP protocol in L’Aquila earthquake
On April, 6th 2009 the Italian city of L'Aquila and the surrounding area have been striken by a 6,3 Mw...
damages to Cultural Heritage caused by 24th August 2016 Central Italy Earthquake
On August 24th, 2016 a severe earthquake has hit an area in Central Italy approximately among the city of Amatrice and...
Flooding Rescue: an event to remember the Florence 1966 flooding
On November 4th 1966 a flash flood caused in central Italy 47 deaths, hundreds of injured and 46,000 displaced people and...
19th Century Manhattan Church Destroyed by fire in New York (USA)
The New York Serbian Orthodox Cathedral od St. Sava on West 25th Street on May 1st has been destroyed by...
