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Climate change-induced disasters and cultural heritage: Optimizing management strategies in Central Europe

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Cacciotti, Riccardo, Kaiser, Anna, Sardella, Alessandro, De Nuntiis, Paola, Drdácký, Miloš, Hanus, Christian, Bonazza, Alessandra·2021·Climate Risk Management
DOI 10.1016/j.crm.2021.100301
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Due to climate change, it is foreseen that the frequency and magnitude of extreme climate events such as heavy precipitation, flooding and drought will increase throughout Europe. In recent times, numerous areas suffered from disasters that produced significant damage to cultural heritage. Although different risk management strategies are currently enforced in Central Europe, there still exist many challenges that undermine their effectiveness. This study reviews the necessary points to be addressed for strengthening existing management strategies within the region and the characteristics of potential resilience building measures. It presents feasible and tailored ICT solutions (e.g. a web GIS platform) and decision support tools (e.g. a manual for cultural heritage resilience and a handbook on transnational rescue procedures) for the protection of cultural heritage against floods, heavy rain and fire. These tools result from the Interreg Central Europe project ProteCHt2save, concentrating on risk assessment and sustainable protection of cultural heritage in changing environments. The proposed measures are tested at pilot sites and successfully integrated in local risk management plans. Future work is also proposed for further implementation of the results.

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Cacciotti, R., Kaiser, A., Sardella, A., De Nuntiis, P., Drdácký, M., Hanus, C., & Bonazza, A.
Affiliations
  • Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
  • Universität für Weiterbildung Krems (AT)
  • Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (IT)
Corresponding author
Cacciotti, Riccardo
ORCID
Venue
Climate Risk Management
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021
Volume
32
Pages
100301
ISSN
2212-0963 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.crm.2021.100301
OpenAlex
W3144760868
Cited by
98
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2026: 10 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 7
FWCI
74.04
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Language
en
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  • Climate Risk Management (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Funders
Czech Academy of Sciences
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Conservation › Conservation Techniques and Studies
Keywords
climate change, cultural heritage, disaster risk management, heritage resilience, flood risk, heavy rainfall, drought, fire risk, WebGIS, decision support system, risk assessment, Central Europe

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