Abstract

DIAZ FUENTES, Daniela Andrea. The Strategic Approach for Risk Mitigation in the Management Plans of World Heritage Sites: A Proposal for an Indicator System and its Application in Italy. Intervención (Méx. DF) [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.17, pp.48-64. ISSN 2007-249X.

In recent decades, earthquakes have damaged several cultural heritages in Italy, the country with the largest concentration of sites inscribed on the World Heritage List. Taking into consideration the requirements of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to develop management and prevention plans for the risk of catastrophes, several sites in Italy and other countries have expressed the importance of including risk assessment into these planning instruments. Yet, to this day, no specific strategic line for the mitigation of risks, associated with indicators and maps have been developed in order to program actions. This RESEARCH analyzes different methodological proposals for the strategic planning of heritage sites, in order to incorporate a risk mitigation approach through a system of qualitative and quantitative indicators that are focused on the analysis of both threats at a territorial scale and the seismic vulnerability of rock, brick, and adobe masonry buildings. Finally, these approaches are applied on the UNESCO site I Sassi e il parco delle chiese rupestri di Matera (The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera), Italy.

Keywords : risk assessment; management plans; vulnerability; threats; World Heritage sites; Italy.

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