Vulnerability assessment of cultural heritage sites towards flooding events

Gandini, Alessandra; Egusquiza, Aitziber; Garmendia, Larraitz; San-José, José T.

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/364/1/012028

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“…The immediacy of climate change impacts was also a key consideration for the technical experts, as well as the centrality of the building in a cultural landscape (note: community groups were not asked to rate these items). In terms of the former (immediacy of impacts), this prioritization consideration meets current policy guidance (NPS, 2014a) and work is underway to assess relative vulnerability (e.g., Gandini et al, 2018;Reimann et al, 2018;Vojinovic et al, 2016). Yet, additional research is needed to determine: (a) how to weight vulnerability considerations in relation to other heritage value considerations (an implicit value judgment), such as uniqueness and symbolic of national heritage (both of which were rated as being of greater importance for making prioritization decisions than the vulnerability considerations), and (b) the extent to which other stakeholder groups (e.g., members of community groups) rate the importance of this consideration for making prioritization decisions.…”

Section: E Seekamp Et Almentioning

confidence: 84%

“…Daly (2014) introduced a values-focused approach for evaluating exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity of built heritage to more holistically inform adaptation prioritization process. Similarly, Gandini et al (2018) developed a methodological approach for vulnerability assessment that evaluates the sensitivity and adaptive capacity of historic buildings in flood-prone cities to inform adaptation prioritization.…”

Section: Value-based Prioritization Considerations For Climate Adaptamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, Ortiz et al (2014) developed a risk mapping approach combining monuments and historic buildings' vulnerability of materials and structural characteristics with frequency and intensity of various hazards to help guide decisions on prioritizing adaptation actions. Although these studies fill an important knowledge gap on climate adaptation prioritization, the majority of them focus solely on advancing quantitative methodologies and frameworks for evaluating vulnerability or spatial characterization of risks to climate change, rather than including value-based considerations (with exceptions of Daly, 2014;Fatori� c and Seekamp, 2018;Gandini et al, 2018;Xiao et al, 2019).…”

Section: Value-based Prioritization Considerations For Climate Adaptamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Historic preservation priorities for climate adaptation

Seekamp

Fatorić

McCreary

2020

Ocean & Coastal Management

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Cultural heritage-specific research is scarce within the climate change literature and climate change policy documents, challenging climate adaptation efforts to minimize adverse impacts on cultural heritage. Engaging and assessing diverse stakeholders' values and integrating those with evidence-based knowledge is critical for timely, effective and transparent preservation and climate adaptation of coastal cultural heritage. This study assessed technical experts' and community groups' opinions about the importance of value-based prioritization considerations to provide more immediate guidance adaptation planning and decision making. The findings from four separate elicitation surveys demonstrated substantial consistency in value-based climate adaptation prioritization preferences for one type of vulnerable cultural heritage: historic buildings in coastal zones in the United States. In particular, the samples of cultural heritage professionals and members of community groups consistently rated spatial importance, uniqueness, and scientific value of historic buildings as very important considerations for climate adaptation prioritization decision-making. Also, consistently evaluated but of relatively low importance were considerations related to the cost of preservation and adaptation treatments, including previous investments. Few statistically significant differences were found among our samples in their perceptions of importance. These findings provide initial guidance to cultural heritage managers, particularly those with scarce financial resources to allocate for adapting coastal historic buildings, and demonstrate the need for continued development of approaches that provide rapid assessment of coastal heritage stakeholders' adaptation priorities.

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Section: E Seekamp Et Almentioning

confidence: 84%

Section: Value-based Prioritization Considerations For Climate Adaptamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Value-based Prioritization Considerations For Climate Adaptamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Historic preservation priorities for climate adaptation

Seekamp

Fatorić

McCreary

2020

Ocean & Coastal Management

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“…In the present study a total of sixteen parameters has been used, whereas Stephenson and D'Ayala [16] reduce the parameters to the minimum number of seven parameters, applicable to individual building typologies. In contrast, Gandini et al [15] developed an assessment tree composed of two requirements, eight criteria, and fourteen parameters. These studies also provide information on uncertainty relating to the parameters involved in this methodology.…”

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“…Floods can affect historic materials and architectural elements causing direct and indirect structural damage that can lead to the collapse of buildings [13,14]. Currently, the concept of vulnerability is considered an essential tool for risk prevention and several authors have developed methodologies to assess the vulnerability of architectural and cultural heritage [15][16][17][18].…”

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Flood Risk in a Heritage City: Alzira as a Case Study

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Echarri

Mileto

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Water

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Floods are natural hazards which have damaged cities and their architectural heritage over the centuries. The heritage town of Alzira (Valencia, Spain) is a major case study for the assessment of flood risk in architectural heritage. Alzira was founded by the Al-Andalus Moors on a river island within a bend of the river Júcar, which has overflowed more than 80 times during its history. The main aim of this work is to analyse the vulnerability to floods of the town’s architectural heritage, especially that of earthen architecture, a constructive tradition of which several examples can be found in the town. The proposed methodology attempts to calculate the vulnerability of the earthen architecture through the evaluation and weighting of extrinsic and intrinsic parameters. This makes it possible to identify the constructive characteristics and material weathering which worsen the behaviour of structures during floods. Maximum vulnerability values have been obtained for poorly conserved constructions without cladding. Results highlight the importance of ascertaining suitable strategies for the prevention and mitigation of risk as future lines of research. The vulnerability assessment methodology presented in this study could be applied to other case studies in other sites with architectural heritage under threat from floods.

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