Enhance resilience of Cultural Heritage

Cultural heritage has always been subject to environmental and anthropogenic risks. Natural threats resulting from gradual and cumulative processes, sudden and catastrophic events (earthquakes, floods, fires) and recent and sudden climate change are added to those produced by human activities (misuse, neglect, war and vandalism) leading to the irreparable loss of those material and immaterial values that make cultural heritage unique. The group, which studies cultural and environmental heritage at all scales (from territorial to urban and of the individual artefact, including assets and archaeological sites), is involved in national and international projects aimed at risk reduction and management. For some time now it has been working with local institutions and national and international bodies dealing with management and protection of cultural and environmental heritage for the definition of methodologies and tools to improve resilience (preventive and planned conservation plans; Risk Charter). 

Scientific Head for the Department

Andrea UGOLINI

Structured professors

Marco PRETELLI

Simona TONDELLI

Angela SANTANGELO

Researcher

Eleonora MELANDRI (Research fellow)

Angela SANTANGELO (Research fellow)

Alessia ZAMPINI (Research fellow)

Group ERC sectors

SH3_2 Environmental change and society

SH3_10 Urban studies, regional studies

SH5_11 Cultural heritage, cultural memory

PE8_12 Sustainable design (for recycling, for environment, eco-design)