Integrated Digital Platforms for the Documentation and Management of Cultural Heritage at Risk

Research definition of strategies and instruments for the prevention, mitigation, and management of hazards resulting from natural or man-made catastrophes is increasingly experimenting with an integrated approach to the digital documentation and visualisation of the built and cultural heritage. In actuality, recent conflicts and events, as well as the rise in natural disasters in previously unaffected regions, demonstrate the growing interest of governments, public administrations and entities, as well as academics, in the development and preservation of the digital memory of man-made landscapes. However, the management of recent catastrophic events allowed for the development of techniques that today enable the transfer of tools and processes from emergency management to routine management. Based on data from recent earthquakes in northern Italy, the current work describes some outcomes of the development of an integrated digital platform for seismic risk management that aims to integrate historical data from previous seismic events, data from existing databases, integrated digital surveys, carried out using integrated survey techniques, and semantically enhanced BIM-based models. The tool is being created as part of a transnational research cooperation initiative with thirteen partners from nations and regions along the Adriatic Sea. The program's overall goal is to improve cross-border emergency services while also raising their degree of safety and efficacy.