| Summary: |
The RIACT project is developing a unified approach applicable at the national and international levels for the definition and quantification of simple risk indicators for immovable cultural heritage (CH) assets exposed to human-induced and natural hazards. Although risk analyses of single CH assets can be performed at relatively low costs, the same analysis (and its update over time) extended to a large number of assets requires resources usually unavailable. Therefore, analysing risks for a large number of CH assets with limited resources in an efficient and timely manner is only possible if simple indicators are used. As such, RIACT is defining methods for the efficient risk and vulnerability assessment of CH assets based on an existing methodology developed by the RIACT team for seismic risk analysis that will be extended to other hazards. |