Due to climate change, it is foreseen that the frequency and magnitude of extreme climate
events such as heavy precipitation, flooding and drought will increase throughout Europe. In …

A large volume of work has been carried out in recent years to assess the effects of
individual hazards on urban areas. However, due to its complexity, assessing the probable …

In a global context of increasing flood risk, the development of risk assessments that can
effectively support disaster risk management strategies and policies is crucial. This is …

This article introduces the Special Issue on Risk Protection for Cultural Heritage and Historic
Centres. The article starts by reviewing the gaps in knowledge and practice related to …

Flooding is among the most common and damaging natural hazards at the global level,
which has prompted governments and international institutions to adopt measures towards …

One of the major problems faced by historic cities today involves the conservation of
heritage buildings. Damage suffered by these buildings can be irreversible and fast-acting …

Indicator-based methods are able to provide a simple and reliable way to assess the level of
fire risk of existing constructions. While many of these methods were not developed for …

Earthquake magnitude prediction is a challenging problem that has been widely studied
during the last decades. Statistical, geophysical and machine learning approaches can be …

This research proposes a data structure for context-aware risk management for architectural
heritage using Historic Building Information Modeling (HBIM) and Virtual Reality (VR). In …

Digital technologies are more and more needed to give access to Cultural Heritage (CH)
and to allow for their curation and re-use. For this reason, it is necessary to increase the …