Earthquakes have high impact in Italian historic centres, and the complex disaster chain still
causes considerable casualties and damage to the built environment. In these contexts, the …

Historic centres are cultural, social and economical resources for communities, but also
fragile areas that have often been damaged or destroyed by earthquakes. The main …

Earthquakes pose a looming threat to human life and habitats, as well as the large-scale
preservation of urban cultural heritage assets located in historic centres. These areas …

Purpose Worldwide, natural hazards are affecting urban cultural heritage and World
Heritage Sites, exacerbating other environmental and human-induced threats deriving from …

Sustainable cities have to constantly face natural catastrophes, and planning actions should
be oriented to quickly manage emergency conditions. Earthquake represents one of the …

This paper discusses the critical importance of effective mitigation policies to enhance
earthquake resilience in urban systems, especially in light of recent seismic events in Italy …

There are personal and institutional decisions that can increase the seismic resilience of the
buildings in a city. However, some of these decisions are possible if we have basic …

The need to investigate the topic of risk management of cultural heritage and to work on the
regulatory framework relating to its protection and enhancement become even more urgent …

Multi-hazard risk assessment of structures and infrastructure is of primary importance in
hazard-prone regions, in particular for the definition of prioritization schemes for …