Cultural Heritage and Natural Disasters

• Other Authors: Nicu, Ionut Cristi (Editor), Mihu-Pintilie, Alin (Editor), Nau, Erich (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; cultural heritage; frequency ratio; AUC; predictive modelling; GIS; Kvamme's Gain; north-eastern Romania; coastal erosion; shoreline; monitoring; geomorphological mapping; Svalbard; DSAS; high Arctic; muqarnas; Alhambra; graphic analysis; drawings; 3D laser scanner; historical images; UNESCO; Spain; erosion; Beothuk; GRASS; photogrammetry; UAV; Newfoundland; remote sensing; Earth observation; satellite imagery; multi-temporal analysis; urban heat island; persistent scatterer interferometry; long-term monitoring; cultural heritage assessment; Alba Iulia (Apulum); LiDAR; satellite image; aerial image; High North
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book brings together a total of six papers in an interdisciplinary way at the border of natural disasters and cultural heritage. There is a need for studying and documenting cultural heritage in Arctic landscapes, as these are the most affected by climate change. Remote sensing represents a powerful tool in the monitoring, management and safeguarding of cultural heritage. Sites included in the UNESCO World Heritage List should receive more attention from both geoscientists and social scientists. Urbanization has a short- and long-lasting effect on the conservation of cultural heritage.