Three Key Questions on Culture, Cultural Heritage and Climate Change

65 PROJECTS’ SELECTION hyperion-project.eu Pilot Site of Rhodes, Fort of St. Nicholas, Greece [Sevasti Tapinaki] HYPERION Project Leader: Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), Greece Time Duration: 2019 – 2023 Countries Involved: Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Spain, Switzerland Keywords: Built Environment, Monitoring of Climate Impacts, Prevention, Protection, Research & Innovation, Risk Management, Technologies Description Studies highlight the potential impact of climate change and geo-hazards (such as landslides and earthquakes) on historic areas hosting cultural heritage sites and monuments, which in turn yield significant adverse impacts on economies, politics, and societies. Currently, there is no specific process towards understanding and quantifying climate change effects on historic areas. HYPERION performs analysis of cultural heritage sites and makes damage assessment under normal and changed conditions, based on the climatic zone, the microclimate conditions, the building materials, the surrounding environment, the historical data regarding the structures and the effect of previous restoration. Taking into account the local ecosystems in the cultural heritage areas, HYPERION designs then a truly integrated/ sustainable reconstruction approach (technical, social, institutional, environmental and economic level), by incorporating active communities’ participation and by providing proper adaptation and mitigation strategies. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 821054. Output HYPERION aims to leverage existing tools and services (e.g., climate/extreme events models and their impacts, decay models of building materials, Copernicus services, etc.), novel technologies (terrestrial and satellite imaging for wide-area inspection, advanced machine learning, etc.) to deliver an integrated resilience assessment platform, addressing multi-hazard risk understanding, better preparedness, faster, adapted and efficient response, and sustainable reconstruction of historic areas.

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