Cultural heritage

Efforts to protect cultural heritage from disaster risk, including tangible heritage (monuments, archaeological sites, paintings, manuscripts, sculpture) and intangible heritage (inherited traditions or living expressions).

Latest Cultural heritage additions in the Knowledge Base

Earthquake and Tsunami 2004 Indonesia Preliminary Damage and Loss Assessment

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12 November 2005

Indonesia Preliminary Damage and Loss Assessment: the December 26, 2004 Natural Disaster

This document represents a preliminary assessment of damages and losses in Indonesia due to the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami.

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11 October 1998

Risk preparedness: A management manual for World Cultural Heritage

This manual provides the guidelines to create a new approach to cultural heritage conservation focused on prevention, aiming to develop strategies to protect heritage properties by reducing its vulnerability to disasters.

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8 April 1989

The protection of the architectural heritage against natural disasters

This proceedings includes inter alia the specific outputs of the meeting which included: an inventory of the relevant technical, legal and administrative measures already current in Europe.

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11 October 1987

Between two earthquakes: cultural property in seismic zones

This handbook addresses three areas of concern for the museum administrator concerning the protection of historic buildings, monuments, and archaeological sites located in seismic areas.