Descripción del proyecto
Observar los sitios del patrimonio cultural
Miles de años de historia humana en Europa han dado lugar a una rica diversidad de sitios arqueológicos y del patrimonio cultural, todos importantes para las culturas de sus países. Por desgracia, las descomposiciones y el deterioro físico y químico, así como los crecientes efectos del cambio climático, que no solo se limitan al deterioro de la erosión del suelo y la estabilidad estructural, han llevado a una mayor necesidad de observación sistémica y constante. El proyecto RESEARCH, financiado con fondos europeos, tiene como objetivo hacer viable la satisfacción de esa necesidad para las autoridades. El equipo planea presentar una plataforma multitarea que utiliza tecnologías de detección remota aplicadas con sistemas de información geográfica para mapear y observar los sitios del patrimonio cultural. Será una herramienta asequible para que las autoridades supervisen el proceso de degradación, faciliten el mantenimiento preventivo y reduzcan los costes de restauración.
Objetivo
Europe has rich and diverse cultural heritage resources, which include urban and rural landscapes, comprising standing monuments and archaeological remains. Nowadays Europe’s Cultural Heritage (CH) is at risk, endangered by environmental processes and anthropogenic pressures. Physical and chemical destruction and degradation of structures and artefacts amplify the natural deterioration and reduce the ability of the soil to preserve CH. In addition to physical damages, the intensive human activities and the effects of climate changes are responsible of the increase of soil erosion affecting structure stability and producing significant negative consequences on the conservation of the archaeological artefacts. In this scenario, authorities in charge to CH preservation have a strong requirement for systematic, effective, usable and affordable tools and services to monitor the degradation process to enable preventive maintenance and to reduce the cost of the restoration. The broad spectra of Satellite Earth Observations (EO) provide the ideal platform to undertake a wide range of effective, cost-efficient and up-to-date programmable analysis, as a support to traditional tools. RESEARCH addresses the design and development of a multi-task platform, combining advanced remote sensing technologies with GIS application for mapping and long term monitoring of archaeological CH in order to identify changes due to climate changes and anthropic pressures. The EO processing chain will address the major risks affecting CH including the degradation due to soil erosion, land movement and vegetation as well as risks due to anthropic pressure. RESEARCH will coordinate the existing expertise and research efforts of seven beneficiaries into a synergetic plan of collaborations and exchanges of personnel to offer a comprehensive transfer of knowledge and training environment for the researchers in the specific area.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensing
- humanitieshistory and archaeologyarchaeology
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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MSCA-RISE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)Coordinador
01100 Viterbo
Italia