Historic centres and seismic risk: census, mapping and exposure assessment

This paper explains the collaboration launched by the Italian Civil Protection Department- DPC and the Central Institute for Cataloguing and Documentation - ICCD of the Ministry of Culture - MiC under the PON Project called "Digital Paths”, on the specific topic of cataloguing the historic centres of the Basilicata, Calabria, Campania and Apulia regions. The collaboration is part of a previous and broader cooperation between the DPC and MIC on the topic of management and development of databases of common interest for the coordination of post-emergency interventions on cultural heritage, now regulated in a specifically dedicated Technical Table.

The work carried out by the DPC as part of this collaboration with the ICCD represents an important achievement for the purpose of knowledge, protection and enhancement of cultural heritage since it resulted in two datasets: areas with a high concentration of ancient (pre-1945) buildings of historical interest and location of historic centres and settlements. The datasets created, shared between DPC and ICCD, were also published as open data to allow for the widest reuse.

KEYWORDS: cultural heritage, preparedness, post-emergency interventions, mapping, exposure and seismic risk assessment, open data, datasets, historic centres.