Abstract 3D point clouds have emerged as a crucial source of information in the field of
Cultural Heritage due to their ability to capture reality with high density and accuracy. They …

For many decades, countless studies have been performed regarding the effects of the
environment on traditional building materials, presenting methods to mostly quantify …

In this paper, diagnostic tools are utilized to conduct a vulnerability analysis of monuments
located in a coastal environment in accordance with a raft of standards drawn up by the …

Limestone monuments are generally subjected to natural and anthropogenic environmental
threats. This paper describes a methodology to assess the risk of surface recession damage …

Air pollution adversely affects the built environment. This impact might accelerate the natural
deterioration rate of heritage sites and reduce their aesthetic value. This novel study uses …

The maintenance of heritage buildings can be extremely complex; usually, practitioners face
many difficult decisions regarding when and how to intervene. The data recovered over time …

From a decision-maker's perspective, the management of cultural heritage is a challenging
task because of different objectives pursued, the public/private nature of heritage …

Historical villages represent a highly vulnerable cultural heritage; their preservation can be
ensured thanks to technological innovations in the field of geomatics and information …

The article proposes using a novel hybrid measurement method, with expected precision
results, to determine the characteristic of the historic, 17th-century bell. In an interdisciplinary …

Scanning microscopy techniques have emerged as powerful scientific tools for analysing
materials of architectural or archaeological interest, since the commercialization of the first …