Informe del estado de conservación del sitio Patrimonio Mundial de Las Médulas tras el incendio forestal que sufrieron en agosto de 2025, elaborado por el Grupo Autónomo de Expertos para asistir a la Fundación Las Médulas a informar al Centro del Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO sobre el desastre y los daños.

En julio de 2021, las fuertes lluvias inundaron toda el área de almacenamiento arqueológico del Centre de Conservation et d’Étude (CCE, AWaP) de Namur, afectando parte de la colección metálica con agua contaminada y barro. Se examinó una selección de artefactos de hierro para evaluar los daños y los factores que contribuyeron a su deterioro. Se analizaron los patrones de corrosión y otros fenómenos en la superficie tanto a nivel macroscópico como microscópico. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo comprender mejor los daños causados por las inundaciones y las condiciones de conservación posteriores, así como replantear el uso de materiales de embalaje para el almacenamiento.

El artículo analiza cómo responden las cerámicas al agua de inundación y al barro, a partir del estudio de tres sitios afectados en Bélgica e Italia. Se recopilaron datos sobre diferentes tipos de loza y se entrevistó a profesionales del patrimonio involucrados en diversas etapas de recuperación. Aunque no ofrece un análisis exhaustivo de todos los daños posibles, identifica factores clave que influyen en la afectación de las cerámicas, como las características del objeto, el contexto de la colección, las condiciones específicas de la inundación y los recursos disponibles. También subraya la importancia de documentar y analizar sistemáticamente los daños para evaluar el impacto real de los desastres en el patrimonio.

This work addresses the use of damage maps using orthoimages created from aerial photogrammetry and the analysis of thermographic images as prior diagnostic tools for the facade of the Zoroastro Artiaga Museum.

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Fruit of the author's experience in assessing damage in the Philippines, Nepal and Myanmar. During her stay in Italy, she contacted the Department of Civil Protection and agencies to assess the immediate risks to the cultural heritage of the affected area. Drawing on these experiences, this paper highlights some critical gaps in existing capacity that prevent timely assessment of impacts on cultural heritage, which in turn hinders its recovery. (7pp)

This book develops in chapter form the teachings, calculations, protocols and reminders that occur in technical training for the evaluation of damage after a catastrophe and have been developed from the experience obtained after the Lorca earthquake in 2011. 592 pp .

This work aims to establish the criteria and guidelines that allow establishing with the greatest possible precision the economic value of the assets in the earthquake damage insurance contract, applied to the properties that are part of the historical heritage. To do this, the situation caused by the earthquake that affected the city of Lorca on May 11, 2011 will be specifically analyzed, causing significant losses to various properties of its historical-artistic heritage. The methodology used is based on determining the existing relationships between the economic parameters integrated by the value of the buildings and the costs of reconstruction or repair of damage, and the characteristics of the historical heritage properties linked to their vulnerability to action. seismic. Once the statistical analysis of the correlation of the set of variables collected in the characterization process has been carried out, the building vulnerability to earthquakes has been modeled, identifying the incidence of these variables and their proportionality with the budget necessary for the reform. in the area of study. 227pp. ​
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It is essential for all sectors for which the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) has been carried out or is planned to take into account the cultural context in which the disaster has occurred and where they will have recovery and reconstruction take place. The resilience of social systems to disasters is deeply influenced by cultural aspects such as the cultural framework of human relationships with others in society and the world around them, including the natural environment, its conditions and behaviors.

This document is a first conceptual discussion and a proposal to formalize the inclusion of the valuation of cultural assets after a disaster. In recent years, ECLAC has attempted on several occasions to assess the damage and loss of cultural property following disasters. The document first analyzes the existing debate on the valuation of cultural goods and services, describes the characteristics of cultural goods and their market and non-market values. It then proceeds to describe some valuation methods that have been applied to cultural assets in other contexts, including the quasi-valuation method, and describes the damage assessment process. concludes the possibility of applying one or more of these methods as part of the ECLAC disaster impact assessment methodology and advances some recommendations and areas of research. The document also includes an example of application of the contingent valuation method in a particular case (Fes Medina in Morocco). (59pp)