RT Conference Proceedings T1 Vulnerability assessment of cultural heritage sites towards flooding events A1 Gandini, Alessandra A1 Egusquiza, Aitziber A1 Garmendia, Leire A1 San-José, José-Tomás AB Historic sites are threatened by diverse weather patterns, mainly due to global climate change, such as sea-level rise and increasing frequency of storms and other extreme precipitation events. As climate change is becoming an increasing urban problem, heritage located in this context is considered as a sensitive and vulnerable element of the city. Adaptation should be oriented to a sustainable transformation of the historic city, leading to more resilient and safe environments. Risk-based approaches should incorporate an assessment of sensitiveness and capacity to adapt to these hazards. Vulnerability is often assessed on a large scale (e.g. regional, local) and buildings are not considered as part of the urban environment, while conservation is often developed on the operational scale of a monument or site. Management of cultural heritage requires therefore for an urban approach, which considers all the elements and buildings as part of the urban environment. Research presented in this paper describes a methodological approach (MIVES - Integrated Value Model for Sustainability Assessment) for vulnerability assessment of historic sites, supported by multilevel indicators (urban, building, element), in order to provide an informed decision-making. The solution proposed in based on an organised and structures decision tree, which provides a comparable and unique vulnerability index on the building level. SN 1757-8981 YR 2018 FD 2018-06-18 LA eng NO Gandini , A , Egusquiza , A , Garmendia , L & San-José , J-T 2018 , ' Vulnerability assessment of cultural heritage sites towards flooding events ' , IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering , vol. 364 , no. 1 , 012028 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/364/1/012028 NO Publisher Copyright: © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. DS TECNALIA Publications RD 1 jul 2024