RT Journal Article T1 A Robust Monitoring Platform for Rural Cultural and Natural Heritage A1 Barrientos, Francisco A1 Egusquiza, Aitziber A1 De Luca, Claudia A1 Tondelli, Simona A1 Martín-Lerones, Pedro A1 Olmedo, David A1 Martin, John A1 Pavlova, Irina A1 Gómez-García-Bermejo, Jaime A1 Casanova, Eduardo Zalama AB Rural areas in Europe represent outstanding examples of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CNH) that could be used as a valuable asset for social and economic development. This article describes the process for developing a monitoring platform based on Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and implemented in six rural areas around Europe. The goal of this monitoring system is to provide evidence of the role of CNH in rural areas as a driver for sustainable growth. Several data collection procedures are described, including regular, non-regular, and co-monitoring. To combine the selected cross-thematic and multi-scale KPIs, weights have been assigned to indicators, according to the knowledge provided by domain experts and using group decision-making techniques. A detailed description of the dashboards developed for the monitoring platform, and all the information gathered is included. Several dashboards have been designed focusing on KPI values and their evolution. SN 1556-4673 YR 2023 FD 2023-06-24 LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3399 UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3399 LA eng NO Barrientos , F , Egusquiza , A , De Luca , C , Tondelli , S , Martín-Lerones , P , Olmedo , D , Martin , J , Pavlova , I , Gómez-García-Bermejo , J & Casanova , E Z 2023 , ' A Robust Monitoring Platform for Rural Cultural and Natural Heritage ' , Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage , vol. 16 , no. 2 , 3593430 . https://doi.org/10.1145/3593430 NO Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). NO This work has been supported by the European Union HORIZON 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No.: 776465 (RURITAGE). DS TECNALIA Publications RD 26 jul 2024