A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Geoinformatics for the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cultural Heritage (CH) is recognised as being of historical, social, and anthropological value and is considered as an enabler of sustainable development. As a result, it is included in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 11 and 8. SDG 11.4 emphasises the protection and safeguarding of heritage, and SDG 8.9 aims to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products. This paper briefly reviews the geoinformatics technologies of photogrammetry, remote sensing, and spatial information science and their application to CH. Detailed aspects of CH-related SDGs, comprising protection and safeguarding, as well as the promotion of sustainable tourism are outlined. Contributions of geoinformatics technologies to each of these aspects are then identified and analysed. Case studies in both developing and developed countries, supported by funding directed at the UN SDGs, are presented to illustrate the challenges and opportunities of geoinformatics to enhance CH protection and to promote sustainable tourism. The potential and impact of geoinformatics for the measurement of official SDG indicators, as well as UNESCO's Culture for Development Indicators, are discussed. Based on analysis of the review and the presented case studies, it is concluded that the contribution of geoinformatics to the achievement of CH SDGs is necessary, significant and evident. Moreover, following the UNESCO initiative to introduce CH into the sustainable development agenda and related ICOMOS action plan, the concept of Sustainable Cultural Heritage is defined, reflecting the significance of CH to the United Nations' ambition to "transform our world".
Geoinformatics for the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cultural Heritage (CH) is recognised as being of historical, social, and anthropological value and is considered as an enabler of sustainable development. As a result, it is included in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 11 and 8. SDG 11.4 emphasises the protection and safeguarding of heritage, and SDG 8.9 aims to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products. This paper briefly reviews the geoinformatics technologies of photogrammetry, remote sensing, and spatial information science and their application to CH. Detailed aspects of CH-related SDGs, comprising protection and safeguarding, as well as the promotion of sustainable tourism are outlined. Contributions of geoinformatics technologies to each of these aspects are then identified and analysed. Case studies in both developing and developed countries, supported by funding directed at the UN SDGs, are presented to illustrate the challenges and opportunities of geoinformatics to enhance CH protection and to promote sustainable tourism. The potential and impact of geoinformatics for the measurement of official SDG indicators, as well as UNESCO's Culture for Development Indicators, are discussed. Based on analysis of the review and the presented case studies, it is concluded that the contribution of geoinformatics to the achievement of CH SDGs is necessary, significant and evident. Moreover, following the UNESCO initiative to introduce CH into the sustainable development agenda and related ICOMOS action plan, the concept of Sustainable Cultural Heritage is defined, reflecting the significance of CH to the United Nations' ambition to "transform our world".
Geoinformatics for the conservation and promotion of cultural heritage in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Xiao, Wen (author) / Mills, Jon (author) / Guidi, Gabriele (author) / Rodríguez-Gonzálvez, Pablo (author) / Gonizzi Barsanti, Sara (author) / González-Aguilera, Diego (author) / Xiao, Wen / Mills, Jon / Guidi, Gabriele / Rodríguez-Gonzálvez, Pablo
2018-01-01
www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/5/0/3/3/4/0
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Virtual tourism , Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition , Engineering (miscellaneous) , and Optic , Heritage conservation , Sustainable Development Goal , Computers in Earth Sciences , Atomic and Molecular Physics , Sustainable cultural heritage , Digital heritage
DDC:
710
Geoinformatics for sustainable urban development
| TIBKAT | 2024
Cultural heritage in sustainable development
| Emerald Group Publishing | 2018
Environmental Monitoring of our Cultural Heritage: Sustainable Conservation Solutions
| Online Contents | 2004
Conservation of cultural heritage
| TIBKAT | 2008