Fuzzy Decision-Support System for Safeguarding Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage

Andrés José Prieto, Juan Manuel Macías-Bernal, Ana Silva and Pilar Ortiz
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Andrés José Prieto: Instituto de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Austral de Chile, Edificio Ernst Kasper (Campus Isla Teja), Valdivia 5090000, Chile
Juan Manuel Macías-Bernal: Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas II, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes 4A, 41012 Seville, Spain
Ana Silva: CERIS-ICIST, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Pilar Ortiz: Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera Km 1, ES-41013 Seville, Spain

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 14, 1-12

Abstract: In the current world economic situation, the maintenance of built heritage has been limited due to a lack of funds and accurate tools for proper management and implementation of these actions. However, in specific local areas, the maintenance and conservation of historical and cultural heritage have become an investment opportunity. In this sense, in this study, a new tool is proposed, for the estimation of the functional service life of heritage buildings in a local region (city of Seville, South Spain). This tool is developed in Art-Risk research project and consists of a free software to evaluate decisions in regional policies, planning and management of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, considering physical, environmental, economic and social resources. This tool provides a ranking of priority of intervention among case studies belonging to a particular urban context. This information is particularly relevant for the stakeholders responsible for the management of maintenance plans in built heritage.

Keywords: heritage buildings; functionality; decision-support system; fuzzy logic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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