Laboratory of Photogrammetry, School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece
Styliani Verykokou
Laboratory of Photogrammetry, School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece
Sofia Soile
Laboratory of Photogrammetry, School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece
Denis Istrati
Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece
Constantine Spyrakos
Laboratory for Earthquake Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece
Apostolos Sarris
Digital Humanities GeoInformatics Laboratory, Archaeological Research Unit (ARU), Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus, 1095 Nicosia, Cyprus
Dimitris Akritidis
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Haralambos Feidas
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Aristeidis K. Georgoulias
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Efstathia Tringa
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Prodromos Zanis
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Charalampos Georgiadis
School of Rural & Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Salvatore Martino
Research Centre for Geological Risk—CERI, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Federico Feliziani
Research Centre for Geological Risk—CERI, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Gian Marco Marmoni
Research Centre for Geological Risk—CERI, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Daniele Cerra
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Earth Observation Center (EOC), Wessling 82234, Germany
Marco Ottinger
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Earth Observation Center (EOC), Wessling 82234, Germany
Felix Bachofer
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Earth Observation Center (EOC), Wessling 82234, Germany
Anastasia Anastasiou
Geosystems Hellas, 11632 Athens, Greece
Vasiliki (Betty) Charalampopoulou
Geosystems Hellas, 11632 Athens, Greece
Patrick Krebs
Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany
Boris Mizaikoff
Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany
Cultural heritage (CH) sites are frequently exposed to natural elements, and their exposure becomes particularly precarious with the onset of climate change. This increased vulnerability places these sites at risk of deterioration or complete destruction. Risks such as land deformation, floods, acid rain, and erosion significantly threaten historic monuments, while water-related hazards, significantly influenced by both climate change and human activities, present a particularly grave risk to these invaluable sites. Considerable research efforts have focused on safeguarding CH sites. However, there remains a deficiency in systemic approaches towards identifying and mitigating risks for CH sites. The TRIQUETRA project proposes a technological toolbox and a methodological framework for tackling climate change risks and natural hazards threatening CH in the most efficient way possible. It aims at creating an evidence-based assessment platform allowing precise risk stratification as well as a database of available mitigation measures and strategies, acting as a Decision Support System (DSS) towards efficient risk mitigation and site remediation. TRIQUETRA is a European project that brings together a diverse group of researchers with varied expertise, encompassing university research groups, research institutes, public entities, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises. In this article, TRIQUETRAs overall methodology is presented, and preliminary results concerning risk identification, TRIQUETRAs knowledge base, as well as novel sensors and coatings, are discussed.
