Integrated System for the resilience Enhancement of European Cultural Assets. A multidisciplinary approach to a sustainable model

Abstract

The advent of globalisation has led men to think of nature as something separate from society, disregarding themselves as an integral part of the environment and perceiving themselves above it. Therefore, a holistic approach is needed, one that places interrelations between environment and human activities in the foreground, without excluding men from the environment, or even the environment from social systems. We need to study and interpret the complex adaptive Socio-Ecological Systems based on the continuous interaction of ecological, economic and social phenomena, which evolve according to resilient cycles. All this requires a multidisciplinary approach, aiming at conserving biodiversity, managing ecosystems, encouraging interculturality, and promoting advanced sustainable development policies. In this context, a broad and multidisciplinary international partnership, coordinated by the University of Calabria, presents the project SENECA - Integrated System for the Resilience Enhancement of European Cultural Assets, which promotes a new multidisciplinary approach for the protection of cultural heritage and European historical areas from the effects of climate change and natural disasters, as well as their sustainable reconstruction.