RESILIENT TOURISM Project: New Technologies Applied to the Prevention and Management of Emergencies in Cultural Heritage and Emergency Response in Pandemic Conditions
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The RESILIENT TOURISM Project: “New Technologies Applied to the Prevention and Management of Emergencies in Cultural Heritage and Emergency Response in Pandemic Conditions” aims to implement protocols for the preservation of Historical Heritage based on previously developed tools such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Good Management Practices (GMP), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), including pandemic conditions in risk management, to advance effective heritage conservation and strengthen Andalusia as a safe cultural destination.
The project, developed by the Pablo de Olavide University (UPO), in collaboration with the Institut Valencià de Conservació, Restauració i Investigació (IVCR+i), the Illustrious Official College of Graduates and Doctors in Fine Arts of Andalusia, the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage, and the Ministry of Culture and Historical Heritage of the Government of Andalusia, aims to create an innovation ecosystem around heritage tourism to generate and transfer knowledge that can respond to a changing environment in the face of pandemics or potential disasters, promoting new sustainable heritage models that integrate the conservation of heritage from both an economic and environmental perspective.
The target audience for these protocols includes regional/local managers and owners responsible for decision-making, although their impact extends to society as a whole. In this context, decision-making is based on Holistic Preventive Conservation Programmes (HPCP) and Advanced Emergency Response Models (AERM). Through the use of AI, GMP, GIS, and ICT tools, the goal is to develop emergency protocols that contribute to the safeguarding of both movable and immovable heritage and the tourism that visits the heritage sites in our municipalities. To achieve this, a multi-risk scenario approach is included, which overlays the various risks that threaten heritage.
The emergency protocols can be used by heritage management bodies, directly impacting the conservation of heritage assets and the safety of tourists, which in turn has a direct impact on social development by promoting the proper use and enjoyment of heritage as a sociocultural and tourist resource, contributing to the creation of potential job opportunities for conservators/restorers and architects/engineers dedicated to heritage conservation, and reducing costs associated with investing in preventive conservation and emergency preparedness.
Members of the RESILIENT TOURISM Project:
Organisations:
Universidad Pablo de Olavide.
Institut Valencià de Conservació, Restauració i Investigació.
Instituto Andaluz de Patrimonio Histórico.
Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Doctores y Licenciados en Bellas Artes.
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Research Team Members:
Pilar Ortiz Calderón: Principal Investigator (PI) of the team. Doctor of Chemistry. Professor at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
Rocío Ortiz Calderón: Doctor of Architecture. Professor at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
Javier Becerra Luna: Doctor in Restoration-Conservation. Professor at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
Dolores Segura Pachón: Doctor of Biology. Professor at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
Macarena Tejada Tejada: Doctor of Geography and History. Professor at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
Serafín Ojeda Casares: Doctor of Geography and History. Professor at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
Jesús Jurado Estévez: Doctor of Geography. Professor at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
Víctor Amadeo Bañuls Silvera: Doctor of Business Organisation and Marketing. Professor at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
Salvador Bueno Ávila: Doctor of Business Organisation and Marketing. Professor at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
María Dolores Gallego Pereira: Doctor of Business Organisation and Marketing. Professor at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
José Luis Salmerón Silvero: Doctor of Business Organisation and Marketing. Professor at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
Work Team Members:
Inmaculada Chuliá Blanco: Doctor of Restoration-Conservation. Technician at the Institut Valencià de Conservació, Restauració i Investigación of the Generalitat Valenciana.
Ignacio Catalán Martí: Doctor of Restoration-Conservation. Technician at the Institut Valencià de Conservació, Restauració i Investigación of the Generalitat Valenciana.
Laura Toro Murillo: Biologist. Research support technician at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
Mónica Moreno Falcón: Doctor of History. Professor at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
Dahimi Abreu Hibert: Pharmacist. University of the Arts of Cuba.
Ana Cepero Acán: Doctor of Chemistry. Professor at the University of the Arts of Cuba.
Betzaida Rodríguez Rosales: Biologist. University of the Arts of Havana.
Pablo de la Cruz Pérez: Historian. Master’s in Modern History. Research support technician at the University of Pablo de Olavide.
Daniel Arlanzón Quiroz: Geographer and Historian. University of Seville.
