PROTection of European Cultural HEritage from GeO-hazards
Details
Acronym
PROTHEGO
Project title
PROTection of European Cultural HEritage from GeO-hazards
Start Date
1 September 2015
End Date
28 February 2018
Coordinator Institute
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale Geological Survey of Italy
Website 1
http://www.prothego.eu/home.html
Funding Body
European Commission FP7
Budget
74.158.000 €
Thematic Area
Cultural Heritage
Keywords
Archaeology, Heritage Management, monitoring
Description
New space technology based on radar interferometry is capable of monitoring, since 1992 and with mm precision, surface deformation for reflective targets named persistent scatters (PS), which consistently return stable signals to the radar satellites. The project has applied this new technique to monuments and sites that were potentially unstable due to landslides, skin holes, settlement, subsidence, active tectonics as well as structural deformation.