Study and Research of Sustainable Development Goals and Cultural Heritage
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Development Goals towards Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2024 | Viewed by 1172
Special Issue Editors
Interests: three-dimensional models; virtual reality; augmented reality; metaverse; the teaching–learning process; graphic expression; heritage digitalization
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Dear Colleagues,
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), has approved 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this context, cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, in all its different forms, including buildings from the past, assets of cultural interest, etc., emerges as a repository of cultural resources that must be endowed with vast power and great visibility, and must act as a structuring linchpin for future research. The economic, social, and environmental aspects of sustainable development contribute to safeguarding cultural heritage and nurturing creativity. Yet, when the SDGs are grouped according to the three main pillars of sustainable development (i.e., its economic, social, and environmental dimensions), it can be noted that culture plays a pivotal role in all of them. Indeed, culture must be understood as a driver of sustainable development.
In this context, the main SDGs affected through the achievement of cultural heritage dissemination and conservation are:
- Target 4. To enhance efforts to protect and save cultural and natural heritage (SDG 11—“Sustainable Cities and Communities”);
- Target B. To adopt policies that contribute to sustainable development (SDG 16—“Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions”);
- Target 14 and 16. To enhance policy coherence and the global partnership for sustainable development (SDG 17—“Partnerships for the Goals”).
The study and research of heritage conservation contribute to forging resilient and sustainable societies.
Advanced technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and scan to HBIM (heritage building information modelling), are increasingly becoming an ever-greater element of our daily lives. We are today once again at the dawn of a new technological revolution that, as is often the case in this rapidly changing world, will not last long. In the world of information and communication technology (ICT), innovative technologies such as VR, AR, and HBIM, among others, have rapidly been introduced into many fields, such as cultural heritage, architecture, agriculture, forestry, industry, medicine, and others.
We invite authors to submit high-quality papers containing original research results or survey articles in, but not limited to, the following fields:
- Cultural heritage visualization/dissemination;
- Community empowerment through heritage conservation;
- Collaborative heritage conservation initiatives;
- Valorization of knowledge on intangible/tangible cultural heritage.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Paula Triviño-Tarradas
Prof. Dr. Rafael E. Hidalgo Fernández
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- virtual archaeology
- photogrammetry
- graphic expression
- 3D models
- cultural heritage
- laser scanning
