Iran is a museum of subsidence / 12 cm subsidence of the earth in Kerman, Semnan and Isfahan
According to the Aria Heritage report, citing the public relations of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Institute, Ali Baitullahi, the head of the earthquake and hazard department of the Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center and the secretary of the country’s national hazards working group, who today, on February 5, 1401, in a specialized meeting and educational workshop “Subsidence and its challenges in the field cultural heritage of the country” and defined the important concepts of subsidence and its extent in Iran and the world. He said: The gradual or sudden lowering of the earth’s surface in a wide or limited area due to natural or unnatural factors is called subsidence, which is mainly due to the fall of the earth. The groundwater level occurs.
The instructor of this workshop called the occurrence of land subsidence in Iran as the risk of the highest range in the country in terms of the risk of land subsidence and the high importance of the resilience of cultural heritage and tourism elements as the reasons for holding this meeting and its importance for large cultural heritage and tourism collections.
The secretary of the country’s national risk working group, while reviewing the legal responsibilities of this field in the country, expressed the available solutions to reduce its risk, especially in the field of cultural heritage and tourism.
This university lecturer, with a general review of the placement of the country’s cultural heritage elements in the land subsidence zone, made some suggestions including; Special study of the risk of land subsidence in the areas of cultural heritage and tourism elements, preparation of periodic control checklists for the effect of land subsidence in cultural heritage and tourism parliaments, formulation of current action guidelines, development of a plan to monitor land subsidence in sensitive sites, implementation of engineering measures and measures to control the effects of land subsidence in sites Cultural heritage and tourism and holding educational workshops periodically and at different levels.
Morteza Mahdavi, a specialized member of the Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center on structural issues and natural hazards and a former lecturer at the Higher Education Center of Cultural Heritage of the country, in the continuation of this meeting, referring to the importance of the subsidence phenomenon and the long-term impact of this phenomenon on the loss of the ground level and its consequences. , a very negative effect on linear and sensitive structures and structures whose performance is directly dependent on maintaining the designed balance, the need for specialized investigation of this phenomenon in the mentioned elements, identifying the dimensions of this event in areas with potential, risk zoning, identifying high risk points and also evaluating the levels He declared the vulnerability of exposed elements to be very vital and necessary.
The other lecturer of this workshop added: The important point in cultural and historical heritage collections is the existence of very important elements and at the same time dependent on the designed level of registration. has it.
By reviewing the most important effects of subsidence on structures and infrastructures, especially those related to cultural heritage and buildings, he explained the methods of monitoring these effects as well as the necessary instructions for maintenance and retrofitting.
In this meeting, Research Vice President and member of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Airaza Anisi, referring to the joint activities of the Research Institute and the Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center in the form of a cooperation memorandum, said: In this regard, the interesting and dangerous phenomenon of subsidence was investigated.
Stating that there are many dangers and accidents lurking in the historical monuments of the country, which must be investigated, he clarified: We have the power to identify and provide solutions for some of these dangers, but for others, such as the issue of subsidence, we need the help of other institutions, such as the Road and Housing Research Center. and urban planning, who have gained a lot of experience in this field with extensive studies and have complete knowledge of the subject.
Referring to the holding of three conferences in the field of natural disasters with the theme of earthquakes in the past years and one in the coming year, Anisi expressed hope that this meeting will not only have an informative aspect and that we will be able to take effective measures for the issue of subsidence in buildings and historical monuments in the future. let’s do.
Fatemeh Davari, Director of the Department of Preservation and Restoration of Historical Buildings, Textures, and Areas, also said in this meeting: The opportunity for the Deputy of Cultural Heritage and the Department of Preservation and Restoration to raise the issue of the importance of subsidence and its challenges in the field of cultural heritage is due to the memorandum of understanding of the Road, Housing Research Center. and urban planning and cultural heritage and tourism research institute has come out.
He called the nature of the subsidence hazard on a national and global scale of high importance, which has turned from an important issue to a necessary issue.
Stating that in the past century, moisture was always considered the main danger of historical monuments, Davari said: Investigating the issue of subsidence and its challenges in cultural heritage can only be provided through inter-institutional interactions, and the main purpose of holding this meeting and expressing this concern is to prepare common packages in this The scope and use of the knowledge of experts and doing research work.
This meeting, which was held in person and online with the participation of managers of cultural heritage bases in the provinces, was accompanied by questions and answers.
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