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MCDA for cultural Heritage: Multi-criteria decision analysis for cultural heritage conservation and development

The enhancement of built cultural heritage is recognized as a major element for strengthening the economic base of a territory as it fuels development through its attractiveness for inhabitants and external visitors, in terms of both tangible and intangible values. Furthermore, the collective nature of built cultural heritage due to the large number of persons using it simultaneously makes the decisions affecting cultural heritage involve different stakeholders holding multiple and conflicting values. By this multidimensional nature, the decision makers need to consider many criteria such as integrity, reversibility, financial balance, social benefits.
In this context the goal of this multidisciplinary project is to point out different development scenarios for the castles of the Region Valle d’Aosta according to the requirements of the Spatial Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis approach.

Principal academic tutors
Alessandra Oppio, Politecnico di Milano – Dept. of Building and Environment Sciences and Technology

Academic tutors
Valeria Pracchi, Politecnico di Milano – Dept. of Building and Environment Sciences and Technology
Marta Bottero, Politecnico di Torino – Interuniversity Dept. of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning
Davide Ponzini, Politecnico di Milano – Dept. of Architecture and Planning
Ugo Fratesi, Politecnico di Milano – Dept. of Building and Environment Sciences and Technology

External institutions
Soprintendenza Regionale Valle d’Aosta
Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale
Maggiore Policlinico Mangiagalli
Regina Elena

External tutors
Nathalie Dufour, Soprintendenza Regionale Valle d’Aosta
Paolo Galimberti, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Policlinico Mangiagalli Regina Elena
Alessandra Kluzer, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Policlinico Mangiagalli Regina Elena
Mariangela Carlessi, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore, Policlinico Mangiagalli Regina Elena

Team A members
Simone Albertini, Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Martina Cividini, Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Aurelio David, Architecture heritage preservation and enhancement, Politecnico di Torino [communication coordinator and team controller]
Luca Peruselli, Architecture heritage preservation and enhancement, Politecnico di Torino
Violeta Popova, Architecture, Politecnico di Milano
Noemi Zito, Industrial Engineering and Management, Politecnico di Torino

Team B members
Carolina Anselmino, Architecture heritage preservation and enhancement, Politecnico di Torino [team controller]
Boris Bresciani, Building Architecture, Politecnico di Milano
Giulia Ceriotti, Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Zhaoyuan Li, Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Alessandra Piatti, Urban Planning and Policy Design, Politecnico di Milano
Carmen Pietrafesa, Architecture Construction City, Politecnico di Torino
Sofia Spinelli, Mathematical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano

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