A satisfaction-based model for risk indexing in cultural heritage conservation

Cultural heritage all over the world is threatened by innumerable events of environmental and/or human origins. This paper proposed a sequential search for the construction of a risk index to help managers identify the assets of cultural heritage that need priority in conservation interventions. The basic idea behind this study is that a risk index is not the output of a mere calculation, but the result of decision -making. More specifically, the procedure provided in the present study allows managers to create a risk index by estimating its determinants in a real-world perspective where it is not perfect rationality of the optimization model, but rather bounded rationality of the satisfaction-based model that guides decision -making. A 17th century church in Rome that houses the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa sculpted by Bernini was used to show how the procedure can be applied. (c) 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.