disaster is a catastrophic event which strikes suddenly and widely. It can be due
both to natural forces and human violence. It causes huge destruction, many victims and severe
damages to buildings and objects. Documents, considered in their dual capacity of cultural
heritage and source of information for public and private organizations, are often victims of
these circumstances. Disaster planning is therefore an issue of fundamental importance because
it limits the damage through targeted preventive measures and appropriate recovery responses.
This research is particularly focused on the stages of documentation recovery in response to two
major natural disasters of the last sixty years: the Florence flood in 1966 and Hurricane Katrina
in New Orleans in 2005. Through a precise reconstruction of events and actions taken to save
documents and papers from water and mud, it was possible to compare the two events, though
spatially and chronologically distant. This allowed to examine similarities and differences and highlighted
the importance of the Florentine solutions for the development of this field of studies.
AIDAinformazioni, 2019
Autori IIT:
Maria Teresa Chiaravalloti
Tipo: Contributo in rivista non ISI
Area di disciplina: Information Technology and Communication Systems
Attività: Document Workflow