Visitors at risk and heritage in peril? A case-study of Paris forbidden “catacombs”
(2019) VBRM15 20191Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
- Abstract
- Paris is built upon an almost 300-kilometre long quarries network which reflects a part of the city’s history. While the access to most parts of it is forbidden due to its hazard, this underground network attracts many illegal visitors called Cataphiles. This research aims to investigate the risks threatening illegal visitors and those affecting the heritage of the catacombs. In order to get an overall picture of those risks, two ‘formal’ risk assessments are used, as well as one interview-based data set in order to study illegal visitors’ risk perception. Apart from analysing the main risks to the heritage and the illegal visitors, this study discusses the risk perception results alongside existing literature. It also provides a... (More)
- Paris is built upon an almost 300-kilometre long quarries network which reflects a part of the city’s history. While the access to most parts of it is forbidden due to its hazard, this underground network attracts many illegal visitors called Cataphiles. This research aims to investigate the risks threatening illegal visitors and those affecting the heritage of the catacombs. In order to get an overall picture of those risks, two ‘formal’ risk assessments are used, as well as one interview-based data set in order to study illegal visitors’ risk perception. Apart from analysing the main risks to the heritage and the illegal visitors, this study discusses the risk perception results alongside existing literature. It also provides a discussion on the links between the risks for the visitors and for the heritage. The adoption of this dual approach enables the identification of solutions encompassing both a visitor safety perspective and a heritage protection approach. (Less)
- Popular Abstract
- In Paris, some people like to go into the forbidden “catacombs”, which are an underground network of quarries. One of the reasons is that this network reflects a part of Paris’ history, and can be considered as a heritage site due to the presence of historical and contemporary imprints. However, they put themselves in danger by doing so: the forbidden “catacombs” are not secured and it is illegal to go there. This thesis aims at better understanding the risks taken by those people as well as the reasons why they take such risks. It also aims at identifying the risks that this heritage is exposed to. The links between the risks for the visitors and for the heritage are investigated, and lead to the identification of solutions that could... (More)
- In Paris, some people like to go into the forbidden “catacombs”, which are an underground network of quarries. One of the reasons is that this network reflects a part of Paris’ history, and can be considered as a heritage site due to the presence of historical and contemporary imprints. However, they put themselves in danger by doing so: the forbidden “catacombs” are not secured and it is illegal to go there. This thesis aims at better understanding the risks taken by those people as well as the reasons why they take such risks. It also aims at identifying the risks that this heritage is exposed to. The links between the risks for the visitors and for the heritage are investigated, and lead to the identification of solutions that could reduce risks for both visitors and the heritage. (Less)
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- author
- Fafet, Charlotte LU
- supervisor
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- Misse Wester LU
- organization
- course
- VBRM15 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Paris quarries, risk assessment, risk perception, cultural heritage
- language
- English
- id
- 8988155
- date added to LUP
- 2019-06-26 09:30:48
- date last changed
- 2019-06-26 09:30:48
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abstract = {{Paris is built upon an almost 300-kilometre long quarries network which reflects a part of the city’s history. While the access to most parts of it is forbidden due to its hazard, this underground network attracts many illegal visitors called Cataphiles. This research aims to investigate the risks threatening illegal visitors and those affecting the heritage of the catacombs. In order to get an overall picture of those risks, two ‘formal’ risk assessments are used, as well as one interview-based data set in order to study illegal visitors’ risk perception. Apart from analysing the main risks to the heritage and the illegal visitors, this study discusses the risk perception results alongside existing literature. It also provides a discussion on the links between the risks for the visitors and for the heritage. The adoption of this dual approach enables the identification of solutions encompassing both a visitor safety perspective and a heritage protection approach.}},
author = {{Fafet, Charlotte}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Visitors at risk and heritage in peril? A case-study of Paris forbidden “catacombs”}},
year = {{2019}},
}