Cost-benefit approach for seismic retrofit of cultural heritage: basis for Old Cairo Religions Complex conservation

This paper focuses on the relevance of cost-benefit considerations in case of seismic retrofitting of cultural heritage. Particular attention is paid to historic monuments in Egypt, and on the Religions Complex in Old Cairo. This multidisciplinary study explores methods that have been used in the past, to draw up a preliminary concept of proactive conservation that seeks to combine structural, economic and cultural dimensions of the conservation of assets.