Instead of the well-known three-pillar model of economic, social, and environmental sustainability, the shift in valuation paradigm to the sustainable realm needs a fundamental methodological and operational modification, with a focus on determining and describing metrics, criteria, and performance indicators that can be used to support Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG)-based valuation practices. As of now (2023), there is significant language and semantic heterogeneity in the indicators, standards, and operational methods to be used while conducting ESG assessments and analyses. The primary objective of this contribution is to analyze the current ESG criteria/indicators that can be found in relevant scientific publications. A scoping review of the recent ESG literature (2015–2023) as well as a content study of the reports from the most influential worldwide rating agencies—which are now utilized as models in the usage of criteria, indicators, and ESG metric applications—have been both carried out. A total of 182 indicators (78 environmental, 64 social, and 40 governance) have been gathered as a result of the investigation. In the endeavor to design and apply ESG-focused valuation and analytical practice, sets of Key Performance Indicators for the three dimensions have been found using cluster analysis and text mining, and a reference taxonomy has been provided based on them.

Persons with disabilities (PWD) account for 10–15% of the world’s population. The lack of accessibility in the built environment imposes a constraint on its use by these individuals. In heritage buildings, this restriction includes access to other main qualities in addition to use. This problematic issue has been dealt with in different sectors, especially in the tourism sector. The objective of this study is to design and implement a physical accessibility assessment tool adapted to the particularities of heritage buildings. The methodology consists of two phases. In the first phase, the tool and the necessary instruments for its use are designed. Accessibility levels are also established. In the second phase, the tool is applied to a sample size of 45 buildings. The results show the tool and related instruments, as well as the data obtained from the analysis of the sample: identified barriers, the level of accessibility of the entire sample, and the level of accessibility by architectural typologies. The conclusions and discussion reflect on the utility of this tool, the feasibility of its extension to other domains, and the relevance of the information obtained from the sample to improve accessibility in architectural heritage.

Equality of opportunity for all people, regardless of their abilities, is a fundamental principle in contemporary society. This includes the ability to use any object, service, or environment. The analysis of universal accessibility in the built environment is a requirement to achieve the full inclusion of society as a whole, both in the urban and architectural spheres. This study is based on the analysis of the current and potential states of accessibility, which makes it possible to obtain the accessibility improvement index, a parameter that identifies how much the accessibility of a physical environment can be improved by removing architectural barriers. The methodology is applied to a sample of 25 heritage buildings used as museums to observe how they function. The results show that the feasibility of barrier removal is higher than 75% in all the buildings in the sample, reaching 100% in some cases. The results obtained are contrasted with other works and highlight the potential of expanding the analysis developed to other urban and built environments to ensure full equality of access to the physical environment.

The existing literature shows the interest in the study of accessibility within heritage architecture, particularly in the context of repurposing these structures to extend their lifespan. Published examples primarily focus on barrier identification or intervention within specific buildings, without the development of methods that facilitate their widespread application for barrier removal. The proposed methodology entails the division of the building into analytical zones, the identification of existing barriers, the proposal of feasible solutions, and the establishment of various action plans based on the building’s priorities. The results reveal a significant percentage of removable architectural barriers within the analysed buildings, all in harmony with the preservation of the heritage. Among the conclusions, it is noteworthy that the method’s applicability extends to heritage and non-heritage buildings of varying uses and typologies, showcasing the substantial accessibility potential within heritage architecture.

The cemetery of Jesus of Murcia (Spain) has more than 600 pantheons, which converts it in a small funerary city, whose buildings show a large spectrum of architectural samples. This paper presents an exhaustive study of the typologies and materials used in those little buildings. In addition, this investigation addresses the study of the evolution and the distribution of the typologies and materials detected, drawing conclusions about both of these aspects.

La conservación del patrimonio arquitectónico no monumental supone un reto para la sociedad actual, cuyo primer paso es el estudio de sus características, condiciones y relaciones. El estudio de grandes conjuntos de muestras, como son los cascos históricos de las ciudades, plantea el problema de la gestión de un elevado volumen de información, la cual no debe ser analizada edificio a edificio sino en conjunto, comprendiendo el entorno como una unidad. Los sistemas de información geográfica (GIS, por sus siglas en inglés), constituyen una herramienta que permite gestionar grandes cantidades de datos relacionados entre sí y vinculadas a su ubicación, permitiendo visualizar sucesivas capas de información tanto de forma analítica como gráfica, posibilitando un análisis de la información racional y dinámico. El objetivo de esta comunicación es mostrar la utilidad de los sistemas de información geográfica para el estudio de los centros históricos de las ciudades. Para ello se utiliza como laboratorio de experimentación el cementerio de Jesús de Murcia, cuyas características se asimilan a las de un fragmento de tejido urbano de edificaciones de características tipológicas, constructivas y materiales semejantes a las de un centro urbano. La metodología planteada para el estudio se divide en tres fases: la primera recoge los trabajos previos de documentación y creación del modelo de toma de datos in situ, la segunda corresponde al trabajo de campo, el cual permite la recopilación de la información; la tercera fase corresponde al volcado de la información y su procesado para la obtención de resultados. El estudio ha permitido la obtención de una gran cantidad de información cronológica, tipológica, material y patológica de los panteones del cementerio, la cual ha sido mapeada, lo que ha permitido establecer relaciones entre parámetros como la situación de los panteones, su antigüedad, su tipología o su materialidad. Preservation of non-monumental architectural heritage is a challenge for today's society, whose first step is the study of its characteristics, conditions and relationships. The study of large sets of samples, such as the historical city centres, raises the problem of managing a high volume of information, which should not be analyzed individually in each building, but as a whole, understanding the environment as a unit. The geographic information systems (GIS) are tool that allows managing large amounts of data related to each other and linked to their location, allowing to view successive layers of information both analytically and graphically, enabling a rational and dynamic analysis of the information. The aim of this paper is to show the usefulness of the geographic information systems for the study of the historical city centres. For this purpose, the cemetery of Jesus of Murcia is used as an experimental laboratory, whose characteristics are similar to those of a fragment of urban area of buildings whose typological, constructive and material characteristics are similar to those of a city centre. The methodology proposed is divided into three stages: the first stage comprises the previous documentation and creation of the data collection model, the second one includes the field work, which allows the collection of information; the third stage corresponds to the dump of the information and its processing to obtain results. The study has allowed the obtaining of a large amount of chronological, typological, material and pathological information of the pantheons of the cemetery, which has been mapped, obtaining the relations between parameters such as the situation of the cemeteries, their antiquity, their typology or its materiality.