Climate Change Challenges to Existing Cultural Heritage Policy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Framework
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results
4.1. Impacts of Climate Change on Natural World Heritage
4.2. Impacts of Climate Change on Cultural World Heritage
4.3. Additional Stress
4.4. The Potential of Climate Change for Changing the Concept
5. Discussion
- Forging a new organization attitude: Adopting a territorial planning approach for the protection of cultural heritage rather than a traditional conservation approach, through a more comprehensive and accurate understanding of the relationship between cultural heritages the natural resources;
- Understanding new stakeholders: Understanding how stakeholders value cultural heritage will be a key factor in the effectiveness of climate-resilience policies and the protection objectives;
- Research at territorial scale: Identifying the available and valid resources in the region and linking cultural heritage with natural resources;
- Evolving cultural heritage concept: Bridging the existing gaps and redefining cultural heritage from a dynamic and territorial planning point of view, Not only for its protection against climate change, but also emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction.
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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1 | Predicting and managing the effects of climate change on World Heritage | UNESCO | 2006 |
2 | Case studies on climate change and world heritage | UNESCO | 2007 |
3 | World Heritage and tourism in a changing climate | UNESCO | 2016 |
4 | Future of our pasts: engaging cultural heritage in climate action | ICOMOS | 2019 |
Type | Case Study | Climate Change Impact | Additional Stress | |
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Natural | Glaciers | Sagarmatha Park, Nepal |
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Huascarán National Park, Peru | ||||
Ilulissat Icefjor, Denmark | ||||
Kilimanjaro National Park, United Republic of Tanzania | ||||
Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland | ||||
Marine Biodiversity | Great Barrier Reef, Australia |
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Sundarbans, India, Bangladesh | ||||
Komodo National Park, Indonesia | ||||
Terrestrial Biodiversity | Cape Floral Region, South Africa |
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Greater Blue Mountains,Australia | ||||
Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia | ||||
Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia | ||||
Area de Guanacaste, Costa Rica | ||||
Cultural | Archaeological | Chan Chan Zone, Peru |
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Ivvavik/Vuntut/Herschel Island,Canada | ||||
Chavín, Peru | ||||
Golden Mountains of Altai, Russian Federation | ||||
Historic Cities | The city of London, United Kingdom |
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Venice and its Lagoon, Italy | ||||
Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic | ||||
Timbuktu, Mali | ||||
Ouadi Qadisha, Lebanon |
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Dastgerdi, A.S.; Sargolini, M.; Pierantoni, I. Climate Change Challenges to Existing Cultural Heritage Policy. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5227. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195227
Dastgerdi AS, Sargolini M, Pierantoni I. Climate Change Challenges to Existing Cultural Heritage Policy. Sustainability. 2019; 11(19):5227. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195227
Chicago/Turabian StyleDastgerdi, Ahmadreza Shirvani, Massimo Sargolini, and Ilenia Pierantoni. 2019. "Climate Change Challenges to Existing Cultural Heritage Policy" Sustainability 11, no. 19: 5227. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195227
APA StyleDastgerdi, A. S., Sargolini, M., & Pierantoni, I. (2019). Climate Change Challenges to Existing Cultural Heritage Policy. Sustainability, 11(19), 5227. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195227