(World) Heritage Sites and Values in Danger: Climate-Change Related Challenges and Transformation, 2nd Edition

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This Topic is a continuation of the previous successful Topic “(World) Heritage Sites and Values in Danger: Climate-Change Related Challenges and Transformation”.

Climate change and other regional or global challenges, like armed conflict, demographic changes, economic crises, mass tourism and many others, pose serious threats and have had a great impact on many (world) heritage sites around the globe. A significant number of sites are affected in a negative way, as heritage values are in danger and different parts of complete heritage systems are impacted. The understanding of cultural heritage is a holistic heritage approach that goes beyond traditional sectors of heritage as being tangible and intangible, but rather embraces the different parts together with people from cultural heritage. This MDPI topic collection across different scientific journals seeks to achieve the following aims:

• To discuss challenges, threats and transformation at (world) heritage sites;
• To provide examples and case studies to understand the effects and impacts;
• To contextualize change and transformation from a theoretical perspective;
• To understand the impact on heritage systems with a new heritage approach;
• To provide insights into successful governance approaches and tools to stimulate resilience for heritage sites;
• To reflect on recovery and mitigation approaches that are based on cultural heritage;
• To understand how the impacts are affecting different parts and users of the heritage systems.

The Topic Webinar “(World) Heritage Sites and Values in Danger—Climate-Change Related Challenges and Transformation” was held online on 7th May 2025. Its primary focus was on the threats that climate change and disasters pose to global cultural heritage, aspects of the circular economy and cultural heritage, heritage-based urban development, and new heritage approaches that view heritage as a system and process and goes well beyond traditional narratives of preservation. This well-attended webinar featured interdisciplinary discussions and explored a diversity of questions on cultural heritage strategies, urban resilience, and governance models. The keynote speakers were Dr. Rohit Jigyasu, Prof. Dr. Christer Gustafsson, and Dr. Matthias Ripp, the last of whom also chaired the webinar. The full recording can be found at https://sciforum.net/event/topics-33?section=#recording.

Dr. Matthias Ripp
Prof. Dr. Christer Gustafsson
Dr. Rohit Jigyasu
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Climate climate	4.0	6.5	2013	20.5 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Conservation conservation	1.9	3.5	2021	23.6 Days	CHF 1200	Submit
Heritage heritage	2.6	4.3	2018	21.8 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Sustainability sustainability	4.1	8.9	2009	16.9 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Tourism and Hospitality tourismhosp	-	3.1	2020	17.7 Days	CHF 1400	Submit

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The Historic Garden Climate Risk Management Framework (HG-CRMF): A Multi-Scale Heritage-Centered Methodology for Integrating Climate Risk into Conservation Management Plans

by Cristina Del-Pozo

Heritage 2026, 9(8), 326; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage9080326 - 19 Aug 2026

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Historic gardens are among the cultural heritage assets most vulnerable to climate change because their significance depends on the continuous interaction between living ecological systems, designed landscapes and cultural values. Although international policies increasingly advocate the integration of climate adaptation into heritage management, [...] Read more.

Historic gardens are among the cultural heritage assets most vulnerable to climate change because their significance depends on the continuous interaction between living ecological systems, designed landscapes and cultural values. Although international policies increasingly advocate the integration of climate adaptation into heritage management, operational methodologies capable of systematically incorporating climate risk into the conservation planning of historic gardens remain limited. This paper develops the Historic Garden Climate Risk Management Framework (HG-CRMF), a multi-scale, heritage-centered methodological framework designed to integrate climate risk management within existing Conservation Management Plans (CMPs). The framework was developed through the synthesis of international heritage conservation principles, climate adaptation policies, environmental risk assessment methodologies and adaptive governance approaches. Its principal innovation lies in combining strategic conservation planning at the scale of the historic garden with operational implementation through Garden Conservation Units (GCUs), spatially coherent heritage entities that enable site-specific assessment of heritage values, climate hazards, exposure, vulnerability, adaptation measures and monitoring indicators. The HG-CRMF provides a structured workflow linking heritage significance, climate risk assessment, adaptation planning, monitoring and adaptive governance within a single decision-support methodology. Rather than constituting a stand-alone adaptation strategy, the framework strengthens existing conservation planning by embedding climate-informed decision-making into routine management processes. Full article

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