A systematic overview of the barriers to building climate adaptation of cultural and natural heritage sites in polar regions

Climate Change and UNESCO World Heritage-Listed Cultural Properties: A Systematic Review, 2008–2021

“…To address such limitations, future studies could screen and analyse the literature with a focus on alternative sources, languages other than English, and the application of a larger period for publication. However, despite these limitations-limitations that are common to SQLRs [12,13]-the review revealed a suite of observations that will be important to consider for future research, including, for example, the prevalence of scholarship focused on the region of Europe and North America reflecting a need for greater representation from the Global South in terms of both geographic focus and authorship, and the role of Global North scholars in partnering with Global South scholars to address current inequalities in knowledge production. Such collaboration is reflected in the co-authorship of this systematic review.…”

“…Neither review focused on specific heritage assets. Other reviews have taken a narrower perspective, with publications by Aktürk [12] and Quesada-Ganuza and colleagues [13] paying heed to primary barriers to climate change adaptations and risk assessment methodologies in polar regions and urban areas, respectively. These reviews utilised a smaller number of studies compared to the previous reviews and limited themselves geographically.…”

Smart Heritage for Urban Sustainability: A Review of Current Definitions and Future Developments

“…After reviewing all selected publications, content analysis is conducted to identify the contributions from each study. The steps are as follows: onesummarising contributions based on the authors and years of publication; twocategorising them based on each contribution; and three-identifying critical concepts mentioned in the article and generating themes (Aktürk, 2022).…”

Climate Change Impacts on UNESCO World Heritage-Listed Cultural Properties in the Asia–Pacific Region: A Systematic Review of State of Conservation Reports, 1979–2021

“…While these cultural works of the Northern Wei and Tang dynasties have an elevated position, which protects them from direct damage, news reports noted that "strong water exposure", highlight that studies on climate change and cultural heritage tend to be focused on Europe [11,17,18] and lack international collaboration [18], particularly between scholars from the Global North and South [11]. It can also be observed that studies on climate and heritage emerge from a variety of disciplines in the sciences and social sciences, utilising an array of methods [11,17,18] and while attention to the different climate hazards is uneven [19], there is increasing attention being paid to adaptation and mitigation [15,18] and to climatic problems in historical urban landscape research [16]. Although these reviews focused on different aspects of climate change and cultural heritage, such as barriers to climate adaptation in polar regions [15] or impacts on urban heritage [19], they all share a common reliance on peer-reviewed literature.…”

“…It can also be observed that studies on climate and heritage emerge from a variety of disciplines in the sciences and social sciences, utilising an array of methods [11,17,18] and while attention to the different climate hazards is uneven [19], there is increasing attention being paid to adaptation and mitigation [15,18] and to climatic problems in historical urban landscape research [16]. Although these reviews focused on different aspects of climate change and cultural heritage, such as barriers to climate adaptation in polar regions [15] or impacts on urban heritage [19], they all share a common reliance on peer-reviewed literature. However, efforts to understand the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage are not restricted to scholarly books and journal articles.…”