Integration of Cultural Heritage into Disaster Risk Management: Challenges and Opportunities for Increased Disaster Resilience

Ravankhah, Mohammad; Chmutina, Ksenia; Schmidt, Michaël; Bosher, Lee S.

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“…The authors state that a good deal of thought should be given to the types of participation in EWS which include the need to encourage different groups of stakeholders to discuss new forms of mainstreaming EWS for new sectors, such as urban planning (Zia and Wagner, 2015), and the educational sector (Marchezini et al , 2017). Since raising awareness about cultural heritage at risk is a challenging task – as has been pointed out by several studies in the DRM field (O’Brien et al , 2015; Jigyasu, 2016; Ravankhah et al , 2017) – there is a need for “risk monitoring systems that are especially tailored for cultural heritage assets” (Jigyasu, 2016, p. 66). This paper shares the preliminary findings about the importance of mainstreaming EWS for the cultural heritage sector as a way of raising awareness about this area.…”

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“…This paper shares the preliminary findings about the importance of mainstreaming EWS for the cultural heritage sector as a way of raising awareness about this area. The multisector mapping outlined here (Figure 2) is a means of heightening the awareness of stakeholders about their capacity to deal with the cultural heritage (Ravankhah et al , 2017), and to show how each of them can play a role in a CHAWS. In the case of Brazil, the purpose of the multisector mapping method was to combine databases from several sectors (e.g.…”

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“…The New Urban Agenda underlines the importance of safeguarding the cultural heritage by encouraging resilience to various hazards, while also recognizing the active role played by those who are responsible for sustainable urban development (UN-Habitat, 2016). A considerable effort, together with strategies learnt from a wide range of practices and knowledge, is required to build resilience to the cultural heritage and ensure it can be found at both national and local level (Ravankhah et al , 2017; Murray et al , 2017). However, before words can be put into effect, there is a need to reach a degree of consensus about what resilience is, since there are a number of definitions and the term can be applied to several fields of knowledge from physics to psychology.…”

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Designing a Cultural Heritage Articulated Warning System (CHAWS) strategy to improve disaster risk preparedness in Brazil

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study an articulated warning system that provides information about the heritage at risk and encourages a dialogue between the heritage sector, civil defense agencies and local communities. Design/methodology/approach The databases from the National Heritage Institute, National Civil Defense, National Geological Service and National Early Warning System were investigated and the local community provided input which helped form a participatory risk mapping strategy for a warning system in the heritage sector. Findings There is little knowledge of the Brazilian heritage that is at risk and a lack of coordination between the cultural heritage and DRR sectors. This means that there is a need to organize the geo-referenced databases so that information can be shared and the public provided with broader access. As a result, there can be a greater production, dissemination and application of knowledge to help protect the cultural heritage. Practical implications The findings can be included in the debate about the importance of framing disaster risk management (DRM) policies in the Brazilian heritage sector. Social implications The findings and maps of the case study in the town of São Luiz do Paraitinga involve the heritage sector, civil defense agencies and local people and can be used for disaster risk preparedness. Originality/value A DRM program is being formulated in Brazil. However, the kind of strategy needed to incorporate the heritage sector in this program stills needs to be planned, and the knowledge of the cultural heritage at risk is a key factor when faced with this new social and scientific challenge.

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“…Conservation practices that lack flexibility and responsive measures rupture the identity of urban places (c.f. Lees 1994, Bianchi andBoniface 2002;Wang 2012) by disconnecting urban heritage from its urban context (Ripp and Rodwell 2015), by displacing communities (Martínez 2016), by exposing heritage to disaster risk (Ravankhah et al 2017), and by politicizing heritage values (Fraser, 2008). All these issues are directly related to global sustainability indicators (Guzmán et al 2017, p. 194) and pose the question: How adaptable and integrative are heritage management practices in today's challenges for sustainable urban heritage management, and sustainable urban development in general?…”

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The Uses of Space Syntax Historical Research for Policy Development in Heritage Urbanism

Palaiologou

Griffiths

2019

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The application of space syntax methods to heritage related questions has a long track record both in the field of space syntax research and beyond, for example in archaeology. These studies deploy the theories and methods of space syntax to explore the socio-cultural dimension embedded in spatial systems of historic and archaeological significance. Space syntax analysis provides a link between the material and immaterial aspects of 'spatial' culture. It offers a critique of built environment typologies defined in terms of stylistic periodisation by advancing an understanding of the role of spatial configuration in the production and reproduction of space-time events. In the context of urban heritage studies, this means looking beyond the value of buildings as individual objects to buildings as elements in emergent arrangements of social space. Building on the comprehensive review of the disciplinary interface between urban history and space syntax historical studies provided by Griffiths (2012), this chapter advances 'heritage urbanism syntax' with the aim of orientating this body of historical research towards contemporary issues of urban heritage. It identifies three kinds of heritage urbanism syntax: (1) conservation areas; (2) street scales, and (3) spatial cultures in order to assist critical reflection on the application of this perspective to urban heritage contexts. The chapter highlights how a diachronic understanding of spatial cultures enables an integrative approach to heritage urbanism that situates heritage within both historical and contemporary urban landscapes. It describes the potential contribution of space syntax to inclusive bottom-up definitions of heritage and resilient heritage futures.

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“…Lessons learnt from the past and indigenous understanding of local hazards, climate, natural resources and geography is embedded in cultural heritage and can be used in restoration work as well as in new construction. This emphasises the important role of CH in development that is both resilient and sustainable (Ravankhah et al, 2017;Okubo, 2018).…”

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Editorial for the special issue on “securing future of heritage by reducing risks and building resilience”

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Jigyasu²,

Okubo

2019

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Integration of Cultural Heritage into Disaster Risk Management: Challenges and Opportunities for Increased Disaster Resilience

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Designing a Cultural Heritage Articulated Warning System (CHAWS) strategy to improve disaster risk preparedness in Brazil

Designing a Cultural Heritage Articulated Warning System (CHAWS) strategy to improve disaster risk preparedness in Brazil

The Uses of Space Syntax Historical Research for Policy Development in Heritage Urbanism

Editorial for the special issue on “securing future of heritage by reducing risks and building resilience”

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