Towards a climate‐smart cultural heritage management

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ID12929500
AuthorsSandra Fatorić (0000-0002-3712-0749, Leiden University, corresponding author), Catherine Daly (0000-0002-3648-0806, University of Lincoln)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue6
Publication date2023-07-21
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1757-7780 • E-ISSN: 1757-7799
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/wcc.855
OpenAlexW4385074731
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited19

Globally, cultural heritage is on the front line of anthropogenic climate change. Therefore, it could be argued that climate change should now be a primary lens through which cultural heritage conservation and management are viewed. We argue that addressing the growing and compounding risks and impacts of climate change requires a fundamental rethink and transformation of cultural heritage management and policy. In this article, we propose a climate‐smart cultural heritage (CSCH) approach that captures the notion that climate adaptation can be developed and implemented within the heritage sector to simultaneously reduce the impacts of changing climate and variability on tangible and intangible cultural heritage and provide co‐benefits for climate change mitigation while also enhancing human security at different spatial scales. The CSCH is an integrated approach to implementing forward‐looking and transformative cultural heritage management and policy and is not a new set of practices to be advocated to cultural heritage stakeholders and decision‐makers. Findings also demonstrate that institutional mechanisms such as multi‐stakeholder planning, increased awareness of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of diverse cultural heritage, improved cross‐sectoral coordination and communication, strong political will for transformative approaches, and investments in CSCH are necessary for implementation of CSCH. This article is categorized under: Climate, History, Society, Culture > Disciplinary Perspectives The Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge > Climate Science and Decision Making Integrated Assessment of Climate Change > Assessing Climate Change in the Context of Other Issues

Archaeology · Climate change · Context (archaeology · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Economics · Environmental ethics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Industrial heritage · Political economy of climate change · Political science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Building materials and conservation · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Ecology

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