- Title
- Reconceptualising cultural heritage: the adaptive cycle as a means of rebranding the risk and vulnerabilities of cultural built heritage in the face of natural disasters
- Creator
- MacKee, Jamie
- Relation
- International Conference on Building Resilience 2013: Individual, Institutional and Societal Coping Strategies to Address the Challenges associated with Disaster Risk. International Conference on Building Resilience 2013: Conference Proceedings (Ahungalla, Sri Lanka 17-19 September, 2013)
- Relation
- http://www.buildresilience.org/2013/proceedings/
- Publisher
- University of Salford
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Over the past decades, many parts of the world have been subject to various natural disasters, including the 1995 Kobe (Japan) and 2011 Christchurch (New Zealand) earthquakes; tropical cyclones Larry (2006) and Yasi (2011), Queensland (2010-11) floods, the Ash Wednesday (1983) and Black Sunday (2009) fires in Australia; hurricane Katrina (2005) in USA; and, the tsunamis in South and Southeast Asia (2004) and Japan (2011). Natural disasters such as these appear to be a feature of the global climate and landscape, and they continue to pose economic, social and environmental challenges to many nations. Disaster responses have often focused on the built environment, health and social factors. However, as identified in a number of key reports, cultural values, such as cultural built heritage (CBH), are also likely to be affected by natural catastrophes. Considering the historical, national and communal implications and vulnerabilities of CBH, there has been surprisingly little debate and research on the question of how to protect CBH from risks posed by changing climate and increased natural hazards. Building upon a review of existing scholarship on CBH, disaster risk, resilience, and disaster recovery, this paper proposes an alternative model for understanding the risks and vulnerabilities of CBH. The developed model would allow for better planning for the recovery and protection of CBH in the aftermath of a disaster. The adaptive cycle is explored as a means of developing strategies for recovering and preparing the CBH.
- Subject
- disaster risk; adaptive cycle; resilience; cultural built heritage; natural disasters
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1055774
- Identifier
- uon:15932
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781907842436
- Language
- eng
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