| creators_name | Minguez Garcia, Barbara |
| creators_name | Newman, James |
| type | conference_item |
| datestamp | 2018-11-23 15:49:41 |
| lastmod | 2023-10-31 10:48:56 |
| metadata_visibility | show |
| title | Connecting developing countries and international experts for more resilient cultural heritage in development projects: lessons from a World Bank technical deep dive |
| ispublished | pub |
| subjects | E07 |
| subjects | G03 |
| subjects | G05 |
| subjects | J05 |
| subjects | L04 |
| subjects | P04 |
| full_text_status | public |
| pres_type | paper |
| keywords | resilient Cultural Heritage |
| keywords | heritage at risk |
| keywords | disaster risk management |
| keywords | Japan |
| keywords | tourism |
| keywords | Management of cultural sites |
| keywords | Post-Disaster Reconstruction |
| keywords | Earthquakes |
| keywords | traditional buildings |
| keywords | Storms |
| keywords | Climate Change |
| keywords | Community |
| keywords | promotion |
| keywords | protection |
| abstract | The management and safeguarding of cultural heritage requires coordinated efforts from
multiple levels of government and private stakeholders, particularly as prioritized sites and assets are at
risk from natural hazards, including the growing threats posed by climate change. Key practices and
concepts from disaster risk management (DRM) have proven useful in addressing these challenges, and
Japan has emerged as a world leader in applying DRM to cultural heritage and tourism (CHT).
An initiative by the World Bank’s Disaster Risk Management Hub in Tokyo, in collaboration with the
Tokyo Development Learning Centre (TDLC) and the Government of Japan, brought together key
stakeholders, both from World Bank client countries and from the international community to Japan, to
develop a technical deep dive (TDD) on Resilient Cultural Heritage. During the one-week program,
multidisciplinary teams from nine countries and several organizations shared experiences and learnt from
experts about how to protect their cultural heritage in the face of disasters and create resilience in their
sites. As a result, each team diagnosed key challenges in their country and developed an action plan to
engage lessons and expertise identified during the TDD to their current investment projects supported by
the World Bank.
Japan’s extensive experience in this field offers unique opportunities for learning, not only for developing
countries but also for international organizations. Developed in collaboration with UNESCO, the Institute
of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage at Ritsumeikan University, and other partners, this
initiative captured Japanese and global experience and expertise around six main themes: i) Fundamentals
of Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage; ii) Management of cultural sites: from Preparedness
to Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Recovery; iii) Earthquakes and secondary hazards over traditional
buildings; iv) Storms and secondary hazards: Climate Change adaptation; v) Community involvement to
preserve cultural heritage; vi) Tourism and Culture: promotion and protection of heritage.
This paper presents the experiences and lessons learned from this TDD delivered in Tokyo and Kyoto in
April 2017. In addition to the technical learning, this initiative promoted knowledge exchange and
interdisciplinary collaboration, aiming to strengthen the international network of practitioners in Disaster
Risk Management of Cultural Heritage. |
| date | 2018 |
| date_type | published |
| event_title | ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy" |
| event_location | New Delhi, India |
| event_dates | 13-14th December 2017 |
| event_type | other |
| refereed | TRUE |
| referencetext | Jigyasu, R. and Arora, V. eds. 2012, Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage in Urban Areas: A
Training Guide, ICCROM, UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Research Centre for Disaster Mitigation
of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
The Resilient Cultural Heritage and Tourism TDD Summary Report is under preparation, to be published
under the DRM Hub, Tokyo:
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/02/03/gfdrr-tokyo-hub The World Bank’s Disaster Risk
Management Hub in Tokyo (2014) [accessed October 30, 2017]
http://www.jointokyo.org/en/news/story/world_bank_holds_RCHTDD Tokyo Development Learning
Center (2004-2017) [accessed October 30, 2017]
http://www.bunka.go.jp/english/policy/cultural_properties/index.html Agency for Cultural Affairs,
Government of Japan – Cultural Properties [accessed October 30, 2017]
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
http://www.unisdr.org/files/43291_sendaiframeworkfordrren.pdf [online] [accessed October 30, 2017] |
| citation | Minguez Garcia, Barbara et Newman, James (2018) Connecting developing countries and international experts for more resilient cultural heritage in development projects: lessons from a World Bank technical deep dive. In: ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy", 13-14th December 2017, New Delhi, India. [Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier] |
| document_url | https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/1952/1/32._ICOA_1673_Minguez_SM.pdf |