RT Conference Proceedings
SR 00
A1 Minguez Garcia, Barbara
A1 Newman, James
T1 Connecting developing countries and international experts for more resilient cultural heritage in development projects: lessons from a World Bank technical deep dive
YR 2018
FD 13-14th December 2017
K1 resilient Cultural Heritage
K1 heritage at risk
K1 disaster risk management
K1 Japan
K1 tourism
K1 Management of cultural sites
K1 Post-Disaster Reconstruction
K1 Earthquakes
K1 traditional buildings
K1 Storms
K1 Climate Change
K1 Community
K1 promotion
K1 protection
AB 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.
T2 ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy"
ED New Delhi, India
AV Published
LK http://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/1952/