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

Going Beyond ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 307-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ravankhah ◽  
Ksenia Chmutina ◽  
Michael Schmidt ◽  
Lee Bosher
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

scholarly journals Can Atmospheric Science Improve Global Disaster Resilience?

Eos ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamish Steptoe ◽  
Sarah Jones ◽  
Helen Fox
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Atmospheric Science ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Scientific Understanding ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
International Policy

Scientific understanding of atmospheric hazards and their interconnectivity can contribute to international policy and disaster risk management.

scholarly journals Earth Observation Contribution to Cultural Heritage Disaster Risk Management: Case Study of Eastern Mediterranean Open Air Archaeological Monuments and Sites

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athos Agapiou ◽  
Vasiliki Lysandrou ◽  
Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Region ◽  
Satellite Observation ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Management Case Study

Disaster risk management (DRM) for cultural heritage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary cooperation. This short communication underlines the critical role of satellite remote sensing (also known as earth observation) in DRM in dealing with various hazards for cultural heritage sites and monuments. Here, satellite observation potential is linked with the different methodological steps of the DRM cycle. This is achieved through a short presentation of recent paradigms retrieved from research studies and the Scopus scientific repository. The communication focuses on the Eastern Mediterranean region, an area with an indisputable wealth of archaeological sites. Regarding the cultural heritage type, this article considers relevant satellite observation studies implemented in open-air archaeological monuments and sites. The necessity of this communication article emerged while trying to bring together earth observation means, cultural heritage needs, and DRM procedures.

Risk, resilience and response-able practice in Australia’s changing bushfire landscapes

2020 ◽  
pp. 026377582097657
Author(s):  
Ruth Beilin ◽  
Jana-Axinja Paschen
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Policy Discourse ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Risk And Uncertainty ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Status

This paper explores the policy concept and community enactments of ‘shared responsibility’ for disaster resilience in the context of wildfires in Victoria, Australia. Since the state-wide Black Saturday fires of 2009, we contend, first, the State’s decreasing ability to protect its citizens has shifted the responsibility for adapting to uncertainty to individuals, and second, this responsibility has been translated into compliance approaches to disaster risk management. We develop the concept of two distinct imaginaries at play: the reactive and the relational life. Policy discourse invokes a reactive life, a normative resilience maintaining the status quo, rather than a potentially transformative relational process enabling citizens to be ‘response-able’. Facing uncertainties, government legitimacy hinges on increasing citizen safety, with decentralised community resilience programs intended to manage and reduce disaster risk by emphasising shared responsibility. For citizens, however, ‘shared responsibility’ reveals an increasing tension in relation to the risk and uncertainty associated with life on the newly designated ‘fire-prone’ periphery, and within expectations of government. We conclude that the emphasis on responsibility as the work to be done in community-based resilience programs demands a more nuanced set of expectations that reflect citizens’ relational life as a starting place for rethinking safety and security.

scholarly journals Disaster Risk Management in Building Community Resilience, a Case Study: Cisolok, Sukabumi

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osmar Shalih
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Conceptual Foundation ◽  
Disaster Impacts ◽  
The Government

The world has agreed that people resilience to immediately recover from disaster should be a priority, considering the increase of disaster hazards as well as scientific and technological advances. Disaster impacts and risks can be reduced along with increasing people or community resilience towards hazards. Many studies have examined and measured the level of disaster resilience but have not reached the holistic aspect of sustainable development on a community scale. This study was carried out in the Cisolok District, Sukabumi, a highly landslide-prone region. This study uses a qualitative approach with a conceptual foundation of interpretative geography and also uses primary and secondary data. Primary data are obtained from field observations, in-depth interviews, and documentation. Secondary data are obtained from literature studies in the collection of text and maps of published scientific works such as textbooks and study reports or research papers. The results of the study show that factors influence to disaster resilience are community capacities (social capital, disaster preparedness, and risk knowledge) and the roles of local institutions. Community resilience assessment efforts play a key role to identify less resilient regions as well as identify other factors that need to be considered by the government and all stakeholders to develop an inclusive and integrated disaster risk management framework in reducing disaster impacts and risks.

scholarly journals Disaster Risk Management and Measurement Indicators for Cultural Heritage in Taiwan

2015 ◽  
Vol II-5/W3 ◽  
pp. 383-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. N. Yen ◽  
C. F. Cheng ◽  
H. M. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
National Monuments ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Site Managers

Under the influence of global climate change, the risk preparedness has become a universal issue in different research fields. In the conservation of cultural heritage, disaster risk management is becoming one of the major research topics. Besides researches on the theory and mechanism of disaster risk management, the tools for the performance of site managers to protect cultural heritage is another important issue that needs development. <br><br> UNESCO and ICOMOS have released some important documents on disaster risk management including its concept, identification, evaluation, mitigation, monitoring and resilience, etc. However, there is a big gap between concept and implementation in Taiwan. Presently there are 2000 monuments in Taiwan that hardly meet the modern code. First, based on international documents released, this research presents 13 disaster indicators on monuments and their environments. Next, 345 monuments in northern Taiwan are taken as examples to evaluate their risk situations with indicators designed in 2011. Some positive recommendations were given at the same time. As a result, a comparative evaluation was completed in 2012 and some key issues are found, such as too many electrical facilities, lack of efficient firefighting equipment, and a shortage of management mechanism, just to name a few. Through the improvement of the management, some major risk can be mitigated. <br><br> In 2013~14, this research took 23 national monuments from the 345 monuments to evaluate their risk situations and compare the differences between national and local monuments. Results show that almost all management mechanisms in the national monuments have been established and are running well. However, problems like inappropriate electrical facilities and insufficient monitoring equipment remain. In addition, the performance of private monuments is not as good as public ones. Based on the collected information and evaluation, this research develops safety measures of heritage conservation in two aspects. One is for researchers to measure the risk of the heritage; the other is for site managers to manage the risk of their monument with ease. In conclusion, intendants of monuments in Taiwan have to develop more disaster risk management ideas to mitigate and prevent risks. In the meantime, the management and monitoring mechanisms available are helpful tools for risk mitigation. The awareness and training of the site managers are important issues for the implementation of risk prevention.

scholarly journals Assessing Capacity and Implementation Status of the Disaster Risk Management Strategy for Health and Community Disaster Resilience in Malawi

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozius Dewa ◽  
Donald Makoka ◽  
Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Human Resource Capacity ◽  
Implementation Status ◽  
Resource Capacity

AbstractFloods are among the most frequently occurring natural hazards in Malawi, often with public health implications. This mixed methods study assessed the capacity for and implementation status of the disaster risk management (DRM) strategy for the health sector in Malawi, using flooding in the Nsanje District as a case. Data were collected using desk review and a workshop methodology involving key officials from government ministries, national and international development partners, and the academia. The results show that Malawi had recently strengthened its DRM institutional frameworks, with a pronounced policy shift from reactive to proactive management of disasters. Health sector personnel and structures were key contributors in the design and implementation of DRM activities at all levels. Development partners played a significant role in strengthening DRM coordination and implementation capacity. Lack of funding and the limited availability, and often fragmented nature, of vulnerability and risk assessment data were identified as key challenges. Limited human resource capacity and inadequate planning processes at district level impeded full implementation of DRM policies. These findings call for community-level interventions for improved coordination, planning, and human resource capacity to strengthen community disaster resilience and improve public health. The approach used in this study can serve as a model framework for other districts in Malawi, as well as in other low- and middle-income countries in the context of Sendai Framework implementation.

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