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Heritage Impact Assessment for World Heritage sites
, 2022 While the need for heritage protection seems to have become commonly accepted, heritage sites are still often threatened by spatial development. To address this threat, the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) framework was introduced to the management of World Heritage sites by ICOMOS in 2011.
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Expected Changes in Rainfall-Induced Landslide Activity in an Italian Archaeological Area
Geosciences, 2023 Cultural heritage is one of the most exceptional resources characterizing the Italian territory. Archaeological heritage, i.e., the archaeological sites with different types of archaeological artifacts, strongly contributes to enriching the national and ...
Evelina Volpe +4 more
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Graphic study and geovisualization of the old windmills of La Mancha (Spain) [PDF]
, 2011 In Spain, one can find geographical diversity and unique sites of great significance and cultural heritage. Many of the nation’s treasured places, however, have deteriorated or have even disappeared.
Conejo Martin, Miguel Angel +4 more
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Heritage, 2023 Earthquakes are hard to predict, and the destruction caused by the events far outstrip the monetary damage. Important cultural heritage sites functioning as places of community and identity have a value which evades pure pecuniary calculation. This makes
Cem Sönmez Boyoğlu +3 more
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The Rural Educator, 2008 This study examines the relationship between four independent variables (gender, age, reservation background, and cultural traditionalism) with three dependent variables (assessment of college, transition to college, and impact of college on an ...
Terry Huffman
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The use of high resolution digital surface models for change detection and viewshed analysis in the area around the pyramids of Giza, Egypt [PDF]
, 2013 One of the biggest threats to cultural heritage is related to their rapidly changing and developing surroundings. The Giza pyramid plateau is a prime example of this phenomenon, as it is threatened by the enormous urban expansion of Cairo over the last ...
De Laet, Véronique +4 more
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Exposure Indices of Extreme Wind-Driven Rain Events for Built Heritage
Atmosphere, 2020 Building performance and material change of cultural heritage in urban areas are negatively impacted by wind-driven rain (WDR). The frequency and intensity of WDR exposure are modified by climate change.
Scott Allan Orr, May Cassar
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Assessing the climate vulnerability of the world’s natural and cultural heritage [PDF]
, 2020 Climate change is the fastest-growing global threat to the world’s natural and cultural heritage. No systematic approach to assess climate vulnerability of protected areas and their associated communities has existed—until now.
Day, Jon C. +2 more
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Platforms of knowledge: architectural heritage practice and the information age in South Africa
Virtual Archaeology Review, 2020 The intellectual basis for preservation and conservation is formed by the study, record and dissemination of the works of humanity. Due to the negative impacts of exponential city growth, through densification and the impact of climate change, more ...
Arthur Barker, Johan Swart
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Heritage Science, 2020 While the urban rail transit systems have been developed rapidly, the nearby heritage buildings and historic sites are facing possible threats of unexpected damages.
Qian Wang +5 more
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