Cultural heritage

Efforts to protect cultural heritage from disaster risk, including tangible heritage (monuments, archaeological sites, paintings, manuscripts, sculpture) and intangible heritage (inherited traditions or living expressions).

Latest Cultural heritage additions in the Knowledge Base

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 277–290, 2015 www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/15/277/2015/ DOI:10.5194/nhess-15-277-2015:

This paper reports the findings on an investigation into why people actively choose to live with continued exposure to

IDS research argues that culture must be at the heart of a new approach to disaster risk reduction (DRR). IDS researcher Terry Cannon even stressed that disaster risk reduction and recovery fails if we ignore how culture affects perception of risk within the latest World Disasters Report, published by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies...
Institute of Development Studies

This declaration establishes a framework for work on the preservation of cultural properties and historic areas. It seeks the integration of disaster risk reduction strategies into the management of World Heritage Sites taking into consideration the

This Act regulates the protection of people, animals, property, cultural heritage and environment against natural and other disasters.

It defines as the basic tasks of the system of protection against natural and other disasters to be the following: (i)

This paper addressed how synergies between strong governance, community participation, watershed conservation and protected areas (PAs) provide solutions for disaster risk reduction and building resilience. It highlights the importance of protecting

This publication presents 18 case studies to demonstrate how Protected Areas (PAs) can be better managed for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA). The chapters vary from scientific studies to good practices, as well as

IFRC/Benoit Matsha-Carpentier http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49185#.VFDxV8m182M
Disaster risk reduction approaches must recognize why people live with risks and how their behaviour and attitudes related to culture affect their exposure and sensitivity to hazards, a new United Nations-backed report out today warns...
United Nations News Centre
The 2014 edition of the World Disasters Report, presented in Vienna today, explores the question on how culture could become a central consideration in disaster risk reduction efforts, and analyzes the influence on culture of disasters and risks...
United Nations Information Service - Vienna
Austrian Red Cross

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