National disaster management guidelines: Cultural heritage sites and precincts
The central purpose of these guidelines is to serve as a template for various ministries, departments and other relevant actors working on cultural heritage sites and precincts to develop disaster risk management plans and strategies through risk assessment, risk reduction measures, preparedness and emergency response measures and planning for post-disaster recovery. Basic methodologies for each aspect of disaster risk management are summarised for the benefit of policy makers as well as site managers and professionals.
The guidelines are structured on the basis of the disaster risk management cycle. These guidelines are not a substitute for site specific management plans, and only set out the requirements - both physical and institutional - that stakeholders should fulfil in order to reduce disaster risks to cultural heritage sites and precincts in general. Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are accompanied by indicative checklists, which set out some of the basic actions to be undertaken at each level of disaster risk management.