TY - JOUR
KW - cultural resources
KW - climatic change
KW - Cultural landscapes
KW - Heritage sites
KW - historic environment
KW - research meta-characteristics
AU - Scott Orr
AU - Jenny Richards
AU - Sandra Fatoric
AB - Research focusing on climate change and cultural heritage informs heritage management and policy. Fatorić and Seekamp assessed this field up to 2015, highlighting the need for periodic reassessment of the field given the observed growth and research that documents how cultural heritage contributes to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Five years on, this systematic review reflects on the state of the art by evaluating 165 publications (2016–2020) about cultural heritage and climate change. We find the field continues to grow, and remains rich in disciplinary and methodological diversity, but predominantly represents research in and about Europe. The number of publications about integrating cultural heritage into adaptation and mitigation are increasing but remain relatively few compared to those about physical impacts on individual buildings or sites. The impact of climate change on intangible heritage has rarely been the sole focus of recent research. Although researchers are increasingly situating their research in a wider context of opportunities and barriers, vague timescales, and unspecific references to changes in the natural environment are additional limitations. This review also identified a lack of international collaboration, highlighting the urgent need for global cooperation and knowledge exchange on climate change and cultural heritage.
BT - Historic Environment: Policy and Practice
DA - oct
DO - 10.1080/17567505.2021.1957264
LA - English
M1 - 3-4
N1 - Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
N2 - Research focusing on climate change and cultural heritage informs heritage management and policy. Fatorić and Seekamp assessed this field up to 2015, highlighting the need for periodic reassessment of the field given the observed growth and research that documents how cultural heritage contributes to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Five years on, this systematic review reflects on the state of the art by evaluating 165 publications (2016–2020) about cultural heritage and climate change. We find the field continues to grow, and remains rich in disciplinary and methodological diversity, but predominantly represents research in and about Europe. The number of publications about integrating cultural heritage into adaptation and mitigation are increasing but remain relatively few compared to those about physical impacts on individual buildings or sites. The impact of climate change on intangible heritage has rarely been the sole focus of recent research. Although researchers are increasingly situating their research in a wider context of opportunities and barriers, vague timescales, and unspecific references to changes in the natural environment are additional limitations. This review also identified a lack of international collaboration, highlighting the urgent need for global cooperation and knowledge exchange on climate change and cultural heritage.
PY - 2021
SP - 434
EP - 477
T2 - Historic Environment: Policy and Practice
TI - Climate Change and Cultural Heritage: A Systematic Literature Review (2016-2020)
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85111897231&doi=10.1080%2f17567505.2021.1957264&partnerID=40&md5=713372d2d0f7d507381a9ba87d4438f4
VL - 12
SN - 17567505 (ISSN)
ER -