Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In today's ever-changing and complexifying world, the importance of urban and territorial resilience cannot be neglected. From natural and manmade disasters and climate change effects to the forces of globalization, cities face a range of challenges that necessitate a focus on resilience. These events underscore the critical need for cities (as social–ecological systems and complex adaptive systems) to gain preparedness, adaptability, transformability and the capacity to withstand shocks and stresses.

Cultural heritage has increasingly been recognized as a territorial asset and a valuable resource for enhancing territorial and urban resilience. It offers a sense of belonging, tangible assets, and historical knowledge that can be effectively utilized in risk prevention and management activities. The value of cultural heritage and its role in “making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” is an integral part of the UN Agenda 2030 and the international policy for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030.

We invite authors to submit original articles and reviews that further explore the role of heritage in territorial and urban resilience for an upcoming Soecial Issue. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

theoretical approaches of resilience ( evolutionary resilience etc.)
urban/territorial resilience approaches and methodologies
resilient cities, territories, and landscapes.
climate crisis and protection of cultural heritage
heritage management strategies
preservation and reuse of built heritage
community participation, community resilience
integrated risk management
environmental agendas and policies for sustainable and resilient environments
maritime/underwater cultural heritage and resilient territories
participatory processes for the incorporation of CH in spatial planning
cultural heritage and cultural ecosystem services

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Stella Sofia Kyvelou
Guest Editor

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Keywords

cultural heritage
urban and territorial resilience
urban planning
spatial planning
maritime spatial planning
climate-smart territorial/maritime planning

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Multidirectional Heritage-Led Knowledge Exchange: Learning from Practice in 19 Rural Territories

by Hanna Elisabet Åberg, Irina Pavlova, Angela Santangelo, Zahra Amirzada, Katrien Heirman and Simona Tondelli

Heritage 2024, 7(3), 1689-1700; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/heritage7030079 - 17 Mar 2024

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Rural areas are regaining attention as key resource holders. This includes the attractiveness of intact and traditional cultural elements and heritage which helps to create new opportunities. However, renewal is needed for rural areas to be competitive beyond tourism. Knowledge exchange and transfer is seen as an enabling tool for regeneration and heritage valorization, although it has mostly been applied in an urban context. The aim of this paper is to explore the role of capacity building and knowledge exchange at different levels in promoting rural regeneration through heritage-led initiatives. The article describes a multi-directional knowledge transfer and exchange in 19 rural areas. The applied knowledge exchange methodology was designed to be a dynamic and vibrant exchange of capacity building and mutual learning. This exchange of knowledge enabled the local communities involved to explore new ideas and viable solutions for the regeneration of rural areas through the valorization of cultural and natural heritage. The research findings show that structuring a knowledge transfer and capacity building process that also involves key local stakeholders and the rural communities is an important milestone in the regeneration process. In addition, it can be a unique opportunity to start and build new professional long-term relationships. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cultural Heritage as a Contributor to Territorial/Urban Resilience)

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How to Incorporate Cultural Values and Heritage in Maritime Spatial Planning: A Systematic Review

by Eirini Barianaki, Stella Sofia Kyvelou and Dimitrios G. Ierapetritis

Heritage 2024, 7(1), 380-411; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/heritage7010019 - 16 Jan 2024

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Understanding aspects of maritime/underwater cultural heritage (MUCH) and the associated cultural values and integrating them into maritime spatial planning (MSP) processes is a new global challenge alongside the rapid increase in human activities at sea and climate change impacts on the seas and the oceans. This article highlights the significance of cultural values in shaping human interactions with marine environments and how MSP can address the cultural dimensions of marine resources management. The key research question addresses the prerequisites and methods for a better incorporation of MUCH in the MSP processes. This review revealed a diversity of literature addressing the inclusion of MUCH in (a) coastal and marine management but also in (b) marine/maritime spatial planning (346 articles from the Scopus database). In the first case, there is a strong focus on cultural ecosystem services (CES) and cultural values, the role of indigenous and local communities, the transfer of traditional ecological knowledge, and participatory approaches and tools. As for the latter, this review demonstrated quite a lot of relatively recent MSP endeavors that seem to be influenced by the above approaches identified in the coastal and marine management literature. This article concludes that for MSPlans to be innovative and mainly acceptable by local communities, the “missing layer” of socio-cultural values and data is indispensable. Furthermore, a collaborative MSP between governments and regional/provincial authorities may boost sustainable blue activities while preserving ecological and cultural values. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cultural Heritage as a Contributor to Territorial/Urban Resilience)

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