Climate-resilient, Climate-friendly World Heritage Cities
While the negative impacts of climate change on urban areas are well-known and widely discussed, its implicit impacts on historic downtowns have not been studied as extensively. In recent years, cultural heritage conservation and valorization have...
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ACCESSIBILITY AIR AIR CONDITIONERS AIR CONDITIONING AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRAVEL AMBIENT POLLUTION AMBIENT TEMPERATURES ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS BIKE SHARE BIOGAS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION BUILDING STOCK BUILDING TYPES BUS BUS NETWORK BUSES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAR CAR DEPENDENCY CAR OWNERSHIP CAR SHARING CAR TRIPS CARBON CARBON ABATEMENT CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON MITIGATION CARBON OFFSETTING CARS CATHEDRAL CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CITY DEVELOPMENT CIVILIZATION CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE PROTECTION CLIMATES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO CO2 COAL COMBUSTION COMMUTERS CONGESTION CONGESTION CHARGES CONGESTION PRICING CONSERVATION PLANS CONSTRUCTION PROCESS CONVERGENCE CULTURAL HERITAGE CULTURAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION CULTURAL LIFE CULTURAL SITES CULTURES CYCLONES DEMAND FOR TRAVEL DIESEL DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DRAINAGE DRIVERS DRIVING DROUGHT EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT EMISSIONS LEVELS EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY MIX ENERGY SOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINE ARTS FLOODS FOREST FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUELS GASOLINE GHG GHGS GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HEATING SYSTEMS HERITAGE CITY HISTORIC BUILDINGS HISTORIC CITIES HISTORIC CORES HISTORIC DOWNTOWN HISTORIC MONUMENTS HISTORIC PRESERVATION HISTORIC STRUCTURES INCINERATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURES LAKES LAND USE LAND USE PATTERNS LAND USE POLICIES LANDFILL LANDFILL GAS LOW-CARBON LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS MASS TRANSIT MEANS OF TRANSPORT METRO USAGE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY MIXED USE MOBILITY MODAL SHIFT MONUMENTAL STRUCTURES MOTOR VEHICLE MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC MOTOR VEHICLES MUSEUM NARROW STREETS NATIONAL FOREST AUTHORITY NATURAL GAS NEGATIVE IMPACTS NEIGHBORHOODS ORGANIC WASTE PASSENGER TRANSPORT PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN ZONES POPULATION GROWTH PRECIPITATION PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES PRIVATE VEHICLE PRIVATE VEHICLES PROPERTY TAXES PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES RAIN RAPID TRANSIT REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENOVATION RETROFITTING ROAD ROAD NETWORK SAFETY SANITATION SIDEWALKS SPEED LIMIT STREET FURNITURE STREET LIGHTING STREET PARKING STREETLIGHTS STREETS SUBURBAN SPRAWL SUBURBS SUSTAINABLE CITIES TAX TOURISM TOURISTS TRADITION TRAFFIC TRAFFIC VOLUME TRAM TRAM SYSTEM TRANSIT STATIONS TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT PLAN TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES TRANSPORTATION POLICIES TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TRAVEL DEMAND TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT TRAVEL DISTANCES TRAVEL TIMES TRIPS TRUE TURBULENCE UNEP UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST UNIVERSAL VALUE URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN PLANNING URBAN SPRAWL URBAN SYSTEMS URBAN TRANSPORTATION URBANIZATION VEHICLE MILES VEHICLE TRAVEL VEHICLE USE WALKING WATER CYCLE WATER TREATMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS WIND WMO WORLD HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE CITIES WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION WORLD HERITAGE LIST WORLD HERITAGE SITES |
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ACCESSIBILITY AIR AIR CONDITIONERS AIR CONDITIONING AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRAVEL AMBIENT POLLUTION AMBIENT TEMPERATURES ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS BIKE SHARE BIOGAS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION BUILDING STOCK BUILDING TYPES BUS BUS NETWORK BUSES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAR CAR DEPENDENCY CAR OWNERSHIP CAR SHARING CAR TRIPS CARBON CARBON ABATEMENT CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON MITIGATION CARBON OFFSETTING CARS CATHEDRAL CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CITY DEVELOPMENT CIVILIZATION CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE PROTECTION CLIMATES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO CO2 COAL COMBUSTION COMMUTERS CONGESTION CONGESTION CHARGES CONGESTION PRICING CONSERVATION PLANS CONSTRUCTION PROCESS CONVERGENCE CULTURAL HERITAGE CULTURAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION CULTURAL LIFE CULTURAL SITES CULTURES CYCLONES DEMAND FOR TRAVEL DIESEL DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DRAINAGE DRIVERS DRIVING DROUGHT EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT EMISSIONS LEVELS EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY MIX ENERGY SOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINE ARTS FLOODS FOREST FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUELS GASOLINE GHG GHGS GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HEATING SYSTEMS HERITAGE CITY HISTORIC BUILDINGS HISTORIC CITIES HISTORIC CORES HISTORIC DOWNTOWN HISTORIC MONUMENTS HISTORIC PRESERVATION HISTORIC STRUCTURES INCINERATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURES LAKES LAND USE LAND USE PATTERNS LAND USE POLICIES LANDFILL LANDFILL GAS LOW-CARBON LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS MASS TRANSIT MEANS OF TRANSPORT METRO USAGE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY MIXED USE MOBILITY MODAL SHIFT MONUMENTAL STRUCTURES MOTOR VEHICLE MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC MOTOR VEHICLES MUSEUM NARROW STREETS NATIONAL FOREST AUTHORITY NATURAL GAS NEGATIVE IMPACTS NEIGHBORHOODS ORGANIC WASTE PASSENGER TRANSPORT PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN ZONES POPULATION GROWTH PRECIPITATION PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES PRIVATE VEHICLE PRIVATE VEHICLES PROPERTY TAXES PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES RAIN RAPID TRANSIT REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENOVATION RETROFITTING ROAD ROAD NETWORK SAFETY SANITATION SIDEWALKS SPEED LIMIT STREET FURNITURE STREET LIGHTING STREET PARKING STREETLIGHTS STREETS SUBURBAN SPRAWL SUBURBS SUSTAINABLE CITIES TAX TOURISM TOURISTS TRADITION TRAFFIC TRAFFIC VOLUME TRAM TRAM SYSTEM TRANSIT STATIONS TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT PLAN TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES TRANSPORTATION POLICIES TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TRAVEL DEMAND TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT TRAVEL DISTANCES TRAVEL TIMES TRIPS TRUE TURBULENCE UNEP UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST UNIVERSAL VALUE URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN PLANNING URBAN SPRAWL URBAN SYSTEMS URBAN TRANSPORTATION URBANIZATION VEHICLE MILES VEHICLE TRAVEL VEHICLE USE WALKING WATER CYCLE WATER TREATMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS WIND WMO WORLD HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE CITIES WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION WORLD HERITAGE LIST WORLD HERITAGE SITES Bigio, Anthony Gad Ochoa, Maria Catalina Amirtahmasebi, Rana Climate-resilient, Climate-friendly World Heritage Cities |
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While the negative impacts of climate
change on urban areas are well-known and widely discussed,
its implicit impacts on historic downtowns have not been
studied as extensively. In recent years, cultural heritage
conservation and valorization have increasingly become
drivers of local economic development. Many projects
supported by the World Bank in this field help leverage
cultural heritage for economic development while developing
infrastructure and services for residents and enhancing the
livability of cities. The World Bank has also been very
active in addressing climate change risks and increasing
resiliency of urban areas. This paper is an effort to merge
these two critical agendas. The paper investigates the
impacts of climate change on 237 world heritage cities (WHC)
and provides an overview of the geographic distribution of
these cities around the globe. It discusses the importance
of historic downtowns and provides various options available
to the governments of these cities to address risk
mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Further, it
provides examples of WHC which have taken action to address
vulnerability to the adverse impacts of climate change. This
report is organized in following five sections: section one
presents an overview of WHC, geographic distribution, and
the growth of the urban agglomerations to which they belong.
Section two presents the natural hazard risks and climate
change impacts facing WHC, their location on the coastline
or interior, and their rank in terms of level of
vulnerability. Section three outlines the characteristics
that historic cities have in terms of carbon emissions and
potential for climate change mitigation. Section four
discusses the sources of financing which WHC may turn to in
order to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Section five presents the climate change adaptation and
mitigation action plans being implemented in the WHC of
Paris, Tunis, Edinburgh, Mexico City, Hue, and Quito. |
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Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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Bigio, Anthony Gad Ochoa, Maria Catalina Amirtahmasebi, Rana |
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Bigio, Anthony Gad Ochoa, Maria Catalina Amirtahmasebi, Rana |
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Bigio, Anthony Gad |
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Climate-resilient, Climate-friendly World Heritage Cities |
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Climate-resilient, Climate-friendly World Heritage Cities |
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Climate-resilient, Climate-friendly World Heritage Cities |
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Climate-resilient, Climate-friendly World Heritage Cities |
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Climate-resilient, Climate-friendly World Heritage Cities |
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climate-resilient, climate-friendly world heritage cities |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19885149/climate-resilient-climate-friendly-world-heritage-cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19288 |
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okr-10986-192882021-04-23T14:03:51Z Climate-resilient, Climate-friendly World Heritage Cities Bigio, Anthony Gad Ochoa, Maria Catalina Amirtahmasebi, Rana ACCESSIBILITY AIR AIR CONDITIONERS AIR CONDITIONING AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRAVEL AMBIENT POLLUTION AMBIENT TEMPERATURES ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS BIKE SHARE BIOGAS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION BUILDING STOCK BUILDING TYPES BUS BUS NETWORK BUSES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAR CAR DEPENDENCY CAR OWNERSHIP CAR SHARING CAR TRIPS CARBON CARBON ABATEMENT CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON MITIGATION CARBON OFFSETTING CARS CATHEDRAL CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS CITY DEVELOPMENT CIVILIZATION CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE PROTECTION CLIMATES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO CO2 COAL COMBUSTION COMMUTERS CONGESTION CONGESTION CHARGES CONGESTION PRICING CONSERVATION PLANS CONSTRUCTION PROCESS CONVERGENCE CULTURAL HERITAGE CULTURAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION CULTURAL LIFE CULTURAL SITES CULTURES CYCLONES DEMAND FOR TRAVEL DIESEL DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DRAINAGE DRIVERS DRIVING DROUGHT EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT EMISSIONS LEVELS EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY MIX ENERGY SOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINE ARTS FLOODS FOREST FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUELS GASOLINE GHG GHGS GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HEATING SYSTEMS HERITAGE CITY HISTORIC BUILDINGS HISTORIC CITIES HISTORIC CORES HISTORIC DOWNTOWN HISTORIC MONUMENTS HISTORIC PRESERVATION HISTORIC STRUCTURES INCINERATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURES LAKES LAND USE LAND USE PATTERNS LAND USE POLICIES LANDFILL LANDFILL GAS LOW-CARBON LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS MASS TRANSIT MEANS OF TRANSPORT METRO USAGE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY MIXED USE MOBILITY MODAL SHIFT MONUMENTAL STRUCTURES MOTOR VEHICLE MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC MOTOR VEHICLES MUSEUM NARROW STREETS NATIONAL FOREST AUTHORITY NATURAL GAS NEGATIVE IMPACTS NEIGHBORHOODS ORGANIC WASTE PASSENGER TRANSPORT PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN ZONES POPULATION GROWTH PRECIPITATION PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES PRIVATE VEHICLE PRIVATE VEHICLES PROPERTY TAXES PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES RAIN RAPID TRANSIT REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENOVATION RETROFITTING ROAD ROAD NETWORK SAFETY SANITATION SIDEWALKS SPEED LIMIT STREET FURNITURE STREET LIGHTING STREET PARKING STREETLIGHTS STREETS SUBURBAN SPRAWL SUBURBS SUSTAINABLE CITIES TAX TOURISM TOURISTS TRADITION TRAFFIC TRAFFIC VOLUME TRAM TRAM SYSTEM TRANSIT STATIONS TRANSIT SYSTEMS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT PLAN TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES TRANSPORTATION POLICIES TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TRAVEL DEMAND TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT TRAVEL DISTANCES TRAVEL TIMES TRIPS TRUE TURBULENCE UNEP UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST UNIVERSAL VALUE URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN PLANNING URBAN SPRAWL URBAN SYSTEMS URBAN TRANSPORTATION URBANIZATION VEHICLE MILES VEHICLE TRAVEL VEHICLE USE WALKING WATER CYCLE WATER TREATMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS WIND WMO WORLD HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE CITIES WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION WORLD HERITAGE LIST WORLD HERITAGE SITES While the negative impacts of climate change on urban areas are well-known and widely discussed, its implicit impacts on historic downtowns have not been studied as extensively. In recent years, cultural heritage conservation and valorization have increasingly become drivers of local economic development. Many projects supported by the World Bank in this field help leverage cultural heritage for economic development while developing infrastructure and services for residents and enhancing the livability of cities. The World Bank has also been very active in addressing climate change risks and increasing resiliency of urban areas. This paper is an effort to merge these two critical agendas. The paper investigates the impacts of climate change on 237 world heritage cities (WHC) and provides an overview of the geographic distribution of these cities around the globe. It discusses the importance of historic downtowns and provides various options available to the governments of these cities to address risk mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Further, it provides examples of WHC which have taken action to address vulnerability to the adverse impacts of climate change. This report is organized in following five sections: section one presents an overview of WHC, geographic distribution, and the growth of the urban agglomerations to which they belong. Section two presents the natural hazard risks and climate change impacts facing WHC, their location on the coastline or interior, and their rank in terms of level of vulnerability. Section three outlines the characteristics that historic cities have in terms of carbon emissions and potential for climate change mitigation. Section four discusses the sources of financing which WHC may turn to in order to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. Section five presents the climate change adaptation and mitigation action plans being implemented in the WHC of Paris, Tunis, Edinburgh, Mexico City, Hue, and Quito. 2014-08-12T16:42:58Z 2014-08-12T16:42:58Z 2014-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19885149/climate-resilient-climate-friendly-world-heritage-cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19288 English en_US Urban development series;knowledge papers no. 19 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper |