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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Main Authors:	Bigio, Anthony Gad, Ochoa, Maria Catalina, Amirtahmasebi, Rana
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19885149/climate-resilient-climate-friendly-world-heritage-cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19288