Climate change and cultural heritage: conservation and heritage tourism in the Anthropocene

Abstract

This paper reviews some of the actual and potential effects of climate change on cultural heritage and its management with special reference to heritage tourism. This analysis will help to identify knowledge gaps and issues in relation to different types of heritage, management strategies and policy-making, as well as enabling an understanding of the potential significance of climate change impacts in a regional, national and international setting. The analysis is also relevant to understanding the broader pressures of environmental and global change on the management of heritage tourism sites, and cultural heritage in particular, in the Anthropocene.

Keywords:

• climate change
• cultural heritage
• conservation
• adaptation
• heritage tourism
• cultural landscape

Notes on contributors

C. Michael Hall is a Professor in the Department of Management, Marketing & Entrepreneurship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and also holds positions at University of Oulu, Linneaus University and University of Johannesburg. Current heritage tourism research is focused on World Heritage experiences in international perspective.

Tim Baird is a graduate researcher in the Department of Management, Marketing & Entrepreneurship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, with interests in innovation and sustainability.

Michael James is an independent researcher and consultant with interests in peripheral areas and regional development.

Yael Ram is a Senior Lecturer in Ashkelon Academic College, Israel, and one of the lead authors of the Israeli Ecosystems National Assessment. She works in the fields of psychological aspects of tourism and sustainability

ORCID

C. Michael Hall http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7734-4587