Topic Editors

Dr. Matthias Ripp
Organisation of World Heritage Cities, Department for Cultural Heritage, City of Regensburg, 93047 Regensburg, Germany
Department of Art History, Uppsala University, 75236 Uppsala, Sweden
Dr. Rohit Jigyasu
Programme Manager, ICCROM, Rome, Italy

(World) Heritage Sites and Values in Danger: Climate-Change Related Challenges and Transformation

Abstract submission deadline
30 March 2025
Manuscript submission deadline
30 May 2025
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Topic Information

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change and other regional or global challenges, like armed conflict, demographic changes, economic crises, mass tourism and many others, pose serious threats and have had a great impact on many (world) heritage sites around the globe. A significant number of sites are affected in a negative way, as heritage values are in danger and different parts of complete heritage systems are impacted. The understanding of cultural heritage is a holistic heritage approach that goes beyond traditional sectors of heritage as being tangible and intangible, but rather embraces the different parts together with people from cultural heritage. This MDPI topic collection across different scientific journals seeks to achieve the following aims:

  • To discuss challenges, threats and transformation at (world) heritage sites;
  • To provide examples and case studies to understand the effects and impacts;
  • To contextualize change and transformation from a theoretical perspective;
  • To understand the impact on heritage systems with a new heritage approach;
  • To provide insights into successful governance approaches and tools to stimulate resilience for heritage sites;
  • To reflect on recovery and mitigation approaches that are based on cultural heritage;
  • To understand how the impacts are affecting different parts and users of the heritage systems.

Dr. Matthias Ripp
Dr. Christer Gustafsson
Dr. Rohit Jigyasu
Topic Editors

Keywords

  • cultural heritage
  • climate change
  • transformation
  • conservation
  • urban planning

Participating Journals

Journal Name Impact Factor CiteScore Launched Year First Decision (median) APC
Climate
climate
3.0 5.5 2013 21.9 Days CHF 1800 Submit
Heritage
heritage
2.0 2.9 2018 17.7 Days CHF 1600 Submit
Tourism and Hospitality
tourismhosp
- 3.0 2020 22.7 Days CHF 1200 Submit

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