Water & heritage : material, conceptual and spiritual connections / edited by Willem J. H. Willems & Henk P. J. van Schaik.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Willems, W. J. H., 1950- editor.

Schaik, Henk P. J. van, editor.

Unesco, associated with work.

International Council of Monuments and Sites, associated with work.

Conference Name:

World Water Forum (7th : 2015 : Taegu, Korea)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water and civilization.

Water--Social aspects.

Water.

Cultural property--Protection.

Cultural property.

Water resources development.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, [Netherlands] : Sidestone Press, 2015.

Summary:

Water is vital for life, and its availability has been a concern for mankind throughout the ages. Its presence has always been ascertained in a variety of ways and the development of human society everywhere is connected with various forms of water management. Man also needed to manage water to find protection from its dangers and the need for that is increasing. In the coming decades, the impact of climate change is expected to intensify floods and droughts, affect groundwater resources, raise sea levels, increase pollution and enhance the frequency and magnitude of disasters. Societies around the world are challenged to adapt to these threats to ensure water security, economic prosperity and environmental and cultural sustainability. This book deals with the heritage of water management and the use that was made of water, as well as the impact of water management on heritage. An example of the former may be an ancient irrigation system in the Filipines or in the Middle East that still functions today, while the latter may reflect the importance of maintaining groundwater levels for the preservation of organic remains on archaeological sites or of wooden piles underneath standing buildings. In either case the papers in this book reflect the dynamic nature of water, and hence the equally dynamic relation between water management and heritage. This publication follows up on a Heritage and Water conference in Amsterdam, the first of its kind. Its main purpose is to credibly present the importance and value of heritage and historical experience for water and sustainable development, and vice versa, present the importance of water management for the protection of heritage. It presents evolving insights and concepts about Water and about Heritage from a variety of disciplines, policy and public perspectives illustrated with cases studies and aims to connect decision makers with experts such as engineers, archaeologists, historians, geographers, ecologist and landscape architects. Water & Heritage ... tells the story of water heritage in all its diversity. It reveals the technical ingenuity that water heritage has always inspired, and it presents the challenges that this heritage faces, along with possible solutions. Reflecting the depth of cooperation between UNESCO and ICOMOS, this book was launched ... as a showcase of cooperation to increase dialogue on water heritage. - Irina Bokova (Director-General of UNESCO)

Contents:

Foreword; Preface; Culture is the fourth pillar of sustainable development ; Olivier Blond; Water and Heritage: conventions and connections; Henk van Schaika, Michael van der Valkb and Willem Willems; Evolution of rainwater harvesting in urban areas through the millennia; A sustainable technology for increasing water availability ; Benoît Hauta, Xiao Yun Zhengb, Larry Maysc, Mooyoung Hand, Cees Passchiere, and Andreas N. Angelakisf; Ancient Water Wisdom; Traditional water systems in India; Vasudha Pangare and Ganesh Pangare; Water and heritage in Angkor, Cambodia

The monuments, the ancient hydraulic network and their recent rehabilitationPeou Hang; Water and World heritage; Anne Lemaistre ; Beautiful tropical islands in the Caribbean Sea; Human responses to floods and droughts and the indigenous archaeological heritage of the Caribbean; Corinne L. Hofman and Menno L.P. Hoogland ; Pacific Islands on the brink of submergence; Rising seas in an age of climate changes; John A. Peterson; Sand and water - and their effect on the pyramids of Meroe in the Sudan; Alexandra Riedel; Water and Heritage: Material, Conceptual and Spiritual Connections; Kate Daly

Heritage values of water and sea defense in RecifeChallenges for a local governmental approach; Evelyne Labanca Corrêa de Araújo; Hazard vulnerability and management of cultural heritage in the context of water-related hazards in the Republic of Korea; Hae Un Riia, Hyo Hyun Sungb and Jisoo Kimc; Flood Protection for Historic Sites - Integrating Heritage Conservation and Flood Control Concepts; Experiences in Germany; Heiko Lieske, Erika Schmidt, Thomas Will; 'Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get'

Managing the potential effects of oceanic climate change on underwater cultural heritageMark Dunkley; Water as an Agent of Creation and Destruction at Petra; Douglas C. Comer; Tsunami and heritage after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake; Katsuyuki Okamura; Reinforcing the link between Water and Heritage in order to build Disaster Resilient Societies; Rohit Jigyasu; Between pragmatism and cultural context; Continuity and change in Ifugao wet-rice agriculture; Stephen Acabadoa and Marlon Martinb; Water Services Heritage and Institutional Diversity

Katko, T.S.a, Juuti, P.S.b, Pietilä, P.E.c and R.P. RajaladThe framework of skills and knowledge shared in long-enduring organizations in the improvement of irrigation efficiency in Japan ; Mikiko Sugiuraa, Yohei Satob and Shinsuke Otac; The Deltaworks: heritage and new space for a changing world; Marinke Steenhuis; Beyond site protection; Embedding natural heritage into sustainable landscapes; Kenneth Irvine; The Santa Cruz River; Four Millennia of Water Heritage and Security in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region; Rafael de Grenadea and Robert G. Varadyb

Cultural and touristic strategies for preservation and enhancement of Venice and its lagoon

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-8890-279-8

OCLC:

936202241