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Cultural Impact Assessments

Richard A EngelhardtCharge de Mission and Senior Advisor

UNESCO

OBJECTIVE OF CULTURE IMPACT ASSESSMENT

To protect the long-term sustainability of cultural assets from destruction or irreversible damage by avoiding or mitigating adverse impacts resulting from competition for space and resources with proposed excavation, construction, infrastructure, resettlement, or other development projects

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EXAMPLES OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS

1. Inadequate legal framework for the protection of historic properties

control of demolition and improper restoration of built heritagecontrol of inappropriate development of open spacescontrol of unsuitable economic activities within protected zones

2. Lack of inventory and assessment of significance of historic assets

3. Air, water, noise and visual pollution

4. Loss of traditional skills, crafts, rituals, and practices

5. Changes in the traditional land use and economic base

6. Changes in lifestyle and family structure

7. Disappearing arts, crafts, practices

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IMPACT ON

Integrity and morphology

Historic and social settings

Standing structures

Cultural spaces and landscapes

Cultural, social

economic processes

ArchaeologyNon-movable or contextual

art

Natural Habitat

Diversity

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•Evaluate risk•Measure carrying capacity•Ascertain rate of acceptable change•Take corrective/mitigating action

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The degree to which the ecosystem, habitat or landscape can accommodate the various impacts of infrastructure development without sustaining irreversible damage

Environmental carrying capacity

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Cultural and social carrying capacity

The level beyond which development introduces unwanted social change and adversely affects local communities and their way of life

Psychological carrying capacity

The level beyond which the unique and defining characteristics of a place are lost and with them the essential qualitiesthat people seek in their community and surrounding environment

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Partners in the protection and conservation of World Heritage can be those individual and other stakeholders, especially local communities, governmental, non-governmental and private organization and owners who have an interest in the management of a World Heritage property

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Actors/Stakeholders in process:

Custodian / owner

Developer

Assessor

Regulatory agency

Public

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Process

Steps

Screening and scoping

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Expert assessment of significance

Analysis of planning controls

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Emergency recovery

Public consultation

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Mediation

Develop mitigation strategy

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Develop work plan

Monitor implementation

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Reporting, review

STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIPS IN CONDUCTING IMPACT ASSESSMENT

RESIDENTS DEVELOPERS OFFICIALS/PROFESSIONALS SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION

Assess vulnerability

Determine carrying capacity

Model optionsModel options Model options

Establish code of conduct

Formulate management planFormulate management plan Formulate management plan

Establish rules for sharing risk and benefits (mediation)

Establish rules for sharing risk and benefits (mediation)

Establish rules for sharing risk and benefits (mediation)

Monitor results, report, reviewMonitor results, report, review Monitor results, report, review

Modify actionModify action Modify action

Define significance Define significance

Evaluate asset potentialEvaluate asset potential

Develop mitigation strategy

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