Good practices for disaster risk management of cultural heritage : practices of ITC participants / edited by Rohit Jigyasu, Kim Dowon and Lata Shakya.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Developing a guideline for preparing risk management plans for heritage places in New Zealand / Vanessa Tanner -- Implementation of fire risk mitigation strategies at urban heritage site : a case study on al-Azhar and al-Ghuri District / Abdelhamid Salah al-Sharief -- Ancient town walls at risk : methods, technologies and tools for multi-hazard risk analysis, monitoring, and governance / Francesca Giuliani -- A cultural heritage risk index : the STORM project perspective / Mohammad Ravankhah, Maria João Revez, Rosmarie de Wit, Angelos Chliaoutakis, Athanasios V. Argyriou, Joern Birkmann, Apostolos Sarris, and Maja Žuvela-Aloise -- Mapping risk for cultural heritage : a project on archaeological decorative elements in Mexico / Dulce María Grimaldi and Mónica Vargas -- Disaster risk management of cultural heritage in George Town World Heritage City, Malaysia / Ming Chee Ang -- Historic water cisterns - an effective fire preventive system / Elena Mamani -- The Dominican Convent of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec : a disaster risk management plan for local cultural heritage / David A. Torres -- Disaster risk management plan for a world heritage site : Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpetre Works, Chile / Marcela Hurtado -- Disaster risk management plan for Punakha Dzong, Bhutan / Junko Mukai -- From theory to practice : insights from the pathway to implement DRM measures for cultural heritage sites / Monia Del Pinto -- Specialised civil protection volunteering for cultural heritage rescue - a rescue project during earthquake in central Italy / Barbara Caranza -- Future Approach / Rohit Jigyasu, Kim Dowon, and Lata Shakya.

"This book is a selection of case studies undertaken by cultural heritage and disaster risk management professionals across the world demonstrating good practices for disaster risk management of cultural heritage. The readers will learn about the practical application of various methodologies, tools and techniques for disaster risk assessment, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery of cultural heritage. They will also learn about the application of traditional knowledge and engagement of communities for disaster risk management of cultural heritage. This will help relevant organizations and professionals to develop and implement projects in this field. The intended audience for this book is Practitioners or site managers of cultural heritage sites and museums. Also, researchers and students studying disaster risk management of cultural heritage. The book will also be of interest to Disaster risk management institutions at the urban, regional or national level /cultural heritage management institutions at the urban, regional or national level/ city administration, municipalities, urban local bodies and planning departments/ educational and research institutions which have specialized programmes in engineering, planning, and disaster risk management, conservation of cultural heritage"-- Provided by publisher.