Does Cultural Heritage Make More Resilient Cities?

By |2024-01-04T08:43:28+01:00October 10th 2019|

When disasters hit, cultural heritage is often perceived as something passive, something hit by destruction. Conservation architect and risk management expert Rohit Jigyasu argues for a different perception: one that acknowledges the decisive role urban cultural heritage can play both in the prevention and in the outcome of natural disaster, making it an active component of urban resilience.

Collaboration for Climate Change Adaptation in Cities: Some Observations from Nepal

By |2024-01-02T15:13:16+01:00July 26th 2018|

In the fourth part of our series on the Talanoa Dialogues, Kirti Kusum Joshi talks about the need for dialogue between federal, provincial, and local governments in order to reduce Nepal's vulnerability to climate change.

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