Publicomos

Réf.

41666

Type

conference item

Titre

Monuments and sites and their settings in the Arctic Regions

Langues

English

Auteurs

Barr, Susan

Date

2005

Pages

9 p.

Titre de conférence

15th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes’

Lieu de conférence

Xi'an, China

Date de conférence

17 – 21 oct 2005

Mots-clés

Arctic regions / setting / threats / climatic factors / protection of historic monuments / polar heritage / environment / conservation of historic monuments / management / deterioration

Pays mentionnés

Denmark / Iceland / Norway

Monuments et sites

Greenland / Iceland / Svalbard, Norway

Résumé en anglais

A 3-nation project concerning heritage environments in the Scandinavian Arctic has recently been completed for The Nordic Council of Ministers. The project aimed to define heritage environments within the three regions Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard and to suggest actions for sustainable management. Typical for such Arctic heritage environments is the close interaction between the monuments and sites and their settings, between the nature and the culture.Monuments and sites, with their integrated settings, are in these regions exposed to many common threats, and heritage management meets many common challenges based on changes and impacts. The challenges caused by humans are often a consequence of the increasing level of activity the areas are exposed to. However, movement away from the districts is also a pronounced tendency in parts of the regions. The three regions are characterised by a polar or sub-polar climate, which means that large areas, and therefore also the heritage, are exposed to detrimental effects of, for example, permafrost, erosion and a vulnerable vegetation cover, as well as degradation caused by fauna.
It is hoped that the results of the project may be applicable for the management of monuments and sites and their settings around the entire circum-Arctic region.

Document joint

2-2.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)