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: Received: 4 September 2024 / Approved: 5 September 2024 / Online: 5 September 2024 (10:40:12 CEST)
How to cite:
Katontoka, M.; Noardo, F.; Palacios-Lopez, D.; Esch, T.; Pirouz, N.; Chen, F.; Pereira Roders, A. How Urban Is World Heritage? An Investigation of Built-up Area Increase in Cultural Heritage Properties. Preprints2024, 2024090423. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0423.v1
Katontoka, M.; Noardo, F.; Palacios-Lopez, D.; Esch, T.; Pirouz, N.; Chen, F.; Pereira Roders, A. How Urban Is World Heritage? An Investigation of Built-up Area Increase in Cultural Heritage Properties. Preprints 2024, 2024090423. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0423.v1
Katontoka, M.; Noardo, F.; Palacios-Lopez, D.; Esch, T.; Pirouz, N.; Chen, F.; Pereira Roders, A. How Urban Is World Heritage? An Investigation of Built-up Area Increase in Cultural Heritage Properties. Preprints2024, 2024090423. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0423.v1
APA Style
Katontoka, M., Noardo, F., Palacios-Lopez, D., Esch, T., Pirouz, N., Chen, F., & Pereira Roders, A. (2024). How Urban Is World Heritage? An Investigation of Built-up Area Increase in Cultural Heritage Properties. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0423.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Katontoka, M., Fulong Chen and Ana Pereira Roders. 2024 "How Urban Is World Heritage? An Investigation of Built-up Area Increase in Cultural Heritage Properties" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.0423.v1
Abstract
As urbanization continues to increase, key conservation areas like World Heritage sites are being altered. This transformation is a cause for concern as it threatens the Outstanding Universal Value of these sites. To address this issue, a research question was formulated: How urban is World Heritage? The research focused on identifying and monitoring urbanization in heritage core zones listed on the World Heritage by tracking changes in built-up areas from 1985 to 2015. The findings revealed that urban developments, including housing, transport infrastructure construction, visitor accommodation facilities, and land conversions, have significantly impacted heritage properties. More than a third (37\%, 426) of the cultural heritage properties reported urban development, with the highest occurrences in Europe, North America, Asia, and the Pacific. Furthermore, these regions also displayed the highest rate of change per year between 1985 and 2015. This indicates the urgent need to identify and monitor the urbanization of World Heritage to preserve their OUV amidst increasing urban development.
Keywords
World Heritage; urban built-up; World Settlement Footprint Ev; land-cover; UNESCO
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing
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