Research project
Assessing the Impacts Of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage in The Netherlands
This project aims to identify, quantify and map the exposure of Dutch national monuments to four climate change effects: flooding, waterlogging, drought and heat.
- Duration
- 2019 - 2020
- Contact
- Martijn Manders
- Funding
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Centre of Global Heritage and Development Seed Grant
- Partners
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Dr. Sandra Fatorić, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment; Centre for Global Heritage and Development Profile, Google Scholar Profile
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Dr. Martijn Manders, Associate Professor, Leiden University, Faculty of Archaeology; Centre of Global Heritage and Development; Faculty of Archaeology; Google Scholar Profile
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David Teruel, Graduate Student, TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences; Centre of Global Heritage and Development
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Social relevance
A deliverable, climate risk maps of national monuments, can be used by government decision-makers and diverse stakeholders, including private property owners, tourism sector, UNESCO, and researchers to visualize potential risks from climate change.
Scientific relevance
This project is the first scientific attempt to explore climate change impacts on Dutch national monuments.
It can inform future climate adaptation policymaking for cultural heritage.
- M. Manders provides expertise and knowledge on cultural heritage (including maritime archelogy) policy and practice in the Netherlands;
- S. Fatorić provides knowledge and expertise in climate change adaptation planning and policy of cultural heritage; and
- D. Teruel provides knowledge on assessing and mapping climate change risks on various systems and sectors
Data collection: Data on location of Dutch national monuments (about 60,000) is obtained from the Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE). The data on four climate change effects: flooding, waterlogging, drought and heat is obtained from the Climate Impact Atlas.
Data analysis: GIS is used to integrate data on national monuments with four climate change effects. A risk map shows the probability and the impacts of climate change on Dutch national monuments. Additionally, national monuments are categorized (quantified) as exhibiting high, medium or low impact class.
This project forms the basis for a tool-development for evidence-based climate adaptation policy and applied research related to cultural heritage in the Netherlands.