• Nouran Abdeltawab Mahmoud
• Khaled Dewidar
• Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman

Heritage buildings are regarded as vulnerable assets. For decades, in the Egyptian context, they have been subjected to multiple issues and risks that are interrelated in nature. These risks have consequently led to the vacancy, degradation, and sometimes demolition, of a large amount of heritage building stock. Hence, opportunities are wasted to utilize these buildings efficiently as part of the urban environment and to preserve them for future generations. A common approach for heritage conservation is adaptive reuse, which has proven to be a sustainable, yet a risky approach utilized in Egypt and several countries to conserve heritage buildings. Despite adaptive reuse being a commonly used approach, risk taxonomies are scarcely found for it in the heritage conservation literature. ‘Taxonomy’ is defined as “a breakdown of possible risk sources” and is regarded as a primary tool for risk identification. Additionally, a lot of focus in the literature has been driven towards physical aspects, related to the impacts of natural disasters on heritage assets, neglecting the associated aspects of society, culture, and economy. Accordingly, there is an actual need for identifying these risk taxonomies for the purpose of proper risk identification and management of risks in adaptive reuse projects of heritage buildings. The aim of this study is to identify and categorize the various risks associated with adaptive reuse that could have a potential impact on heritage buildings in Egypt.

Adaptive Reuse, Adaptive Reuse Risks, Heritage Buildings, Heritage Conservation, Heritage Management, Risk Management, Risk Identification, Man-made Risks, Egypt, Egyptian Context

"A Comprehensive Review of Risks Associated with Adaptive Reuse and their Potential Impact on Heritage Buildings in the Egyptian Context", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no.c788-c807, August-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208284.pdf

"A Comprehensive Review of Risks Associated with Adaptive Reuse and their Potential Impact on Heritage Buildings in the Egyptian Context", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no. ppc788-c807, August-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208284.pdf