• Noha A. Shaheen
• Khaled Dewidar
• G. Nagy
• Ashraf Ali Nessim

The loss of our cultural legacy is significantly rising at an alarming rate due to natural deterioration, climatic and environmental changes, natural disasters as well as human impacts. In order to protect our individual and group identity, its crucial to preserve this non-renewable resource. However, the escalating risks associated with climate change intensifies the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Hence, posing additional challenge for managing and conserving of our built cultural heritage. This paper aims to present the development of a preliminary risk management model that serves as a selection tool for assessing the vulnerability of built cultural heritage to existing climate change stressors. The model was designed based on a systematic review of literature related to climate change risks, vulnerabilities, and adaptation strategies for built heritage sites. In addition to investigating the risk assessment processes and practices. The developed model provides a simple quantitative assessment matrix that offers a valuable robust selection process to proactively assess the growing climate change threats to built cultural heritage. The systematic model serves as practical guide for potential climate change risks evaluation and as a support to the decision-making process for heritage managers and policy makers. Thus, facilitating long term strategies establishment for resilient built heritage. The model shall be furtherly developed and tailored to specific context to provide evidence-based decision making in practical implementation.

Climate change, Culture heritage, Risk, Risk management

"A PRELIMINARY RISK MODEL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS ON BUILT CULTURAL HERITAGE: A SELECTION PROCESS TOOL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 8, page no.f234-f241, August-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2408634.pdf

"A PRELIMINARY RISK MODEL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS ON BUILT CULTURAL HERITAGE: A SELECTION PROCESS TOOL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 8, page no. ppf234-f241, August-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2408634.pdf