Future of Heritage as Climates Change

David Harvey is Professor of Historical and Cultural Geography at the University of Exeter, UK. He has worked within the field of heritage studies for a number of years and his research has contributed to some key heritage debates.Jim Perry is HT Morse Distinguished University Professor at the University of Minnesota, USA. His current research focuses on climate change adaptation in UNESCO World Heritage sites, and on capacity development supporting an ecosystem management approach to water resources.

• Introduction - Heritage and climate change: the future is not the past, David C Harvey & Jim PerryPart 1: Blurring the Boundaries of Heritage and Climate Change: Creative Ontologies and ConsequencesNarratives of change on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage SiteRose FerrabyHeritage and climate change: a fatal affairWerner KraußClimate and Cultural Heritage: an Experiment with the ‘Weather Memory Bank', Georgina Endfield and Simon NaylorDiverse Epistemic Traditions in Transformative Climate Change Research and Adaptation: Heritage and LegacyAndrea Déri and Janardhanan Sundaresan"We now have a name for some of the big changes happening on our Bubu [country]". The role of Indigenous knowledge for the management of cultural landscapes in a changing climate. A case study of the Kuku Nyungkal people from the Queensland Wet Tropics, AustraliaLeanne Cullen-Unsworth and Kirsten MacleanClimate change and the changing nature of conservationStephanie LavauHistorical chestnut cultures, climate and rural landscapes in the Apennines Roberta Cevasco, Diego Moreno, Ross Balzaretti and Charles Watkins Part 2: Creative Responses to Heritage and Climate Change Relations: Processes, Policies and PossibilitiesHeritage and climate change: organizational conflicts and conundrumsDiane Barthel-BouchierHeritage Development and Community Resilience: Insights for the Era of Climate Change Daniel N. LavenStrategies for Coping with the Wicked Problem of Climate Change: A Natural Heritage PerspectivePaul A. Gray, Christopher J. Lemieux, Thomas J. Beechey, J. Gordon Nelson, and Daniel J. ScottBuffer mechanisms for managing diversity and World Heritage in the Cape Floral Region (South Africa) G. Palmer, K. Maree and J. Gouza‘From dust to dust’: earth buildings, process and change Louise CookeRelationships between climate change and built heritage: the case of dense urban cities in Hong Kong and ChinaEsther, H.K. Yung and Edwin, H.W. ChanTaking the middle path to the coast: how community collaboration can help save threatened sitesTom DawsonConclusion - Valuing the ever-changing pastJim Perry & David C Harvey