World Heritage Review
n°74 – January 2015
http://whc.unesco.org/en/review/74/

World Heritage: Fostering resilience
In focus
:: Fostering resilience: Towards reducing disaster risks to World Heritage, p. 4
World Heritage sites are exposed to a wide variety of natural and human-induced hazards, such as earthquakes, cyclones or fires, which can have devastating effects on their value as well as on the lives and assets of the communities concerned.

:: Post-disaster reconstruction: Xijie historic quarter in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province, p. 16
The reconstruction project combined the objectives of heritage conservation, post-disaster reconstruction and social equity through broad community participation and close cooperation among concerned government agencies, stateowned enterprises, local residents and universities.

:: Building resilience at iSimangaliso Wetland Park, p. 22
iSimangaliso has built ecological and social resilience, dealing with risks to the site, and is implementing a broad-based strategy that will mitigate the social and ecological stressors associated with predicted environmental change.

:: Post-disaster heritage initiative in Pakistan, p. 28
The post-disaster development programmes undertaken by the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan are designed to nurture traditional and creative skills, particularly of women in marginalized sections of society.

:: The 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, p. 38
The 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, which will take place in Sendai (Japan) from 14 to 18 March 2015, is the most important intergovernmental gathering on disaster risks in ten years. The conference is expected to adopt the post-2015 international policy on Disaster Risk Reduction…