Abstract
Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) has recently emerged as a conflict-solving tool to improve World Heritage (WH) conservation in line with sustainable development policies. The increasing number of requested HIAs for affected WH properties over the last years reveals that more attention is being paid to HIA as a practical tool to adequately support the protection and management of historic monuments and sites against new constructions and development. However, the application of integrated and systematic impact assessment methods within HIA still remains a key challenge in different HIA projects. Therefore, this paper contributes to the further development of a transparent and systematic procedure of HIA in accordance with Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). It also explores different standard methods of impact assessment in EIA and discusses their applicability to cultural World Heritage properties. Finally, the paper emphasizes a need for developing integrated impact assessment methods to address the multiple impacts of development projects. Such methodological enhancement can further contribute to mitigation strategies and decision-making to protect World Heritage properties within the context of sustainable development.
Highlights
Impact assessment is defined as the “process of identifying the future consequences of a current or proposed action” [1]
This paper contributes to the further development of a clear procedure of Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) according to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure
This paper contributed to the further development of a more transparent and systematic HIA procedure in accordance with EIA
Summary
Impact assessment is defined as the “process of identifying the future consequences of a current or proposed action” [1]. Further research is needed to explore the specific impact assessment methods applicable to the cultural World Heritage properties and to address the multiple impacts. Against this background, this paper contributes to the further development of a clear procedure of HIA according to the EIA procedure. In accordance with the EIA context, HIA has been established to identify and analyze significant impacts on cultural World Heritage properties, to improve the cultural heritage protection within the sustainable development concept [21]. HIA as a decision-making support instrument can contribute to the mitigation of the adverse impacts on the World Heritage properties as an essential requirement for the protection and management
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