Abstract
Heritage management is an administrative means by which heritage resources are protected from natural and manmade cause of deterioration. The town of Gondar is located in Northwestern Ethiopia and it has outstanding and outstay world cultural heritage resources situated at its hub. However, these stunning properties are threatened with multidimensional heritage management problems. So, this paper tried to identify the main and existing challenges and show the severity of the problems in comparison with different case studies in the world. It compiled through qualitative research method with descriptive research design. And data were collected through survey, participant observation and photographic documentation and interpretation. The collected data also compiled by qualitative method of data analysis. The main and the existing challenges of Gondar’s world heritage sites, specifically of the Fasil Ghebbi and the baths are plant overgrowth, human activities on the immediate vicinity of the sites (that leads to vibration of the structures and noise disturbance), negligence, visitors pressure, improper conservation, nonexistence or inapplicability of heritage management plan, Lack of tourist follow-up system as a means for deliberate graffiti of heritages, lack of cooperation among the concerned bodies and unavailability of directions and instructions. Finally, it is highly recommended to made immediate intervention on each problems. Keywords: Challenges, Heritage Management, World Heritage, Gondar and Fasil Ghebbi DOI : 10.7176/JTHS/43-02 Publication date :September 30 th 2019
Highlights
Cultural properties are important to us and are indispensable to our world; from them we get information about our past, history, culture, traditions and social norms, this Provide basis for technological advancement in all aspects of our life (Yoichi and Nishiyama, 1993)
Deterioration of ancient buildings is caused by due to the age of the monuments and mainly because of several natural factors such as rainfall, temperature, wind blowing, and humidity that could cause demolition of the structures in the course of time (El-Gohary, and Al-Shorman 2009as cited in Fikadu K. 2012).Whereas, Fire, armed conflicts, illegal activities and illicit trafficking of heritages are some example of anthropogenic factors which can demolish heritage resources
The study is mainly focused on the analysis of the existing threats of heritage values on Gondar Castle world heritage site a case studyon the Fasil Ghebbi and the baths
Summary
Cultural properties are important to us and are indispensable to our world; from them we get information about our past, history, culture, traditions and social norms, this Provide basis for technological advancement in all aspects of our life (Yoichi and Nishiyama, 1993). It is to mean that, our cultural properties are the witness about our past and a base for our day today activities for the technological innovations. Deterioration of ancient buildings is caused by due to the age of the monuments and mainly because of several natural factors such as rainfall, temperature, wind blowing, and humidity that could cause demolition of the structures in the course of time Cause of deterioration for a particular heritage site should be identified (either natural or anthropogenic) and tackled. It is the first and foremost action in heritage conservation and management. Stones of aged buildings mostly deteriorate as the temperature fluctuates daily and seasonally, since freezing-thawing process, which has huge impact on the deterioration of stone materials, will occur as a result of such fluctuations and solar effect (EsraYaldiz, 2010).“continuous fluctuating of temperature changes caused the cracks and breaks on stones as a result of the material fatigue” (Küçükkaya 2004 as cited in Esra Yaldiz 2010)
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