RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE CASE STUDY: TEL BASTA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

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Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt

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The List of World Heritage in Danger is funded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) in 1972. The list is an essential element in protecting world heritage and in increasing international awareness with
the importance of risk management. The list includes 38 cultural world heritage sites all over the world. They are suffering from
many risks which may lead to loss their historical and cultural values, that require a study to classify and analysis those risks from
information presented to the World Heritage Bureau and World Heritage Committee, and within ICOMOS Mission and Evaluation
Reports, between 1980 and 2018, then identifying suitable strategies to address the various types of risks and place them within a
specific classification which will be applied on the study area: Tel Basta archaeological site in Sharkia Governorate in Egypt. The
region is suffering from many threats and risks that may cause huge deterioration to it. The research based on combined strategy
between analytical method and case study method, to reach a good understanding of various types of risks and strategies and
placed them within a specific classification, in addition to help professionals and stakeholders to choose the suitable strategies to
manage risk effectively, and to conserve cultural property to next generations.

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