Monitoring and Managing Human Stressors to Coastal Cultural Heritage in Svalbard

Svalbard’s cultural heritage sites are important remnants of an international history in the High North. Cultural heritage in the Arctic is being impacted by climate and environmental change as well as increased human activity. Tourism is a potential cause of transformation in cultural heritage site...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Humanities
Main Authors: Sanne Bech Holmgaard, Alma Elizabeth Thuestad, Elin Rose Myrvoll, Stine Barlindhaug
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019
Subjects:
cultural heritage
management
tourism
climate change
environmental stressors
the Arctic
archeo
art
Arctic
Svalbard
Climate change
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/h8010021
https://doaj.org/article/b711349ecfef4de08014070b2807f9ec
Description
Summary:Svalbard’s cultural heritage sites are important remnants of an international history in the High North. Cultural heritage in the Arctic is being impacted by climate and environmental change as well as increased human activity. Tourism is a potential cause of transformation in cultural heritage sites, such as increased wear and tear, creation of paths and traces as people walk through cultural environments. Cultural heritage management is therefore an increasingly challenging endeavor as management authorities must take under consideration multiple impacts and threats to cultural heritage sites in a changing environment. Based on research conducted in Svalbard from 2014 to 2016 on methods for long-term systematic cultural heritage monitoring, this paper will discuss dilemmas for a sustainable use and management of vulnerable cultural heritage sites in the Arctic.

Similar Items