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“Natural” Disasters and Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • Manage No DI00000938
    Country Pacific
    Author Christopher Ballard, Associate Professor, Australian National University
    Published Year 2021
    Language English
    Copyright Copyright
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Description The distinction between natural hazards (such as earthquakes or droughts) and disasters (which are the impact of these hazards on human populations and infrastructure) has been clearly defined since at least the 1970s. No disaster is entirely natural. Instead, hazards exploit existing vulnerabilities, including the ways in which people are exposed to their impacts, and the capacity of communities and states to respond to hazard events and to prepare for future disasters. Disasters related to natural hazards, or to anthropogenic hazards such as nuclear pollution, are classed as emergencies, along with epidemic disease and armed conflict. In the context of cultural heritage, all these emergencies share a dual aspect – the impact of the emergency on culture and heritage, and the capacity of culture and heritage to respond to and limit the impacts of the emergency.

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