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Role of cultural and natural heritage in addressing polycrises and urban recovery

date November 5, 2024 | 12:00 - 13:00
place
Urban Library - room A
organization
Heritopolis
country
France
language
English
Reference: 
UL-A 3

Summary

In recent years, many urban areas have been affected by complex natural and human destruction of diverse circumstances, the aftermath of which exemplifies the notion of a polycrisis. This forms the subject of this session, with examples, focusing largely on the Middle East (including Aleppo, Mosul, Antalya and Gaza), where recent events have led to major urban crises that have received considerable international attention. UNESCO and the World Bank have published important methodologies for urban reconstruction (Peacebuilding and Recovery in the CURE Framework) that represents the basis for analysis and planning of post-crises urban interventions with culture and nature-based solutions as central foci.

UN-Habitat MetroHub is exploring these issues in partnership with the Heritopolis initiative a UN-Habitat UNIversity consortium, which focuses on strengthening the role of natural and cultural heritage in metropolitan planning and development. Discussion of these case studies will be complemented by reports and visual material on experiences and appropriate methodologies in the case study cities.

Each panellist will make an initial presentation, augmented by the video, and followed by a discussion led by the moderator, prior to opening the session to engagement with the audience.

Objectives

• To raise awareness of the nature of urban polycrises requiring appropriate and complex strategies and interventions
• To highlight the complex interrelationships between specifically urban polycrises and wider temporal and spatial societal dimensions
• To share comparative experiences in addressing such polycrises in diverse urban contexts
• To evaluate the relevance and appropriateness of existing international policies and guidelines for addressing the role of heritage as a lead focus in such urban recovery and reconstruction
• To encourage the preparation of a compendium of texts and guidelines for an urban library
• To expose civil society to the relevant texts and reports, for their potential engagement in the heritage processes of urban recovery
• To promote references for the Urban Library in developing academic curricula and applied research in the fields of heritage and the metropolis.

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Mr. Francesco Bandarin
Member
Heritopolis
Ms. Jo Boufford
Member
Global Health Foundation
Mr. Giovanni Fontana Antonelli
Architect
OURWORLDHERITAGE
Ms. Martina Benedetti Marshall
Officer
MOT - Transfrontier Metropolises
Mr. Samieh Al-Abed
Coordinator
Gaza Vision 2050