خطة عملية متكاملة لإدارة خطر الكوارث على مواقع التراث الثقافي : حالة دراسية في الإقليم الساحلي السوري

Abstract EN

Cultural Heritage (CH) is a valuable asset and a source of true identity that contributes to the preservation of the local environment of each community.

The Nine thousand years of civilizations in Syria have produced the most spectacular and fascinating CH sites in the world and are registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Most of these sites have been affected by natural disasters, especially earthquakes due to Syria’s occurrence in the region most active in earthquakes among the Arab, Eurasian and African tectonic plates.

Unfortunately, in addition to the effects of these natural disasters, the catastrophe of the ongoing war on Syria since March 2011 has had a devastating impact on many of these CH sites.

This paper presents an integrated operational plan for disaster risk planning and management on the Syrian CH sites, especially those damaged by this unjust war.

Within this context, CH is understood in its wider scope (beyond monuments and museums) to include the development of human relations with the natural environment that encompass the tangible and intangible aspects of this heritage (this is called authenticity).

A case study was presented in the Syrian Coastal Region including a series of CH sites located in the vicinity of Al-Hosn Castle (Krak des Chevaliers), which was severely damaged as a result of this War, with the possibility of applying this practical plan and developing it to rebuild and rehabilitate all other affected CH sites in all the Syrian regions.