Vernacular Heritage as a Response to Climate: Lessons for Future Climate Resilience from Rize, Turkey

Gül Aktürk and Hannah Fluck
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Gül Aktürk: Department of Architecture, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), 2628 BL Delft, The Netherlands
Hannah Fluck: Historic England, The Engine House, Swindon SN2 2EH, UK

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: Vernacular heritage is undergoing rapid changes caused by the effects of the changing climate, such as loss of lands, biodiversity, building materials, integrity, traditional knowledge, and maladaptation. However, little is known about the causes of deterioration in vernacular heritage sites under changing climate and landscape conditions from a user perspective. This paper provides insights into the perceptions of local people on climate change and how it has changed the landscape in the Fındıklı district of Rize in the Eastern Black Sea area of Turkey. The study proposed analyzing vernacular architecture as a heritage category for localizing the management of climate change impacts using field survey, on-site observations, and unstructured interviews with local people. The results of the shared concerns regarding the changing climate and landscapes from a local perspective evoke the use of narratives as a tool for local authorities to include local communities in building resilience of cultural heritage to climate change.

Keywords: climate resilience; vernacular heritage; climate narratives; climate adaptation; climate stories (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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