Data from: A climate vulnerability assessment of cultural heritage in the La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site World Heritage Site
Owning Institution: UC San Diego, Research Data Curation Program
About this Collection
Climate change poses a threat not only to the environmental and physical aspects of the places where people live, but also to their identities and ways of living, as well as those of the communities around them. Conducted as part of the requirements of the Master of Advanced Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), this capstone project consists of a climate vulnerability assessment of the La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site World Heritage Site in Puerto Rico, based on a literature review of existing scientific data. Its purpose is to inform a broader effort led by SIO’s Human Ecology Lab, which will complement this top-down approach with a bottom-up assessment of climate change threats to the area based on the perspectives of local stakeholders.This project includes two products: a full climate vulnerability assessment available on e-Scholarship and an online summary of its main findings with interactive maps, which can be found at https://arcg.is/1quumK. Ultimately, this project contributes to the ongoing development of a climate vulnerability assessment tool for cultural heritage that can be used independently by stakeholders to meaningfully assess the vulnerability of their own cultural heritage to climate change through a decentralized process that can inspire local climate action, inform decision-making at different levels, and be repeated consistently as the components of vulnerability change over time. View this collection on the contributor's website.
View our statement on digital primary resources and historical description.
Filters you've selected:
1 item found in this collection
of 1
of 1