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Geography and Heritage: from Oxford to the Silk Road Heather Viles 12 th June 2017 Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both

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Geography and Heritage: from Oxford to the Silk Road

Heather Viles

12th June 2017

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‘Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources

  • f life and inspiration.’ World Heritage Centre,

whc.unesco.org/en/about/

Lake District

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Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles Venice Lulworth Cove, Dorset, England St Paul’s Cathedral, London

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World Heritage

‘What makes the concept of World Heritage exceptional is its universal

  • application. World heritage sites belong to

all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory in which they are located.’ whc.unesco.org/en/about

Bamiyan, Afghanistan

As of June 2017, 1052 world heritage sites are listed in 165 states (814 cultural, 35 mixed, 203 natural)

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World Heritage Sites

Animation credit: Alice Goudie

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World Heritage sites in danger

Animation credit: Alice Goudie

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What can geographers contribute?

Creating heritage: Discovering ‘new’ sites

Evans, D. 2016 Airborne laser scanning as a method for exploring long-term socio- ecological dynamics in Cambodia, Journal of Archaeological Science, 74, 164-175

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What can geographers contribute?

Creating heritage: quantifying values

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

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What can geographers contribute?

Conserving heritage: evaluating threats and designing solutions

Mol, L et al., 2017. The benefit of a tough skin: bullet holes, weathering and the preservation of heritage. Royal Society Open Science, 4(2), p.160335.

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What can geographers contribute?

Critiquing heritage

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Contested heritage: Saharan rock art

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Changing air quality and Oxford’s heritage

Image credit: Unknown

1870s

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Image credit: J W Thomas

1960s

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Image credit: David Nicholls

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Changing air pollution in Oxford: 1

Smoke and particulate concentrations μg/m3, 1959-2007

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Method 1 Method 2 Method 3

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Changing air pollution in Oxford: 2

NO2, SO2 and PM10 trends at roadside and urban background sites in Oxford, 1995-2008 in μg/m3

20 40 60 80 100 120 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

High Street NO2 St Aldate’s NO2

Broad Street NO2

Urban background NO2 Urban background PM10 St Aldate’s SO2

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Can nature help conserv rve Silk Road sites in NW China?

Silk Roads

New collaborative project between Dunhuang Academy, Getty Conservation Institute and Oxford Geography

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Plants and heritage conservation

Bioremediation Bio- protection +Bio- aesthetics Biodeterioration Bio-

  • bscuration
  • Bio-

aesthetics

Threats Opportunities

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Si Silk Road Heritage is is BIG

Buddha and me, Bingling Grottoes, Gansu Province

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Silk Road Heritage faces many threats North Grotto Temple, Gansu province

Image credit: Qinglin Guo

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Silk Road sites near Dunhuang, NW China

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Suoyang ancient city: deteriorating earthen walls

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Using cellular automata modeling to aid conservation of f Suoyang

Image credits: Jerome Mayaud and Jenny Richards

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Geographers researching heritage