The Relationship between Intangible Cultural Heritage and Urban Resilience: A Systematic Literature Review

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2021

Authors

Tavares, DS (Author) Other; Fernando Brandão Alves (Author) FEUP; Vasquez, IB (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Sustainability

ISSN: 2071-1050

Publisher: MDPI

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 12 Citations

Scopus - 17 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00V-RXK

DOI: 10.3390/su132212921

Abstract (EN): The need to study and understand urban resilience has been defended by academics, justified by a new global context characterized by a growing urban population and a changing climate. Moreover, the importance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has been recognized by UNESCO since 2003. Nevertheless, the relationship between ICH and urban resilience discourses is recent, with academic studies on this topic seeing an exponential growth from 2017 onward. This article aims to develop a systematic literature review in order to answer the research question "how does intangible heritage relate to urban resilience? " and present current academic debates on this relationship. Following a methodology which entailed an academic database search and the application of exclusion criteria, 94 results from Scopus and Web of Science were retrieved and analysed. The article presents a discussion of results and showcases an existing linkage between both areas of study. This study demonstrates the fragmentation and diversity of the debates when addressing the relationship between the two topics, with an existing focus on sustainability discourses, built heritage and the role of local communities. Moreover, the article also shows a prevalence of discourses based on an engineering resilience approach. Considerations for future approaches to ICH and urban resilience are presented, namely, the need to better integrate ICH into urban resilience discourses.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 16