Conservation of Climate Change Endangered Cultural Furniture Industry Heritage in Damietta, Egypt

气候变化对达米埃塔的文化和工业遗产保护构成了重大威胁。海平面上升不仅危及重要的遗产地，也危及文化价值和习俗的保护和延续，这些文化价值和习俗构成了这个社区不可替代的历史层次，体现在当地的工艺和价值链中，以及该行业的社会资本和时空网络。至关重要的是，相互关联的物质和非物质文化遗产直接影响着城市的韧性和经济增长。该项目旨在研究，定量绘制和促进Damietta的文化和经济恢复能力，该地区受到气候变化和当代政治决策的威胁，这些决策对其社会文化遗产不敏感。通过记录和突出这个手工业的土著知识和物质文化遗产及其社会网络，可以有力地保护这些做法，拯救城市居民的经济生计。该方法采用混合方法，包括访谈、焦点小组和利益相关者研讨会，验证基于实地调查的地理空间GIS网络地图。本研究运用网络理论、社会资本理论和竞争优势理论作为证据基础，量化社会资本并可视化其空间弹性。项目成果包括作为文化遗产的社会资本网络的可视化GIS地图，作为家具行业社区意识减缓气候变化共享场所的在线互动平台，为市政当局和地方当局提供包容性决策建议，以及为Damietta的家具行业网络建立案例，以获得联合国教科文组织非物质文化遗产项目的认可。该项目涉及与气候行动方面的文化遗产、经济增长/改革和可持续性有关的几个联合国可持续发展目标（sdg）：体面工作和经济增长；产业与创新；可持续城市和社区；气候行动（可持续发展目标8、9、11和13）。这为埃及的数据驱动可持续发展提供了机会，这已被列入2020年减缓气候变化援助报告的官方发展援助清单。

Climate change poses a major threat to cultural and industrial heritage conservation in Damietta. Not only does sea- level rise endanger significant heritage sites, but also puts at risk the conservation and continuance of cultural values and practices that form irreplaceable layers of history in this community, embodied in the local craft and value chain, as well as the industry's social capital and spatio-temporal networks. Critically, the interrelated tangible and intangible cultural heritage directly affect the city's resilience and economic growth.This project aims to examine, quantitatively map and promote the cultural and economic resilience of Damietta, which is under threat from climate change and contemporary political decision-making that is insensitive to its socio-cultural heritage. By documenting and highlighting indigenouss knowlege and the tangible cultural heritage of this craft industry and its social networks, a strong case can be made to protect these practices and save the economic livelihood of the city's inhabitants.The methodology adopts a mixed methods approach, comprising interviews, focus groups and stakeholder workshops, which verify a geospatial GIS network map based on field survey. The research utilises Network Theory, Social Capital Theory and Competitive Advantage Theory as a basis for the evidence to quantity Social Capital and visualise its resilience in relation to space. The project outputs include visual GIS mapping of Social Capital networks as cultural heritage, online interactive platform as a shared arena for furniture industry community awareness towards climate change mitigation, recommendations for inclusive decision-making for municipalities and local authorities, as well as building the case for Damietta's furniture industry network for recognition in UNESCO's ICH programme.This project tackles several UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that relate to cultural heritage, economic growth/reform and sustainability in terms of climate action: decent work and economic growth; industry and innovation; sustainable cities and communities; and climate action (SDG 8, 9, 11, and 13). This offers an opportunity for data-driven sustainable development in Egypt, which is included in the ODA list on reporting for 2020 aid to mitigate against climate change.