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，还危及文化价值和做法的保护和延续，这些价值和做法在这个社区形成了不可替代的历史层面，体现在当地手工艺和价值链以及该行业的社会资本和时空网络中。重要的是，相互关联的物质和非物质文化遗产直接影响城市的复原力和经济增长。该项目旨在审查、量化测绘和促进达米埃塔的文化和经济复原力，达米埃塔正受到气候变化和对其社会文化遗产不敏感的当代政治决策的威胁。通过记录和突出这种手工业及其社交网络的土著知识和有形文化遗产，可以提出一个强有力的案例来保护这些做法并挽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，这些方法基于实地调查验证地理空间地理信息系统网络地图。本研究利用网络理论、社会资本理论和竞争优势理论作为量化社会资本的依据，并将其在空间上的弹性形象化。该项目的成果包括绘制作为文化遗产的社会资本网络的可视化地理信息系统地图，将在线互动平台作为家具业社区对减缓气候变化的认识的共享场所，为市政和地方当局的包容性决策提供建议，以及为达米埃塔的家具行业网络在教科文组织非物质文化遗产计划中的承认建立案例。该项目从气候行动方面解决与文化遗产、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；工业与创新；可持续城市和社区；以及气候行动(SDG 8、9、11和13)。这为埃及以数据为导向的可持续发展提供了机会，埃及被列入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.