Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
VI. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Amasya, Türkiye, 13 - 14 Kasım 2025, ss.157, (Özet Bildiri)
CONSERVATION-UTILIZATION
BALANCE OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN & CLIMATE CHANGE
Zehra ATALAY
Research
Assistant, İstanbul Kent University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of
Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, İstanbul-Türkiye, ORCID: 0000-0003-0785-9312
PhD. Student,
İstanbul Technical University, Graduate School, Department of Landscape
Architecture, İstanbul-Türkiye, ORCID: 0000-0003-0785-9312
Abstract
Climate
change globally impacts the environment and societies in multiple ways. In
cultural landscapes, which have emerged throughout a historical process as one
of the most prominent outcomes of the relationship between society and space,
the impacts of climate change lead to various consequences on the
conservation-utilization balance. The study aims to evaluate the relationship
between the conservation-utilization balance and climate change in cultural
landscape areas. Within this scope, three cultural landscape areas (Paros,
Cinque Terre, and Ayvalık) actively utilized by local communities along the
Mediterranean Basin coasts, which are warming faster than the global average,
were selected for examination. This study employs a 5-stage methodology that provides
a framework for presenting the physical, social, and administrative impacts of
climate change-related environmental threats on cultural landscapes. It
examines international reports, academic publications, and policy documents on
the effects of climate change on cultural landscapes. Throughout the case study
investigations, the Coastal Risk Screening Tool and the CORINE Project were
utilized to conduct specific evaluations. Drought, one of the most prominent
climate change impacts affecting the examined cultural landscape areas,
negatively affects olive production in all three sites, leading to the
deterioration of cultural values. Furthermore, climate change has demonstrably
affected tourism on Paros Island and the Ayvalık Industrial Landscape. These
cultural landscapes are increasingly vulnerable to damage to cultural value,
particularly the risk of restriction of community use, as a result of climate
change impacts. Although the Ayvalık Industrial Landscape shares similar
climate change impacts with other cultural landscapes, it is noteworthy that
adaptation projects supporting social use similar to those implemented have not
yet been developed in Ayvalık. Strategies developed to mitigate climate change
threats and potential consequences must be incorporated into conservation-use
oriented planning processes, particularly for cultural landscapes located in
regions that are highly vulnerable to climate change.
Keywords:
cultural landscape,
conservation, utilization, climate change