Impacts of Climate Change on Vernacular Landscapes and Cultural - Heritag

This book reveals the impacts of climate change and anthropogenic interventions on vernacular landscapes as a cultural heritage through an analysis of regional and urban development projects and local-level practices.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Impacts of Climate Change on Vernacular Landscapes and Cultural Heritage 2. Definitions, Concepts, and Theories 3. The Identification and Characterisation of the Primary and Comparative Case Study Areas 4. Pre-industrial Vernacular Landscapes and Climate Responsiveness in Rize (1800-1923) and Reflections from Comparative Cases 5. Spatial Planning Challenges in the Preservation of Vernacular Landscapes: Lessons from F¿nd¿kl¿ (1950-1990) and Comparative Contexts 6. The Local Challenges of Preserving Vernacular Buildings: Perspectives of Building Owners (1950-2019) and Comparative Case Studies 7. Climate Change and Vernacular Landscapes: Narratives of Transformation and Resilience 8. General Conclusions Toward Integrated Climate and Disaster Risk Management for Vernacular Heritage Sites

About the author

Gül Aktürk is Assistant Professor in Heritage Studies in the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University. Her research interest lies in the intersection of climate change and cultural heritage. Her research also investigates climate resilience of cultural heritage, vernacular heritage, cultural landscapes, climate displacement, intangible cultural heritage, land-use changes, critical heritage studies, and archaeological heritage management.
She is an architect and studied MSc Architectural Conservation at Edinburgh University between 2012 and 2013. She then worked in several architectural restoration projects and archaeological excavations for over five years.
She completed her PhD with the title of "Climate Change and the Resilience of Collective Memories" in the Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft in January 2023. She received VAG Publication Grant to publish her PhD thesis as a book. Before completing her PhD, she started her postdoctoral research on I-tree 2.0 NL project in the Industrial Design Engineering Faculty at TU Delft.

Product details

• Authors: Gul Akturk, Gül Aktürk
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032433189
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3243318-9
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Cultural Studies, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Climate Change, Landscape art & architecture, NATURE / Ecology, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, ARCHITECTURE / Vernacular, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Social and cultural history, Conservation of the environment, Human Geography, Urban communities, Development Studies, Conservation of buildings & building materials, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Landscape architecture and design, Conservation of buildings and building materials, Urban communities / city life