From Conservation to Sustainable Development—A Case Study of Angkor World Heritage Site, Cambodia

Hang, Peou; Ishwaran, Natarajan; Hong, Tao; Philippe, Delanghe

doi:10.17265/2162-5298/2016.03.004

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“…In particular, the study estimated that the rehabilitated water reservoir could reduce the number of flooded areas by 40% [11]. In addition, studies in Cambodia have shown that the Barays at Angkor have improved residents' quality of life in the Siem Reap province by preventing floods, supplying water during drought months, providing fishing grounds, and promoting tourism [21]. For example, local fishers each catch at least 3 kg (6.6 lbs) of fish daily from the Baray [16,21,22].…”

Section: Water Harvesting Reservoirsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, studies in Cambodia have shown that the Barays at Angkor have improved residents' quality of life in the Siem Reap province by preventing floods, supplying water during drought months, providing fishing grounds, and promoting tourism [21]. For example, local fishers each catch at least 3 kg (6.6 lbs) of fish daily from the Baray [16,21,22]. These studies have shown that water harvesting reservoirs can improve water storage, flood protection, and its residents' quality of life.…”

Section: Water Harvesting Reservoirsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Using AHP and Spatial Analysis to Determine Water Surface Storage Suitability in Cambodia

Ward

Poleacovschi

Perez

2021

Water

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Cambodia suffers from devastating droughts in the dry season and floods in the wet season. These events’ impacts are further amplified by ineffective water resources infrastructure that cannot retain water during the dry season. Water harvesting (the collection and management of floodwater or rainwater runoff to increase water supply for domestic and agricultural use) is an approach that could improve Cambodia’s resiliency against droughts and floods. Despite the known benefits of water harvesting, there are currently few studies on water harvesting suitability in Cambodia. This research argues that suitable water harvesting sites can be identified by combining various expertise and evaluating hydrologic site conditions. Thirty-one local and USA water infrastructure experts made pairwise comparisons between essential engineering criteria: soil drainage, geologic porosity, precipitation, land cover, and slope. Then, model weights were calculated based on the comparisons. Using the model weights, a water harvesting suitability model showed that 19% of Cambodian land has high suitability, and about 13% of the land has the best suitability. This water harvesting model can help guide future water infrastructure projects to improve climate resiliency by identifying suitable sites for water harvesting reservoirs.

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Section: Water Harvesting Reservoirsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Water Harvesting Reservoirsmentioning

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Using AHP and Spatial Analysis to Determine Water Surface Storage Suitability in Cambodia

Ward

Poleacovschi

Perez

2021

Water

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“…Therefore, rural areas have great economic and CNH potential that can be exploited in tackling their socio-economic challenges towards a sustainable regeneration of rural communities. While this path has been explored at an international level [6][7][8][9][10], this perspective is rather new in the European context, stimulated by the evolving meanings of CNH and its role in a smart, inclusive and sustainable growth [11] and the overall role of culture as the fourth pillar of sustainable development [12,13].…”

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Participatory Process for Regenerating Rural Areas through Heritage-Led Plans: The RURITAGE Community-Based Methodology

Luca

López-Murcia²,

Conticelli

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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Rural areas in Europe host more than 55% of the overall population and embed a unique and peculiar cultural and natural heritage. Nevertheless, they are facing common issues of disengagement, depopulation and economic and social crises. Rural communities are increasingly interested in setting up inclusive and participatory regeneration processes, but participatory planning experiences in rural areas are still limited. This paper introduces the Community-based Heritage Management and Planning methodology (CHMP) developed within the RURITAGE project, and analyzes and presents the results of its implementation in six demonstrators around Europe and beyond. The methodology is based on the establishment of Rural Heritage Hubs (RHH), intended as the community of local stakeholders and a physical place to run the co-creation activities. We used four types of feedback—online survey, in-presence survey, consultations and interviews with RHH Coordinators—to analyze the implementation of the CHMP. The research findings show that through built capital (RHH places activated) and through the activation of local social and human capitals (RHH communities engaged in the process), participatory processes can attract local communities and engage them into the development and the implementation of local regeneration plans, fostering heritage ownership and inclusion.

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“…The water distribution network of Angkor, covering over 1000 km 2 , was made up of hundreds of excavated canals and embankments, temple moats, reservoirs, natural river channels and other features, which provided both irrigation and flood defense [10]. Flooding is a frequent recurring problem in Siem Reap River Basin which comprises the area of Pourk river, Siem Reap river and Rolous river network.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Minimizing flood-threat is the primary concern of APSARA during the wet season. Now, the Angkorean hydraulics has been assigned a central role for the conservation of Angkor World Heritage site and the sustainable development of the Siem Reap province [10]. Regarding the Angkor's hydraulic network, Kummu [11] studied natural and artificial water systems, analyzed the influence and role of these water systems and proposed the establishment of water management levels and water management areas, providing a theoretical basis for water management.…”

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Flood Hazard Mapping and Assessment on the Angkor World Heritage Site, Cambodia

Liu

Chen

et al. 2019

Remote Sensing

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World Heritage sites in general are exposed to the impacts of natural hazards, which threaten their integrity and may compromise their value. Floods are a severe threat to the Angkor World Heritage site. Studies of regional floods and flood hazard zoning have played an increasingly important role in ensuring sustainability of the Angkor site. This study developed a flood hazard index (FHI) model based on a geographic information system (GIS) and used synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data to extract historical floods at Angkor from 2007 to 2013. Four indices (flood affected frequency, absolute elevation, elevation standard deviation, drainage density) were used to identify flood-prone areas. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Delphi method were employed to determine the weight of each index. The weighted indices were then used to develop a distribution map of flood hazards at Angkor. The results show that 9 monuments are at risk by potential floods among the 52 components of the Angkor monuments. The high hazard and moderate-to-high hazard areas in the core zone are mainly located surrounding the West Baray but will not bring direct risk impact on the monuments located in the core archaeological zone. The moderate hazard areas are located on both sides of the Siem Reap and Roluos rivers and in the flooded area of the Tonle Sap Lake in the core archaeological zone. These areas cover 19.4 km2, accounting for 9.13% of the total area of the core zone. This moderate hazard zone poses a greater flood threat to the core zone and must be given higher attention. The buffer zone is a small area with fewer sites. As such, flooding has a low impact on the buffer zone. The methods used in this study can be applied to flood hazard assessments of other heritage sites in Southeast Asia.

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From Conservation to Sustainable Development—A Case Study of Angkor World Heritage Site, Cambodia

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

Using AHP and Spatial Analysis to Determine Water Surface Storage Suitability in Cambodia

Using AHP and Spatial Analysis to Determine Water Surface Storage Suitability in Cambodia

Participatory Process for Regenerating Rural Areas through Heritage-Led Plans: The RURITAGE Community-Based Methodology

Flood Hazard Mapping and Assessment on the Angkor World Heritage Site, Cambodia

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