气候变化时代视角下的文化景观保护

在全球生态系统中,气候变化已被看作一种新兴的影响力。在这样的背景下,气候变化也成为文化景观研究领域的新兴发展方向。本文记叙了3个仍在进行中的美国国家公园的研究案例。这3个案例显示了当气候变量改变文化景观时不同的预期影响,景观反映,及应当采取怎样的措施去保护文化景观。气候的长期变化和大型气候事件之间的差异表明必须监控气候。同时,在面对动态的气候系统时,研究还应当采用多样的方法并且接受未知的变量。

Protecting Cultural Landscapes in the Era of Climate Change

The study of the impacts of climate change on valued cultural landscapes is a new and evolving field, as climate change is understood as an emerging force on global ecological systems. This on-going study of three cultural landscapes in US national parks reflects different anticipated impacts, responses and approaches to protecting cultural landscapes as they are altered by climate variables. Differentiation between climate trend and climate events reveals the need for monitoring, various approaches and the acceptance of unknown variables in the face of dynamic climate systems.