An NPS Framework for Addressing Climate Change with Cultural Resources

摘要: Climate change presents many challenges to the stewardship of both cultural and natural resources. These include a wide range environmental impacts on resources, as well attendant effects social systems, food security, public health, among other sectors, now projected continue long into future (Pachauri et al. 2014). Addressing changes in resource management is not new, existing tools remain relevant we focus climate its interactions with challenges. Nonetheless, uncertainty how will vary time, space, intensity, interact each trends, requires managers use broader information decision-making. What follows framework for beginning identify such inform resources support coordination between cultural, natural, facilities places, responsibilities they share. The US National Park Service (NPS) released Change Response Strategy 2010, developing companion strategy document which provide additional guidance assist interdisciplinary work specific needs historic preservation partners across nation. This article outlines principle under development. Cultural have two-fold relationship change: information. While forces always affected are already being felt accelerate, intensify, recombine, present new stresses—this “impacts” component Additionally, useful about profound connection history human interaction climatic variability through time—this “information” component. In face change, focusing but be gained from equally important informing adaptation choices.