ITC 2016, the 11th year

10 to 26 September 2016, at Kyoto, Kobe and Sasayama, Japan

2016 ITC Theme:
Protecting cultural heritage from climate change induced disaster risks

Participants:
15 participants from Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain, Morocco, Jordan, Pakistan, India, Kenya, Philippines, New Zealand, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Brazil and Chile

Field Work Places:
Kiyomizu Dera, Sannei zaka, Ponto-cho, Fire Prevention Facilities at Ninna-ji Temple, Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, Kobe Earthquake site and Flood area, Sasayama Important Preservation Distric

Organized by:
Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto
In Cooperation with UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM, ICOMOS/ICORP, UNISDR
Supported by Toyota Foundation “Initiative Program”

Course Pictures

The lecture by Cultural Asset Division, Kyoto Prefecture
Site visit of Kiyomizu-dera conservation place
Site visit for Kiyomizu-dera World Heritage site
Site visit of Preservation District (Citizen Hydrant)
Site visit of Ponto-cho where fire damaged
Field work for risk assessment at Ponto-cho
A lecture at R-DMUCH (Climate Change)
Discussion at R-DMUCH (Emergency response)
The lecture of firefighting facilities at Ninna-ji WHS
Testing of fire prevention system at Ninna-ji WHS
Discussion with local community`s stakeholders
Workshop for designing recovery process
Discussion for designing recovery process
Final presentation of case projects and discussion
A group photo of 10 years` anniversary symposium