ITC 2018, the 13th year

Dates of Course:
29th August to 19th September, 2018 at Kyoto, Kobe and Kumano, Japan

2018 ITC Theme:
Towards Integrated Protection of Immovable and Movable Cultural Heritage from Disasters

Participants:
15 participants from Brazil, Bhutan, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Mexico, Nepal, Georgia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Belgium, Romania and Italy

Field Work Places:
Kyoto National Museum, Ponto-cho district in Kyoto.
Flood disaster occurred in the Hirafuku, Sayo-cho and Takeda, Asago-shi
Kobe (area from the Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) Earthquake in 1995. )

Organized by:
Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University
In cooperation with UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOM & ICOMOS/ICORP

Course Pictures

Field work for Risk Assessment (Ponto-cho)
Workshop for Emergency Response and Discussion (Ponto-cho)
Lecture of Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage (R-DMUCH)
Site visit of Cultural Heritage (Ninna-ji)
Fire Fighting Equipment (Ninga-ji)
Training Program – Typhoon Simulation (Kyoto City Disaster Prevention Center)
Lecture of Environmental Water Supply System (Kiyomizu Area)
Site visit of Kiyomizu-dera World Heritage site
Site visit of Preservation District (Sannenzaka Area)
Lecture of Flood Disaster and Planning of Disaster Prevention (Sayo-cho, Hirafuku)
Site visit of the district damaged by typhoon (Sayo-cho, Hirafuku)
Takeda Castle
Final Presentation and Discussion
Farewell and Certification
International Symposium (group photo)