Abstract
This article aims to assess the possible physical impact of flood
disaster on historical monument sites (HMS). It was found that
there are six crucial disaster vulnerability factors. Of these,
there are two most important factors for analysing the possible
physical impact of flood, which are topography and the
distance from the river. In this study 489 HMS were assessed,
294 of these were assessed as possibly being damaged by flood
with extremely high, very high or high vulnerability. The field
survey assessed 84 HMS as being damaged by the previous 2011
flood. The approach was based on previous studies and the
application of Geographic information system(GIS) techniques
and on Spatial Multicriteria Evaluation (SMCE) for identifying
the disaster vulnerability areas and the priorities for HMS
conservation. For the present study, this adopted approach was
chosen because it allows non-experts in the field of urban
planning and urban architecture to perform surveys on the
steps for conservation of HMS in a data scarce environment.
Moreover, the results of GIS can be verified with the field
survey to deliver priorities of intervention based on the
vulnerability of the HMS assets. This study also evaluates the
risk factors for integrating hazard risk aspects of cultural
heritage sites into conservation plans.