280218_Luxor-Egypt SECAP Final_revised

Table 1 - Hazard & risks, Heritage Sustainable Management
HAZARD VULNERABILITY EXPOSURE RISK
Agriculture
expansion
Increased tourism
High High • Rising subsoil water table
Medium to high
Low and expected
to increase
Traffic High High
Neglect High High
Urban Expansion Medium High
Lack of
Awareness
Lack of
Maintenance
Low to Medium
High
Medium
High
Electricity High High
Flash floods High Low • Damage
• Wear & tear
• High Levels of Humidity
• Littering
• Destructive vibrations
• Decay & cracks
• Toxic fumes & pollution from parked tourists’ buses
• Obstruct the general view of & to the monuments.
• Insufficient conservation actions accelerate decay.
• Overgrown weed
• Visual pollution
• Polluted subsoil water
• Archaeological sites’ value aspects downgraded
• Theft
• Waste accumulation
• Vandalism
• Fire hazard from the tall dry grass
• Bat and bird droppings
• Growing weed
• Littering
• Fluctuating current
• Vibrations caused from overuse of generators
4.4 Actions needed (classified as per immediate/ short, mid, and long term basis).
Reviewing the different types of analyses exhibited above, there are different arrays of problems, lines of
problems that once erupted, a chain of other sequential problems occur. This would introduce us to the
concept of the chain of problems (Fig.5)
Tracing the chains, it is essential to define the overlapping causes, to be prioritised. Based on the analyses
above and as illustrated in Figure 5, lacking urban and rural development strategy as well as heritage site
management strategy are the major causes responsible for the current imbalanced situation.
It is essential, therefore, to recommend UDS and HSM as priority interventions. Meanwhile, due to critical
sequenced environmental risks, it is essential to prioritise dealing immediately with electricity problems
currently affecting heritage sites and the agricultural waste management problem, as well as another type of
immediate priority project for Al-Qurna.
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