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Ousama Rumayed

Published On

2024-09-26

Page Range

pp. 31–56

Language

  • English

Print Length

26 pages

2. Urban Development of Palmyra, Post-war Damage Assessment and Recovery Policy

Chapter of: Urban Heritage and Sustainability in the Age of Globalisation(pp. 31–56)
Chapter Two analyses the urban development of Palmyra, Syria, where historical heritage has been severely damaged by conflict. The war in Syria wrought devastation upon numerous significant archaeological sites and monuments dating from the Prehistoric, Byzantine, Roman and Islamic periods. Against this backdrop, Ousama Rumayed focuses on the post-war period, outlining the recovery policy to preserve the city’s archaeological park and monuments. Through a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis, the author identifies internal and external factors favourable to securing the future of this heritage and harnessing its vast cultural and socio-economic potential.

Contributors

Ousama Rumayed

(author)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2183-2872

Ousama Rumayed is a senior civil engineer, expert in cultural heritage, particularly in safeguarding cultural heritage threatened by damage and erasure due to armed conflicts. He served at the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM) in Syria. With over two decades of professional experience, he has held various positions, including IT Director and tutor at the Institute of Archaeology and Museums, deputy national co-manager for the Cultural Tourism Development Programme, and heritage expert and member of the Interim Steering Committee, working on the establishment of an ICOMOS National Committee in Syria. As a doctoral candidate in History at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, his research focuses on the historical urban development of Palmyra, post-war cultural resource management and documentation using the Geographic Information System (GIS) approach. Currently, he is an academic volunteer at the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) in Leiden, Netherlands.