Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Old Walled City of Shibam' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| The first known inscription about the city dates from the 3rd century CE. | WIKI |
| The city was listed with the UNESCO World Heritage List,[7] in 1982. | WIKI |
| During the Yemen Civil War the city suffered some damage[10][11] after insurgents detonated a car bomb. | WIKI |
| In 2015, UNESCO listed the city as "cultural heritage at risk". | WIKI |
| [16] While Shibam has been in existence for an estimated 1,700 years, most of the city's houses originate from the 16th century. | WIKI |
| Shibam is often called "the oldest skyscraper city in the world". | WIKI |
| [17] The city has some of the tallest mud buildings in the world, with some of them over 30xc2xa0m (98 feet) high,[18] thus being early high-rise apartment buildings. | WIKI |
| The city is surrounded by a fortified wall,[17] giving it the name "the walled city of Shibam". | WIKI |
| The city was heavily affected by flooding from a tropical cyclone in 2008. | WIKI |
| [19] The foundations of many of the buildings in the city were compromised by the flood waters, eventually leading to their collapse. | WIKI |
| The city is built on a rocky spur several hundred metres above the wadi bed, and superseded an earlier settlement that was partly destroyed by a massive flood in 1532-3. | UNESCO |
| In the late 19th century, traders returning from Asia regenerated the walled city and since then development has expanded to the southern bank of the wadi forming a new suburb, al-Sahil. | UNESCO |
| Abandonment of the old agricultural flood management system in the wadi, the overloading of the traditional sanitary systems by the introduction of modern water supply combined with inadequate drainage, together with changes in the livestock management have all contributed to the decay of the city. | UNESCO |
| As such the old walled city of Shibam and its setting in Wadi Hadramaut constitute an outstanding example of human settlement, land use and city planning. | UNESCO |
| While the highly homogenous society traces its roots to Shibam over centuries, the traditional way of life exemplified by the city and its tower houses is threatened by social and economic change. | UNESCO |
| Also, the oasis, its functioning and relationship with the city is still intact, and deserves protection. | UNESCO |
| The most distressing potential threat facing the city is flood, which might be at any time, detrimental to both the integrity and the authenticity of the old city, as it was during the disastrous flood of October 2008. | UNESCO |
| The attributes that carry Outstanding Universal Value including the city layout, the city skyline, the city wall, the traditional buildings, and the relationship between the city and its surrounding landscape continue to be maintained. | UNESCO |
| A city Master Plan has been recently approved and the Urban Conservation Plan is due to be approved within a few months. | UNESCO |
| Since 2000, the local branch of GOPHCY in Shibam has been supported by a project managed by the GIZ aimed at improving the city's overall physical, social and economic condition as well as undertaking capacity building of the GOPHCY staff branch. | UNESCO |
| A Management Plan for the city is under preparation, which will have a clear strategy for the revitalization and long term sustainable preservation of the property. | UNESCO |