[2] UNESCO's List of World Cultural Heritage in Danger includes "threatening impacts of climatic, geological or other environmental factors" as a category of threat.
Sea level rise and coastal erosion are causing loss of structures and archaeological material in the historic port city of Kilwa Kisiwani.
[5] Mitigation has included strategies to control the rising water table, stabilisation of perimeter walls, architectural documentation, local skills development and awareness-building campaigns, and a disaster preparedness plan.
[6] Due to decrease of sea areas and higher exposure to storms, the 19th century whalers' settlement of Hershel Island had to be relocated inland to keep the buildings dry and avoid flooding of low lying structures.
(Case studies on climate change and World Heritage, Unesco)[7] Building structures in the Mosque City of Bagerhat are decaying due to rising water and soil salinity.