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Managing world heritage sites /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; Burlington, Mass. : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xxiv, 294 pages) : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9780750665469
  • 9781138137493
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Managing world heritage sites.DDC classification:
  • 363.69
Summary: World Heritage Sites are some of the most recognised locations around the world. They include natural sites such as the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier and cultural ones such as the Pyramids at Giza, the Walled City of Baku in Azerbaijan and the Historic Centre of Riga in Latvia. The responsibility to manage them successfully and ensure that the resources are not damaged by visitors, war or environment is therefore vital. Managing World Heritage Sites covers the management issues encountered at cultural and natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites). WHS sites are high profile and as their designation states they are unique. They are often government owned and subject to political debate, they have iconic status and are therefore crucial to national tourism industries, and often involve a large number of stakeholders within their management structures. This text considers all of these aspects in arriving at solutions for site management principles.
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Books Books Botho University Botswana Open Shelves Information Technology 363.69 LEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available BU-LIB24140
Books Books Botho University Botswana Open Shelves Information Technology 363.69 LEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available BU-LIB24141

Includes bibliographical references and index.

World Heritage Sites are some of the most recognised locations around the world. They include natural sites such as the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier and cultural ones such as the Pyramids at Giza, the Walled City of Baku in Azerbaijan and the Historic Centre of Riga in Latvia. The responsibility to manage them successfully and ensure that the resources are not damaged by visitors, war or environment is therefore vital. Managing World Heritage Sites covers the management issues encountered at cultural and natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites). WHS sites are high profile and as their designation states they are unique. They are often government owned and subject to political debate, they have iconic status and are therefore crucial to national tourism industries, and often involve a large number of stakeholders within their management structures. This text considers all of these aspects in arriving at solutions for site management principles.

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