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Changing the game: the case of cultural landscapes
Ochrona Dziedzictwa Kulturowego, 2023 There are a number of thoughtful analyses on how the World Heritage Convention has progressed, notably by Jukka Jokelhito, and by Christina Cameron and Mechtild Rössler. They explain the principles on which the World Heritage Convention was based.
David Jacques
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Land, 2023 The Butia odorata palm grove in southeast Uruguay forms a particular landscape of the Pampa biome, which has been inhabited and transformed since the early Holocene.
Mercedes Rivas +2 more
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Tracking the Material History Through the Analysis of Past and Present Alterations and Restorations. Application to Doors and Walls of the Museum Najerillense (La Rioja, Spain) [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesElements of cultural heritage are living entities with a history that is sometimes marked on its surface by means of different types of alterations (stains, wearing, graffiti, erosion, etc.).
J. Korro +6 more
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Geodesy, Surveying, 3D Modelling, and AI Virtual Reconstruction in the Archaeological Sites and Monuments of the Former Settlement of Ribeira Grande in Cidade Velha (Santiago Island, Cape Verde) [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesThe spatial framing of this contribution are the works of geometric documentation that are part of an archaeological mission abroad developed by universities of Spain and Portugal in the historical settlement of Ribeira Grande (now, Cidade Velha) in Cape
B. García +3 more
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Landscape of culture and culture of landscape: does landscape ecology need culture? [PDF]
Landscape Ecology, 2010 The objects of study in landscape ecology becomeincreasingly ‘‘cultural.’’ Humans now appropriateabout 24% the Earth’s terrestrial net primary pro-ductivity (Haberl et al. 2007), and almost all ecosys-tems and landscapes around the world have beeninfluenced or even ‘‘domesticated’’ by humans(Kareiva et al. 2007). Landscapes are endowed with,and continue
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Territorial resilience and cultural landscapes
Convergências - Revista de Investigação e Ensino das Artes, 2021 Current climatc, social and fnancial phenomena have triggered deep modifcatons in cultural landscapes, threatening their fragile territories and the communites that live in them. Nevertheless, they also represent a challenge to fnd a renewed link between
Elena Dorato
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Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2012 Intensive summer rain showers in 2005 and 2007 caused floods in most rivers of Lithuania. A large majority of the worst problems occurred in the basins of the Akmena-Danė and Minija rivers that are adjacent to the seashore.
Vytautas Dubra, Jonas Abromas
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The Sacrality of Space, Time, and Water: The Biggest Assembly of Kumbha Melā 2025, India
Space and Culture, IndiaThe greatest of the religious events, the Kumbha Melā, is a riverside festival held every twelve years, rotating among Prayāgraj (formerly Allahabad), Nasik, Ujjain, and Haridvar.
Rana P.B. Singh
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Earth mortars and earth-lime renders
Conservar Património, 2008 Earth surface coatings play a decorative architectural role, apart from their function as wall protection. In Portuguese vernacular architecture, earth mortars were usually applied on stone masonry, while earth renders and plasters were used on indoors ...
Maria Fernandes
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Tourism and Cultural Landscapes in Southern China’s Highlands
Via@, 2020 Cultural landscapes are combined work of man and nature. In 1992, the World Heritage Convention adopted the cultural landscape in the World Heritage List. In Asia, the ongoing urbanization and rural-urban migration have threatened the continuing cultural
Zhe Wang, Nelson Graburn
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