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UNESCO World Heritage Designation

2017
The chapter analyzes the impacts of World Heritage List designation on the local economy, residents, and environment in the Vietnamese site of Hoi An Ancient Town. Findings from the study raise concerns about managing heritage tourism in developing countries. While Hoi An successfully attracts a large number of tourists and enjoys economic success from
Huong T. Bui   +2 more
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Introduction: UNESCO World Heritage – Grounded?

2016
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Brumann, Christoph, Berliner, David
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George Town – UNESCO World Heritage Site

2021
Apart from Kuala Lumpur, another Malaysian city that is embarking on the creative city pathway is George Town. This chapter illustrates how the creative city agenda is playing out in George Town World Heritage Site, especially after the 2008 UNESCO inscription. The chapter will close by discussing the state, private sector and civil society dynamics in
Suet Leng Khoo, Nicole Shu Fun Chang
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UNESCO, world heritage and human rights

International Journal of Cultural Property, 2022
AbstractThis article examines the relationship between the World Heritage Convention and international human rights law. The first part of the article draws on key phrases in Article 1 of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Constitution, which defines its purpose to elaborate on the role of human rights to ...
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UNESCO World Heritage List

2019
The World Heritage List compiles built and natural sites and more recently also intangible traditions and customs judged to be of “outstanding value to humanity” by a commission of UNESCO. The main goals are to draw attention to sites and traditions in danger of disappearing and to assist in preserving them.
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The heritage‐scape: UNESCO, world heritage, and tourism

International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2010
by Michael A. Di Giovine, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009, 542 pp., US$44.95 (paperback), ISBN 978‐0‐7391‐1435‐3 This book analyses the World Heritage label in general and specifically in Asia.
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The 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention

Heritage & Society, 2011
(2011). The 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Heritage & Society: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 173-186.
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UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention at 40

Current Anthropology, 2013
The year 2012 marked the fortieth anniversary of UNESCO’s 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. It remains the major international instrument for safeguarding the world’s heritage. The Convention’s most significant feature is its integration of the concepts of nature conservation and preservation of ...
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