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Who visits World Heritage? A comparative analysis of three cultural sites [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Heritage tourism is a growing segment of the modern tourism industry, and several studies have been undertaken to identify the individuals who participate in this type of tourism.
Adie, Bailey Ashton, Hall, C. Michael
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Communication Model for Built Heritage Assets Going from Knowing to Identification

open access: yesBuilt Heritage, 2017
The Communication Model of Built Heritage Assets (COBA) refers to several scientific theories in the realm of learning and cognition. The idea of the COBA-Model is to support and stimulate a more professional heritage communication and a more efficient ...
Matthias Ripp, Susanne Hauer
doaj   +1 more source

Influencing Factors of Residents’ Perception of Responsibilities for Heritage Conservation in World Heritage Buffer Zone: A Case Study of Libo Karst

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
Local residents of buffer zones, as a key factor in the World Heritage conservation and sustainable development, have not received sufficient attention in most developing countries, especially in the mountainous areas where poor and backward ethnic ...
Ruonan Fang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Der mittelalterliche jüdische Friedhof in Erfurt

open access: yesFasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2023
In Erfurt, a part of the medieval Jewish cemetery was excavated in 2013. For the first time in Germany, it was possible to carry out both anthropological and genetic studies on the burials recovered there. 14C analyses completed the research.
Karin Sczech
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The Role of Local Communities and Well-Being in UNESCO World Heritage Site Conservation: An Analysis of the Operational Guidelines, 1994–2019

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
UNESCO’s world heritage program aims to protect sites of cultural and natural heritage worldwide. Issues of local communities and well-being have been given increasing attention by heritage conservation scholars, but a systemic review of UNESCO ...
Hanbyeol Jang, J. Mennis
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cultural Landscape in World Heritage Conservation and Cultural Landscape Conservation Challenges in Asia

open access: yesBuilt Heritage, 2018
UNESCO was the first United Nations agency to deal with landscapes at a global scale, notably through the World Heritage Convention. In 1992, Cultural Landscapes’ became a new category on the World Heritage List combining works of nature and of humankind:
Mechtild Rössler, Roland Chih-Hung Lin
doaj   +1 more source

Documentation of cultural heritage; techniques, potentials, and constraints [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015
Cultural Heritage is known as an invaluable asset of human being, which portrays his achievements over centuries. The need for identification and preservation of cultural heritage is well understood and experts‟ attempt is to exploit any possible method
F. Hassani
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Governance or the Management of Cultural Landscapes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many (World Heritage) cultural landscapes are a living environment for thousands of inhabitants, visitors, entrepreneurs, farmers and other land users.
Kurz, Peter, Ruland, Gisa, Zech, Sibylla
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Geotechnical modelling of the climate change impact on world heritage properties in Alexandria, Egypt

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2021
Alexandria is one of the Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage sites at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise. The city’s position on the Mediterranean coast means it is especially vulnerable to rising sea levels.
S. Hemeda
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Vergis Mein Nit”—Connectedness and Commemoration through Rings in the 16th Century

open access: yesArts, 2023
By the end of the 16th century, finger rings in reverse glass painting technique became increasingly popular in Europe. Often, they are used in the context of signet rings with the monogram together with the coat of arms of its beholder depicted on the ...
Romina Ebenhöch
doaj   +1 more source

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