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World Heritage Sites in Sweden
, 2014 This book describes Sweden’s fifteen World Heritage sites. A World Heritage site is a site of special cultural or natural value that relates the history of the Earth and its people.
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Revealing the Level of Tension Between Cultural Heritage and Development in World Heritage Cities
Problemy Ekorozwoju, 2012 In theory, cultural heritage is regarded as a useful catalyst for sustainable development. However, in reality it is also regarded as an obstacle. Although cultural heritage is widely recognized as a unique and valuable resource of economic development,
Molly Turner +2 more
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World Heritage in the Digital Age, An Interdisciplinary Approach
, 2004 More than ever - whenever and wherever we enter the Digital Age - the task in terms of World Heritage will remain: commonly working on the human capacity to form communities, enhance life and continuously appeal for a natural and cultural balanced world ...
Diekmann, Christiane +2 more
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rain‐induced erosion processes can severely damage Earthen archaeological sites. Huaca Chornancap (HCH; eighth–14th century ad) is a platform located in the Lambayeque region (Peru) exposed to seasonal rain due to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Luigi Magnini +5 more
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Heritage-Based Urban Development
EncyclopediaThe purpose of this entry is to introduce the concept of Heritage-based Urban Development and explain its evolution and implications for historic urban landscapes.
Matthias Ripp, Jonquille Clifford
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Review, Claire Cave and Elene Negussie, World Heritage Conservation. Th e World Heritage Convention, Linking Culture and Nature for Sustainable Development, Routledge: London and New York, 2017 [PDF]
Plural: History, Culture, Society, 2018 Review on book Claire Cave and Elene Negussie, World Heritage Conservation. Th e World Heritage Convention, Linking Culture and Nature for Sustainable Development, Routledge: London and New York ...
Musteata, Sergiu
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Burial mounds are key elements of Mediterranean funerary landscapes, but in intensively cultivated coastal plains their low‐relief expression is easily obscured by ploughing, levelling and rapidly changing surface conditions, making single‐date observations unreliable.
Salvatore Polverino +2 more
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Built Heritage, 2019 This article argues that China’s growing attention towards villages in recent years has contributed to transforming the concept of built heritage and helped in disseminating a holistic idea of territory that has prepared the ground for the environmental ...
Anna-Paola Pola
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Urban Heritage in the Arabian Peninsula, the Experiences of Jeddah and Dubai
Built Heritage, 2018 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates feature ultra-modern cities with millions of residents that developed in opposition to the physical patterns of traditional historical settlements.
Simone Ricca
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Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of an integrated archaeological and geophysical investigation conducted between 2018 and 2024 at the newly discovered Picenian and Roman necropolis of Contrada Nevola (Corinaldo, Marche, Central Italy), identified in the framework of development‐led archaeology. The research strategy combined aerial photography,
Federica Boschi
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