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World Heritage Site inscription and waterfront heritage conservation: evidence from the Grand Canal historic districts in Hangzhou, China

Journal of Heritage Tourism, 2020
This paper explores heritage conservation and tourism development en route to and after World Heritage Site inscription and the roles of local authorities and communities through the case of three heritage sites along the Grand Canal in Hangzhou.
Zhu Qian
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Local community support, attitude and perceived benefits in the UNESCO World Heritage Site

, 2020
PurposeThis study aims to explore the support and attitudes of the local community together with the benefits of living in the vicinity of George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site.
M. Hanafiah, M. R. Jamaluddin, A. Riyadi
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Heritage in the Wider World

2010
This chapter adds to an argument already developing in the heritage literature, which frames international policy — charters, conventions, declarations, recommendations, resolution and so forth — as something of an ‘offshore’ resource for domestic policymakers in a range of countries.
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Sensing World Heritage

2014
Social media services play an important role in today’s society and are increasingly used by the scientific community to understand the human landscape, with regard to local sensitivities and the broadcasting of opinion. Collection of social media feeds has become a new data source for understanding and modelling phenomena.
Eric Vaz   +3 more
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World Heritage and Geomorphology

2009
The 1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, generally called the World Heritage Convention, recognizes places (termed properties within the Convention) that are of “Outstanding Universal Value.” The convention has a significant role in identifying and protecting properties with geomorphological ...
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Tourism and the World of Culture and Heritage

Tourism Recreation Research, 2000
Culture and heritage constitute vital resources for tourism development, and tourism in turn makes an important contribution to cultural development. This paper considers the key trends in the cultural and heritage tourism markets, including the development of demand, the elements of culture and heritage included in the tourism product, the role of the
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World Heritage

, 2022
Simon Woodward, Louise Cooke
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From world health to world heritage

UN Chronicle, 2015
In a pedestrianized area in the midst of San Francisco, a United Nations flag flutters alongside an American one. Granite columns flank the plaza bearing the names of United Nations Member States and the year in which they joined the Organization. There is a sunken fountain designed by Lawrence Halprin to symbolize the seven continents of the world ...
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World Heritage and the Public

2016
This dossier is one of the outcomes of the third and final workshop of the European JPI-JHEP Heritage Values Network (H@V) project (www.heritagevalues.net/), partly financed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through an "I+D+i Orientada a los retos de la sociedad" project entitled "La Red de los Valores del Patrimonio" (Ref PCIN ...
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