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Historical Period Stone Anchors from Mombasa, Kenya: Evidence of Overseas Maritime Trade Contacts with Asia and Middle East

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics, 2015
One of the characteristics of the East African Coast has been its accessibility. The sea has been a means of contact with the outside world. Over the last 2000 years, there has been an interpenetration of cultures to this region through trade ...
Caesar Bita
doaj   +1 more source

AHP-GIS analysis for flood hazard assessment of the communities nearby the world heritage site on Ayutthaya Island, Thailand

open access: yes, 2020
Thailand faced the worst flooding in half a century in 2011. A previous flood had harshly affected the UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) and the surrounding communities.
Suthirat Kittipongvises   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sustainable Cultural Heritage Planning and Management of Overtourism in Art Cities: Lessons from Atlas World Heritage

open access: yesSustainability, 2020
In recent years, there has been an increase in international tourist arrivals worldwide. In this respect, Art Cities are among the most favorable tourist destinations, as they exhibit masterpieces of art and architecture in a cultural environment ...
G. De Luca   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation Design for Traditional Agricultural Villages: A Case Study of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama in Japan

open access: yesBuilt Heritage, 2019
Agricultural villages in Japan are declining and disappearing rapidly. When an agricultural village goes extinct, its tradition and culture die as well.
Nobu Kuroda
doaj   +1 more source

Heritage Impact Assessment, beyond an Assessment Tool: A comparative analysis of urban development impact on visual integrity in four UNESCO World Heritage Properties

open access: yes, 2020
Urban growth and modernisation are inevitable phenomena in the developing and developed countries, in which, cultural heritage properties as sensitive urban components may encounter irreparable losses.
Baharak Ashrafi, M. Kloos, C. Neugebauer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ancient Merv, Turkmenistan: research, conservation and management at a World Heritage Site [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
n the first issue of AI, Georgina Herrmann described the Institute’s initial involvement, from 1992, in survey, recording and excavation at the ancient Silk Road site of Merv.
Williams, T
core   +2 more sources

Consumer Preferences for Craft Beer: The Interplay of Localness and Advertising Language

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of the language of the label, origin of production, and origin of brewing ingredients on Croatian consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for organic craft beer. Employing an online survey and a choice experiment among 223 Croatian alcohol consumers, we find that while there's a willingness to pay a ...
Marija Cerjak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hazards, heritage protection and disasters resilience Competence, Liability and Culpability. Who's the blame?

open access: yesArcheomatica, 2018
In ordinary circumstances managing cultural heritage is not any easy, yet, lately it turned into a much more challenging job. During the last few decades we assisted to an increased number of disasters caused by events of unprecedented frequency and ...
Claudio Cimino
doaj   +5 more sources

Maritime Archaeological Research on the Pulau Melaka Shipwreck

open access: yesSPAFA Journal
In late 2020, a group of independent researchers found a pile of wood believed to be part of the structure of a shipwreck in Pulau Melaka, Melaka. The discovery was reported to the Department of National Heritage and Melaka Museum Corporation, which saw
Amir Husaini Saiffuddin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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