World Heritage Conservation: The World Heritage Convention, Linking Culture and Nature for Sustainable Development

by Claire Cave, Elene Negussie

Overview

The UNESCO World Heritage Convention has become one of the most successful UN instruments for promoting cultural diplomacy and dialogue on conservation of cultural and natural heritage. This book provides an overview of the convention through an interdisciplinary approach to conservation. It shows that based on the notion of outstanding universal value and international cooperation for the protection of heritage, the convention provides a platform for sustainable development through the conservation and management of heritage of significance to humanity.

With increasing globalization of heritage, World Heritage Conservation is reviewed as an emerging interdisciplinary field of study creating new opportunities for inclusive heritage debate both locally and globally, requiring common tools and understanding. With over a thousand properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, from biologically diverse sites such as the Central Amazon Conservation Complex to the urban landscape of the metropolis of Rio de Janeiro, the book will help students, researchers and professionals in the identification, protection, conservation and presentation of World Heritage. Targeted at a diversity of disciplines, the book critically describes the strategies for implementing the convention and the processes of heritage governance for sustainable development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415728546
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/19/2017
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Claire Cave holds a Ph.D. in zoology from University College Dublin, Ireland. She is coordinator of the World Heritage Management Programme and co-designer of the World Heritage Conservation Distance Learning Programme, in the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin.

Elene Negussie holds a Ph.D. in geography from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She is co-designer of the World Heritage Conservation Distance Learning Programme and former lecturer on the World Heritage Management Programme at University College Dublin, Ireland. Since 2014 she has been site manager for the Hanseatic Town of Visby, at Region Gotland, Sweden.

Table of Contents

Introduction to World Heritage Conservation 1. World Heritage and Sustainable Development 2. Defining World Heritage 3. Governing World Heritage 4. Implementing the World Heritage Convention 5. Using World Heritage 6. Managing World Heritage 7. Creating World Heritage Capacities 8. Endangered Heritag Conclusion: Towards a Holistic Approach