Managing world heritage sites:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Butterworth-Heinemann 2006
Edition:1st ed
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:World Heritage Sites are some of the most recognised locations around the world. They include natural sites such as the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier and cultural ones such as the Pyramids at Giza, the Walled City of Baku in Azerbaijan and the Historic Centre of Riga in Latvia. The responsibility to manage them successfully and ensure that the resources are not damaged by visitors, war or environment is therefore vital. Managing World Heritage Sites covers the management issues encountered at cultural and natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites). WHS sites are high profile and as their designation states they are unique. They are often government owned and subject to political debate, they have iconic status and are therefore crucial to national tourism industries, and often involve a large number of stakeholders within their management structures. This text considers all of these aspects in arriving at solutions for site management principles
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xxiv, 294 pages
ISBN:9780750665469
0750665467
0080461751
9780080461755

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