Managing World Heritage Sites

by Leask,Anna

• ISBN13: 9780750665469
• ISBN10: 0750665467
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-06-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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. In 12 chapters and 5 case studies it covers issues such as WHS designation, marketing, visitor management, revenue generation and management. Each chapter will examine the management issues associated with managing heritage within the WH Sites, making clear use of management practices to apply the theory. Managing World Heritage Sites: Includes international case studies such as the Grand Canyon, Taj Mahal, Angor Wat, Statue of Liberty, Yosemite National Park. Is authored by an international contributor team of well known and respected experts in this field Has a user friendly and logical structure including aims, introduction, case study, conclusion, references and websites and examples best practice. 5 specific case study chapters including a location map, an explanation of key issues, conclusion, and questions for self-study * Covers the management issues encountered at cultural and natural world heritage sites including designation, marketing, visitor management, revenue generation and management. * Illustrated with international case studies including Grand Canyon, Taj Mahal, Angor Wat, Statue of Liberty, Yosemite National Park. * International contributor team of well known and respected experts in this field

Table of Contents

Introduction to World Heritage Sites - World heritage site designation

Implementing the world heritage convention

Management of World Heritage Sites -Stakeholders and community participation

Marketing issues and world heritage sites

Destination management

Visitor management at world heritage sites

Generating and Managing Revenue - Tourisms contribution to world heritage site management

Juxtaposing the timeless and the ephemeral

Information communication technology applications for world heritage site management

Strategy -Strategy and policy for the world heritage convention

The future market for world heritage sites

Case Studies - Visitor management issues at Stonehenge, UK

Sustainable development in tourism

Managing visitor impacts at Lijiang, China

Managing an urban world heritage site

Tourism development, empowerment and the Tibetan minority

National Nature Reserve, China

World heritage sites in the Americas

World heritage listing: The case of Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), China

The Neolithic Temples of Malta

The Rainforest Ways: Managing tourism in the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia

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