World Heritage: Benefits Beyond Borders

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Cambridge University Press, 2012 - Education - 366 pages
Part I. Bridging Nature and Culture:1. Conservation of World Heritage and community engagement in a transboundary Biosphere Reserve: Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal. 2. Community engagement in safeguarding the world's largest reef: Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 3. Living World Heritage: kocjan Caves, Slovenia. 4. Challenges of protecting island ecosystems: Socotra Archipelago, Yemen. 5. Cultural landscapes: challenges and possibilities: Vegaøyan the Vega Archipelago, Norway. Part II. Urbanism and Sustainable Heritage Development: 6. Heritage and communities in a small island developing state: historic Bridgetown and its garrison, Barbados. 7. The Red City: Medina of Marrakesh, Morocco. 8. Capacity-building for sustainable urban development: town of Luang Prabang, Lao People's Democratic Republic. 9. World Heritage in poverty alleviation: Hoi an ancient town, Vietnam. 10. Responsible local community in historic centres: historic centre (Old Town) of Tallinn, Estonia. 11. An exceptional picture of a Spanish colonial city: historic centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox, Colombia. Part III. Integrated Planning and Indigenous Engagement: 12. Homelands of the Mijikenda people: sacred Mijikenda Kaya forests, Kenya. 13. Reconnection and reconciliation in Canadian Rocky Mountain parks: Jasper National Park, Canada. 14. Legacy of a chief: Chief Roi Mata's Domain, Vanuatu. 15. Living cultural landscape: rice terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras. 16. The strength of a cultural system: Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali. Part IV. Living Heritage and Safeguarding Outstanding Universal Value: 17. Aligning national priorities and World Heritage conservation: iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. 18. Participatory methodologies and indigenous communities project-based learning: Sian Ka'an, Mexico. 19. Village on the winding river: historic villages of Korea Hahoe and Yangdong. 20. World Heritage and Chinese diasporas: Kaiping Diaolou and villages, China. 21. Role of fisheries and ecosystem-based management: Shiretoko, Japan. Part V. More than the Monumental: 22. Dahshur villages in community development: Memphis and its necropolis the pyramid fields from Giza to Dahshur, Egypt. 23. Sustainable development in a Dutch-German World Heritage site: the Wadden Sea. 24. World Heritage site status a catalyst for heritage-led sustainable regeneration: Blaenavon industrial landscape, United Kingdom. 25. World Heritage in poverty alleviation: Serra da Capivara National Park, Brazil. 26. Angkor Archaeological Park and communities: Angkor, Cambodia Pathways to sustainable development.

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