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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"World heritage site"”.
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The Experience of Space and Place in World Heritage Site Management
… academic discourse and visitor experience at World Heritage Sites, investigating whether it is possible to put ‘’authenticity based on sound research’’ at the heart of the visitor experience (ICOMOS 2011), whilst still “preserving and promoting the spirit of place” (ICOMOS 2008).<br/>Using an …
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Characterisation of air masses passing over the Vredefort Dome world heritage site
… Scientific and Cultural Organisation) world heritage site. It is the largest and second oldest meteorite impact structure in the world and is situated in the Witwatersrand basin (containing ~40% of the world's gold resources). In addition to the economic importance of the Vredefort …
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Two in one: explaining the management of the Okavango Delta World Heritage Site, Botswana
… of their outstanding universal significance, World Heritage sites are worthy of special protection by the international and local communities. They obtain this status after being listed under the UNESCO 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. In …
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Heritagisation, political action and social justice : Palestine’s Dheisheh refugee camp as a world heritage site
… dissertation strives to present a perception of heritage as a process, and to propose refugee heritage as a counter-narrative for authorised heritage. Its theoretical framework is based on dialectical arguments raised around each emerging question. The dissertation investigates the progression of …
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The investigation of energy efficiency measures in traditional buildings in the Oporto World Heritage Site
… reduction of CO2 emissions. Thermal regulations worldwide promote it, for both new and existing buildings. Among the existing stock, traditional and historic buildings pose the additional challenge of heritage conservation. Their energy efficiency upgrade raises the risk of provoking negative …
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Inscribing Violence: Quantifying the Impact of World Heritage Site Inscription on Direct and Structural Violence.
<p>The World Heritage Program and nomination process have undergone considerable criticism regarding their impact on host nations. These critics have often described violence as an unintended side-effect of heritage sites, but this research has lacked a systematic analysis of types of violence …
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Stakeholders, conservation and socio-economic development: the case of Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site, South Africa
The strategic importance of World Heritage sites in addressing social needs is now well recognised in Africa and elsewhere. However, the contribution of these sites to socio-economic development is rarely a topic of empirical investigation and is mostly implied. It is in this context that research …
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The charm of time: Generational comparison, memorable tourism experiences, and quality of life in visits to a world heritage site, Kulangsu
In recent years, heritage tourism has seen a shift toward younger visitors, challenging the earlier view that it attracts primarily older visitors. How this emerging group of younger tourists differ from older tourists, and the reasons for such differences from a Chinese generational perspective, …
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Digital documentation for integrated hazard assessment and sustainable management at dynamic natural heritage sites : the Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast World Heritage Site
… and animals depend. The capacity of natural heritage sites to change, often unpredictably, is one of their most fascinating features, but it also predisposes them to human influence from schemes which interfere with their natural dynamism (SNH, 2014). It also makes the sustainable management …
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Exploring global and local intersections at a prospective World Heritage Site in South Korea: implications for sustainable tourism development, strategic planning and management
… research examining the process of developing a World Heritage Site (WHS), in particular from a global-local perspective. Consequently, very little is known about the relationships and dynamic interactions between global priorities and local needs for development. Moreover, relatively little …
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Evaluating ecotourism in Mexico’s biosphere reserves – whale watching activities in the World Heritage Site of Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 1994-2002
… watching tourism in the Laguna San Ignacio (LSI) World Heritage Site - located within the El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The framework measured both the socio-economic changes, and the economic viability of the local and regional operators. This approach led to a …
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Visitors: their choice of activities and the importance of on-site interpretation in enhancing their overall experience at a World Heritage Site, the Jurassic Coast, UK.
… has been adopted at both natural and cultural sites as a soft visitor management tool where typically it might aim to develop an understanding and appreciation of the site as well as encouraging the appropriate on-site behaviour from the visitors. This study is primarily concerned with the …
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Terrestrial-aquatic transfers by hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius): effects on food web and benthic community structure of the St Lucia Estuary, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, World Heritage Site, South Africa
Africa’s last extant aquatic megaherbivore, the hippopotamus, facilitates linkages between terrestrial and aquatic systems at scales, frequencies and intensities that are probably unmatched by any other natural process. Through defaecation of terrestrial grasses into aquatic habitats, hippos …
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Wrangell Island: From political conflict to Russian sovereignty
… policies, the islands may qualify as the first World Heritage Site in the Arctic regions. This designation would permit Russia to advance Arctic conservation achievements, thus allowing Wrangell Island and Herald Island to assume an important place comparable with other World Heritage Site …
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The Local community as a stakeholder group and its participation in UNESCO's World Heritage nomination process: Jatiluwih Village, Bali, Indonesia.
… as a stakeholder group in the nomination of a World Heritage Site in Jatiluwih Village, Bali, Indonesia. The study adds to current knowledge by contributing an in-depth understanding of local community participation in the nomination process of a World Heritage Sites. The background for this …
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The relativity of authenticity: Notions of authenticity in the Cape Winelands cultural landscape and the impact of wine tourism on cultural heritage
… Winelands cultural landscape, a proposed serial World Heritage Site, have been studied. The study suggests that object-related or material authenticity is being replaced with alternative notions of authenticity in tourism and that the toured object, for the purpose of winelands tourism in the …
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Hybridizing old downtown Suwon City: how new urban fabric may save the past
… Hwaseong Fortress and designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, is currently experiencing challenges between preservation and development – past and future. This thesis investigates sustainable and productive urban tactics to mediate this conflict. The primary focus of these tactics is the …
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Study on the culture experiential and symbolic consumption of a heritage site: A case study of Mount Lushan in China
… tourist experiences based on the CCT lens in heritage tourism is still limited, especially in Chinese culture. The research aims to determine how a cultural heritage site’s symbolic and experiential consumption impacts Chinese consumers and how culture affects the experience of Chinese …
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Nanjing City Wall: embodied heritage in wallscape
… and nature, the importance of this ancient heritage was realized. However, as the wall has been nominated to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the government is implementing its preservation policy to sanitize the surrounding neighborhoods which are in poor condition. The preservation plan …
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Creating Shade in Arid Climates: A Welcoming Landscape Based on Zoroastrian Beliefs for the Towers of Silence
… of silence, in city of Yazd, designated as World Heritage Site, in the heart of Iran). The arid historic city of Yazd is getting hotter. The increasing temperatures make it more and more difficult to use the public space. Towers of silence inherited from Zoroastrianism are stone cylindrical …
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