1st Edition

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

By Claire Cave, Elene Negussie Copyright 2018
312 Pages 62 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 62 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 62 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction to World Heritage Conservation

Chapter 1: World Heritage and Sustainable Development

Chapter 2: Defining World Heritage

Chapter 3: Governing World Heritage

Chapter 4: Implementing the World Heritage Convention

Chapter 5: Using World Heritage

Chapter 6: Managing World Heritage

Chapter 7: Creating World Heritage Capacities

Chapter 8: Endangered Heritage

Conclusion: Towards a Holistic Approach

Biography

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.