Abstract Cultural landscapes are intended to increase awareness that heritage places (sites) not isolated islands and there is an interdependence of people, social structures, the landscape associated ecological systems. The paper explores whether recognition 1992 World Heritage Landscape categories, IUCN Protected Landscapes 2005 merging cultural natural criteria for purposes have been effective in bridging gap between culture nature philosophically practice. With particular reference...

Today, for the first time in human history, more than half of world's population lives cities. According to UN-Habitat, within two decades, five billion people will live Coincidentally, field cultural heritage conservation, increasing international interest and attention over past decades has been focused on urban areas. This is timely because pressure economic development prioritising engagement with global economy accompanied rapid urbanisation. In many societies, pressures have privileged...

A number of countries now have charters or principles to underpin approaches conserving and managing cultural heritage resources. Notably, there is growing interest in their adoption the Asia‐Pacific region. Paralleling this development university courses management tourism Charters help define critical notion significance which must try embrace both tangible intangible. Critical existence conventions process establishing assessing values. In Asia, integrity places continuing authenticity...

Historic(al) landscapes with their heritage values—cultural landscapes—have reached key status in the field of cultural conservation and planning. International recognition was extended 1992 to World Heritage prominence establishment three categories outstanding universal value. The term 'cultural landscape' is now widely circulated internationally, although its use South-eastern Eastern Asia (hereafter SE E Asia) presents problems. Notwithstanding this, that have evolved reflect beautifully...

More than half the world’s population live in cities1. According to UN Habitat, we are rapidly approaching time when five billion people will cities, and by 2050 this could be 7.5 billion, with much of growth concentrated global south. The context for paper is how urban linked notions community values which cross-link concepts heritage. Urban places where majority lives increasingly do so. Inextricably proposition that memories, identity sense place inherent, here link What these paces mean...

World Heritage listing and public presentation for tourism at Asian sites like Angkor has tended to focus on architectural ensembles, notwithstanding archaeological research involving wider aspects of landscape setting. Taking Angkor, Borobudur Bagan as examples, this paper proposes a critical review the concept such heritage places their interpretation under cultural landscapes replete with extensive intangible values outstanding examples continuous living/nourishing tradition history. In...

In this paper, we examine nuances in ways of seeing and understanding the World Heritage listed West Lake Cultural Landscape, Hangzhou China, through different eyes. The paper briefly introduces current debate on claimed differences convergences between Western Eastern mind sets heritage conservation then moves into reviewing human side landscape. We perspectives international agencies such as UNESCO ICOMOS those Chinese counterparts involved nomination assessment process for Listing 2011,...

In this study of real estate agents--modern middlemen present at most residential exchanges in North America--House explores the entrepreneurial mind and its effect on a broad spectrum housing problems.

The worldwide interest in everyday culture, ways of living and doing things which underpin our sense place is palpable. We have come to appreciate that there an abundant culture out with a rich array meaning significance. Nowhere this more than Asia where outstanding examples the continuous living/nourishing tradition history are part intricate beautiful tapestry life: ordinarily sacred. This reflected increasingly thinking on cultural heritage management. As any concept or idea tools needed...

This paper projects the concept of cultural landscapes into realm urban conservation in context Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) paradigm. To do this I take an historical overview how, during latter half 1980s and early 1990s, academic professional interest heritage studies started to embrace landscape construct. movement continued through 2000s with increasing links between theory practice on concerns cities as landscapes. In connection move 2011 by UNESCO Recommendation is particularly...

Click to increase image sizeClick decrease size Notes 1. Francesco Bandarin (Assistant Director-General for Culture, UNESCO and formerly Director of World Heritage Centre) Ron Van Oers (Programme Specialist Centre).

Worldwide interest in the cultural landscape concept—covering rural and urban spheres—is now a major theme considerations of management heritage places. The roots this interconnection lie social, political economic relationships between people which, turn, is related to how human attachment plays role determining our sense place. Notably fundamental actuality place through cross cultural. Epistemologically it crosses boundaries differing values across diverse cultures underscoring...

Economics first appeared in a Canadian university curriculum more than eighty years ago; thirty later several universities were offering groups of courses economics that could qualify student for the equivalent an honours degree economics; but it is only past thirty-five steady flow scholarly writing has developed. The twenty-fifth anniversary founding this Journal provides appropriate occasion to review briefly expansion economic scholarship Canada. course political economy be offered...

We describe a patient with unilateral periventricular nodular heterotopia (PNH) and drug-resistant epilepsy, whose SEEG revealed that seizures were arising from the PNH, almost simultaneous involvement of heterotopic neurons ("micronodules") scattered within white matter, subsequently overlying cortex. Laser ablation nodules adjacent matter rendered seizure free. This case elucidates "micronodules" in between cortex might be another contributor complex epileptogenicity heterotopia. Detecting...

China's Scenic and Historic Interest Areas are a major contributor to the State's World Heritage lexicon. However, understanding of their values has led confusion internationally in China, not least with controversy over latest promotion Natural Protected System. This paper discusses from cultural landscape perspective through an in-depth case study Lushan. A theoretical framework for recognising been set up tested at Lushan, including exploring stakeholders' its as world heritage site by...

Carillo Gantner, a former cultural counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Beijing, reflected 2013 that current political relationships with China, there is not even cursory ment...