World Heritage

Taylor & Francis

World HeritageConcepts, Management and Conservation\nAuthor(s): Simon C. Woodward, Louise Cooke\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367491642, 978-0367491642\nSynopsis\nWorld Heritage: Concepts, Management and Conservation presents an insight into discussions and debates surrounding the UNESCO World Heritage List, and the properties on it.\n\nSince its creation 50 years ago, the World Heritage Convention has been lauded as one of the most successful international expressions of cooperation, whilst at the same time being widely criticised as producing an overly commercialised and globalised sense of heritage. Offering an in-depth discussion of both sides of the debate, this book explores these issues by discussing the following topics:\n\n How the World Heritage Convention was conceived and how it is operationalised;\n\n How the World Heritage concept is currently being used and misused;\n\n The benefits of inscript.