scholarly journals El valor social como factor estratégico en la gestión patrimonial y turística: el caso del sitio patrimonio de la humanidad Cueva de Altamira (España)

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-693
Author(s):  
Evas Parga Dan ◽  
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Pablo Alonso González ◽  
Raimundo Otero Enríquez ◽  
David Barreiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heritage Management ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Social Value ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
National Image ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
The Face ◽  
Uncertain Future

The social dimension of value has become a cornerstone of the debate about tourism conservation, management and sustainability in relation to cultural heritage. This article examines the role of social value in heritage management and tourism promotion through the case of the Altamira Cave as a UNESCO World Heritage site by analysing the perspectives of non‑expert actors in heritage management. To do this, two surveys were conducted, one aimed at visitors (1047 valid questionnaires) and the other at the Spanish population at large as the host community (1000 valid questionnaires). The results show how these agents interpret the existence, aesthetic, economic and legacy value in ways that differ from those of the experts, deepening the complex relationship between heritage promotion and preservation, and broadening the debate on how social value can contribute to strengthen the international and national image of heritage destinations in the face of the uncertain future of the global tourism market.

Perceptions and Opinions of the Host Community Regarding Overtourism in the Tourist-Historic City

2020 ◽  
pp. 325-345
Author(s):  
Luis Alfonso Escudero Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Host Community ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Social Carrying Capacity ◽  
Historic Centre ◽  
Touristic Development ◽  
The City ◽  
Historic Cities

In the last few years, the number of visitors in historic cities has grown, resulting in a situation labeled ‘overtourism'. In these tourist-historic cities, tourism is one of the main local economic foundations. This chapter asks whether the social carrying capacity of the host community has been exceeded, through a case study in Toledo, Spain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986. The methodology employed is a survey to residents in the city. The main findings show that the residents do not perceive the overtourism situation in the city as something serious. However, some impacts such as the historic centre becoming a museum for tourists, or the traffic congestion derived from overcrowding in both the traffic and pedestrian flow are clearly perceived by the host community. It is the residents in the historic centre those who manifest a more negative opinion of touristic development. This chapter may be of interest to academics, decision makers, and those responsible for tourism in historic cities.

Through the eyes of the Potala Palace: Difficult heritage and memory in Tibet

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Jordan Vetter
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Religious Symbol ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Public Consumption ◽  
Secular Institution ◽  
Rich Material

The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet serves as an important religious symbol and an embodiment of Tibetan culture. Ever since Chinese troops invaded Tibet in the 1950s, the Chinese government has attempted to control Tibet, including converting the Potala Palace and its rich material culture into a secular institution on display for tourists. Now void of the Dalai Lama and most of its contents, the Potala has become a façade for public consumption of Chinese state-led narratives and a symbol of cultural oppression. Through their approaches to heritage management and tourism, and with the aid of the Potala’s listing as a UNESCO World Heritage site, China is capitalizing on Tibet’s cultural heritage, undermining the Tibetan people and their culture, and controlling the narrative of Tibetan history to alter the collective memory of Tibetans.

Heritage responsive city development in India post pandemic: A case of walled city of Jaipur

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Himanshi Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
City Development ◽  
Contagious Diseases ◽  
Urban Heritage ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Modern Development ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Land Use Plan

Indian heritage cities have evolved and undergone various planning interventions both in terms of theory and practice. Although, many cities are practicing the Heritage Management concept, are still lacking behind conserving urban heritage assets and managing their urban fabric. The heritage cities like Delhi, Varanasi, Agra, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur, are either inscribed or trying to get inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site to preserve their heritage assets; where the implications and repercussions of WHS, be it economic or social are often not thought about. In this Research, the Walled city of Jaipur is selected as a case study – is a “UNESCO inscribed WHS” after Ahmedabad. These cities are under tremendous pressure from modern development. Perhaps, how a city should function dwindles because its capacity to cater to a particular percentage of the population exceeds. The heritage cities witness the terrific problems of COVID-19 Pandemic due to the densely packed urban environment and poor infrastructure facilities, insufficient health and sanitation facilities, civic sense, the attitude of people towards serving the urban situation rising the spread of the contagious diseases. Such conditions prevailing in cities might trigger the epidemics to take place in the coming future. With the need to recognize such issues and challenges, the research thus focuses on developing planning measures for conserving the Heritage precincts post-pandemic. The study addresses to bring the historic structures back to its citizen and local requirements, characterizing the heritage city with the revised land-use plan. Furthermore, the outcome of this research is to assess the socio-economic impacts of WHS and Tourism post-pandemic by determining the issues and the challenges, cost-benefits analysis associated with the urban heritage.

scholarly journals Built Heritage, Sustainable Development, and Natural Hazards: Flood Protection and UNESCO World Heritage Site Protection Strategies in Krakow, Poland

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 4886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Porębska ◽  
Izabela Godyń ◽  
Krzysztof Radzicki ◽  
Elżbieta Nachlik ◽  
Paola Rizzi
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Free Market ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Flood Protection ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Protection Strategies

The protection of larger built-up areas that constitute sections of actively functioning urban zones is a challenge, even under favourable political and economic conditions. The case of Krakow’s historical town centre, which is protected as a historical site by national law and it was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites List in 1978, clearly demonstrates how difficult it is to reconcile the passive character of current conservation doctrines with the demands of the free market and growth-oriented economy, when developer pressure is not sufficiently balanced out by public opinion and urban activist movements, when planning tools are incomplete or insufficient, and the criteria according to which strategic decisions are made are of a quantitative rather than a qualitative character. Apart from commonly encountered problems that are associated with the gentrification of town centres or the negative impact of mass tourism, Krakow must also face a growing flood hazard that stems from its specific and unfavourable hydrological and hydrogeological conditions that are compounded by the uncontrolled and uncoordinated expansion of urbanised areas, the decay of the natural environment, and the consequences of climate change. This article presents the multi-aspect site-specific conditions of the historical centre of Krakow, as well as the analysis of its protection as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the context of flood protection, while taking into consideration the environmental, economic, and social dimension of heritage. The critical conclusions that are featured in the work indicate both areas of possible immediate remedial action and the potential directions that new integrated protection strategies would take.

scholarly journals Review of the Danian vertebrate fauna of southern Scandinavia.

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Jan S. Adolfssen ◽  
Jesper Milàn ◽  
Matt Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Vertebra ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Vertebrate Fauna ◽  
Shark Teeth ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Bony Fishes ◽  
Southern Scandinavia ◽  
The Face

The vertebrate fauna in the Danian deposits of Denmark and southern Sweden is reviewed. Remains of sharks and bony fishes are widely distributed but not common in the Danian limestones, with the exception of the K/Pg-boundary clay, the Fiskeler Member, at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Stevns Klint, which can include substantial quantities of shark teeth and fragments of bony fishes. Articulated remains of bony fishes are known from the Fiskeler Member at Stevns Klint and the København Limestone Formation in the Limhamn quarry. Sharks are only found as isolated teeth and rare isolated vertebrae. The gavialoid crocodylian Thoracosaurus is represented by a complete skull and associated postcranial material and an additional jaw fragment from the Limhamn quarry. Remains of a crocodylian skull, a cervical vertebra, a limb bone and isolated teeth have been found in the Faxe quarry, and a single possibly alligatorid tooth is known from the basal conglomerate of the Lellinge Greensand Formation from now closed exposures below Copenhagen. Fragmentary turtle material has been found in the face and Limhamn quarries and in the København Limestone in Copenhagen, and bird remains are exclusively known from the Limhamn quarry. Despite the fragmentary nature of many of the finds, the total picture of the vertebrate fauna of southern Scandinavia is quite diverse comprising four classes, 23 orders, 41 families and 54 identifiable genera of which most can be identified to species level.

scholarly journals Pilgrimage Circuit of Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove and Shrine, Osun State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
pp. 13-28
Author(s):  
Emeka Okonkwo ◽  
Afamefuna Eyisi
Keyword(s):  
Host Community ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Sacred Grove ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

One religious tourism destination site of note in Southwestern Nigeria is the Osun Osogbo sacred grove and shrine located along the banks of the Osun River within the city of Oshogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. The sacred grove and shrine were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2005. This paper examines the routes and trails people take to get to Osun Osogbo sacred grove and shrine to ascertain the mode of transportation to the destination site as well as the factors mitigating against the sacred grove. The study uses ethnographic methods to elicit information from respondents and data collected were analyzed descriptively. The paper argues that Osun Osogbo sacred grove and shrine can improve the living standard of the host community and create job opportunities if its access routes and trails are improved upon by the government.

INHERITING THE CITY: HISTORIC URBAN LANDSCAPE OF GEORGE TOWN UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohayah Che Amat
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Landscape Values ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Community Evaluation ◽  
George Town

This research presents the value of historic urban landscape (HUL) elements in influencing the character of George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS), Penang, Malaysia. The values were perceived by the local community of different social-cultural groups that occupied the study area. The historic urban landscape elements constitute towards the protection of its townscape. The identification of the heritage elements influenced by the community interaction with their environment. This study also helps to define the character of a place, as well as reflecting its historical significance. The study adopted four techniques to gather both qualitative and quantitative data, including questionnaire survey, in-depth interview, visual survey and content analysis. In general, the local community has the capability in valuing the historic urban landscape values. The outcomes of their perceptions became the statement of the historic urban landscape values, which are expected to lead to the development of the areas. The community evaluation and perception can be expanded in implementing any development of the historic urban area by the authority.

scholarly journals The Wadden Sea as a National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site: Students’ Word Associations with These Two Conservation Designations

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 8006
Author(s):  
Till Schmäing ◽  
Norbert Grotjohann
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Wadden Sea ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Word Associations ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Significant Difference

The Wadden Sea ecosystem is unique in many respects from a biological perspective. This is one reason why it is protected by national parks in Germany and by its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In biology didactics, there are only a few studies that focus on the Wadden Sea. This work investigates students’ word associations with the two stimulus words “national park” and “UNESCO World Heritage Site”. The survey was conducted among students living directly at the Wadden Sea and among students from the inland. The analysis of the identified associations (n = 8345) was carried out within the framework of a quantitative content analysis to be able to present and discuss the results on a group level. A statistically significant difference was found between the two groups. Overall, results showed that the students made subject-related associations as well as a large number of associations to both stimulus words that could be judged as non-subject-related. In some cases, a connection with the region of residence could be found, but this was not generally the case. Even students’ immediate residential proximity to the Wadden Sea is no guarantee that they have knowledge of the two considered protection terms.

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