The Contributions of World Natural Heritage Sites to Sustainable Regional Development - Two Case Studies from the North and the South

2004 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 84-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urs Wiesmann ◽  
Karina Liechti
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
The South ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The North ◽  
Sustainable Regional Development ◽  
World Natural Heritage

scholarly journals World Natural Heritage sites and regional development – the cases of Mt Kenya and Mt Kilimanjaro

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
Katharina Conradin ◽  
Miriam Chiyumba ◽  
Boniface Kiteme ◽  
Simon N. Mwaura ◽  
Karina Liechti
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
World Natural Heritage

scholarly journals Ecosystem Health Assessment of World Natural Heritage Sites Based on Remote Sensing and Field Sampling Verification: Bayanbulak as Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2610
Author(s):  
Zhi Wang ◽  
Zhaoping Yang ◽  
Hui Shi ◽  
Fang Han ◽  
Qin Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Ecosystem Health ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Ecological Monitoring ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Field Sampling ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
World Natural Heritage ◽  
Over Time

Monitoring the ecosystem health for world natural heritage sites is essential for protecting them and benefits the formulation of more targeted protection policies. This study used Bayanbulak world natural heritage site as a case, established a framework for assessing the ecosystem health through remote sensing based on the parameters of ecosystem vigour, organization, resilience, and services. Then, we verified the obtained results through field sampling. The results show that the ecosystem health in the overall study area had declined over time, however, the health within the property zone remained at high levels and stable. The area proportion of low health was low and primarily distributed in the buffer zone. Thus, in general, the ecosystem in the study area was healthy. Besides, the ecosystem health exhibited distinct spatial agglomeration characteristics, and the degree of agglomeration enhanced over time. In addition, the field vegetation samplings were consistent with the changes in the ecosystem health levels, therefore, the result of RS monitoring of ecosystem health were credible. Thus, this study provides a scientific basis for heritage managers to formulate suitable ecological protection policies and should aid further research on the ecological monitoring of heritage sites.

scholarly journals A Qualitative Exploratory Analysis of Ecological Integrity for Safeguarding World Natural Heritage Sites: Case Study of Shiretoko Peninsula, Japan

Heritage ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 898-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhik Chakraborty ◽  
Takeshi Takenaka
Keyword(s):  
Forest Restoration ◽  
Ecological Integrity ◽  
Keystone Species ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Anthropogenic Stress ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Surrounding Landscape ◽  
World Natural Heritage

This article reports the findings of an exploratory study on the complexity and challenges of managing UNESCO World Natural Heritage Sites (WNHS). Despite their protected status, the majority of the WNHS currently face severe anthropogenic stress. While several studies have analyzed this scenario with spatial analysis and review of global trends, this research provides a qualitative analysis of ongoing fragmentation and impact in a specific site by employing the Ecological Integrity (EI) concept to the Shiretoko Peninsula WNHS in Japan. Insights from key scientific literature are synthesized with those from research and monitoring of the Blakiston’s Fish Owl (a keystone species). Findings indicate that ecosystems of Shiretoko WNHS have not sufficiently recovered from the intensive anthropogenic disruption in the 20th century and in some cases face novel stressors from tourism development after the inscription. Besides, ongoing construction of roads and facilities affects fine-scale heterogeneity in the surrounding landscape. The findings highlight the urgent need of protecting lower trophic level species, stream and forest restoration, and restricting infrastructure development. This implies that WNHS managers must implement measures to meaningfully offset anthropogenic stress on EI, and WNHS management should be integrated with the management of its surrounding landscapes.

Catabatic Winds in Oraviţa Depression (Romania). Case Studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciprian Chiriac ◽  
Ovidiu Murărescu
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Air Pressure ◽  
The South ◽  
Air Masses ◽  
The North ◽  
South West

Abstract In some situations, field positioning of air pressure through development of anticyclone in the north - northeast of Romania and a cyclone in the south-west, create conditions favoring intensifying dynamics of air masses in Oraviţa Depression area. This phenomenon generates a catabatic wind which is known local as Coşava. Mode of expression is as strong intensification of the burst, which gives rise to considerable material damages. This study takes into account the analysis of three cases considered by us to be representative.

Prospects for local economic development in the north of England under the coalition

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 679-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Ward
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Coalition Government ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Development Agencies

Britain's coalition government, elected in 2010, is making radical changes to the institutions for local economic development in England, scrapping New Labour's Regional Development Agencies and setting up weak, non-statutory Local Enterprise Partnerships. However, sharp regional differences remain between the North and the South, and the new arrangements are unlikely to achieve the coalition's avowed aim of rebalancing the economy.

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