World Heritage and Urban Politics in Melaka, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierpaolo Giosa
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Urban Politics ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Real Estate Development ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Global Mission ◽  
Nation States ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
Heritage Politics

This book presents a tale of heritage politics in the Malaysian historical city par excellence. Already celebrated as the first Malay sultanate and an important colonial trading port, Melaka has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2008, on the strength of its multi-ethnic and multi-religious urban fabric. Yet, contrary to the expectations of heritage experts and aficionados, the global mission of safeguarding cultural heritage has become a tumultuous issue on the ground in Melaka. World Heritage and Urban Politics in Malaysia analyses how the World Heritage 'label' is being used by different actors- such as international organizations, nation states, and society at large- to generate new economic revenues and to attract investment for large-scale real estate development projects. In doing so, it reveals the complex and often contradictory stories behind heritage designations in urban milieus.

scholarly journals Carl Ritter von Ghega – 2018 Surveyor of the Year

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (32) ◽  
pp. 64-78
Author(s):  
Rinaldo Paar
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Engineering Profession ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
Significant Achievement

Carl Ritter von Ghega was proclaimed 2018 Surveyor of the Year on 21 March 2018. In this paper, we explore how this Austrian of Albanian extraction, born in Venice, played an important role in geodesy and the surveying profession and the honours he got up to the present day. We investigate his background and details of his professional path, education and most important contributions in the areas of surveying and engineering at large. We describe his most significant achievement, that is, the Semmering Railway, which was dismissed at the time as impossible to achieve. In 1998, the Semmering Railway was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Apart from this project, which left a great impression on the engineering profession, von Ghega also developed the Borovnica Viaduct built in the mid-19th century in Slovenia.

scholarly journals Alexandru Popa, Frontiera Imperiului Roman din Dacia în drum spre Lista patrimoniului mondial. Pro bleme și responsabilităţi pentru cercetarea arheologică, protecția patrimoniu lui și turism / The Limes of the Roman Empire in Dacia on its way to the World Heritage List. Problems and responsibilities for archaeological research, heritage preservation and tourism

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-184
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
Entire Process ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The World ◽  
Heritage Protection

Today, limes is an en vogue term in Romania. Scientific research, heritage protection and, more recently, politic discourse – they all deal, directly or indirectly, with issues regarding the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in today’s Romania. In the context of nominating the Frontiers of the Roman Empire as a serial site of UNESCO World Heritage, each of the previously mentioned domains has its responsibilities towards the monument itself. In this study I focus on explaining the different understandings of the term limes. Next, I found it rather important and well-timed to discuss the main tasks and obligations of archaeological research, of the industry of tourism and of archaeological heritage protection in Romania throughout the entire process of nominating and inscribing the Limes on the UNESCO List, as well as after this process is long over.

UNESCO World Heritage Designation

2020 ◽  
pp. 945-955
Author(s):  
Huong T. Bui ◽  
Tuan-Anh Le ◽  
Chung H. Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Economic Success ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage List

The chapter analyzes the impacts of World Heritage List designation on the local economy, residents, and environment in the Vietnamese site of Hoi An Ancient Town. Findings from the study raise concerns about managing heritage tourism in developing countries. While Hoi An successfully attracts a large number of tourists and enjoys economic success from tourism, social and environmental sustainability are in question. This case study demonstrates that management of tourism at World Heritage-listed sites is facing challenges of land speculation, inflation, commodification of local culture, and environmental degradation.

scholarly journals Does Designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Influence Tourist Evaluation of a Local Destination?

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcello M. Mariani ◽  
Andrea Guizzardi
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Overall Evaluation ◽  
Artistic Assets

The purpose of this study is to explore whether the UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) designation affects tourists’ evaluation of the local destination hosting the site, building on a large sample of about 0.8 million tourists who visited Italy over the period 1997–2015. We find that the inscription onto the UNESCO World Heritage List exerts surprisingly a negative effect on the overall evaluation of the destination and also on the evaluation of its artistic assets though the magnitude of the latter is lower. The effect is heterogeneous across visitors, depending on evaluation levels, as well as origin/destinations and demographics. Nonetheless, the presence of multiple WHSs in the same destination tends to increase evaluation, suggesting that destination stakeholders with previous experience in dealing with WHS designations are better equipped to manage the complicated relationship between tourism and preservation. Managerial and policy-making implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Considerazioni sulla conservazione di un paesaggio archeologico etrusco: il caso delle fortificazioni di Cerveteri

X ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommaso Vagnarelli
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
Third Century ◽  
Conservative Approach ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
City States ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Archaeological Landscape

Considerations on the conservation of an etruscan archaeological landscape: the case of Cerveteri fortificationsWhere now stands the city of Cerveteri (RM), between the ninth and third century BC took form one of the most important city-states of Etruria: Caere. Today this place is especially noted for the presence of the Etruscan necropolis of Banditaccia, inserted in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2004. The remains of the ancient fortifications, that represent one of the most interesting and well-preserved examples of an Etruscan defensive wall, are instead less known. Due to a prolonged abandonment and a presence of uncontrolled vegetation, the conservation of this testimony is now compromised by visible signs of deterioration. At the same time, this condition has defined a suggestive archaeological landscape in which architecture and nature coexist in a precarious balance. This contribution tries to deepen the importance of preserving this evocative symbiosis and proposes a possible conservative approach that could manage the relationship between ruins and vegetation.

scholarly journals HERITAGE AND TERRITORY PROJECT: CASE OF RABAT (MOROCCO)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-150
Author(s):  
Bouchra Laamrani ◽  
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Mounir Zouiten ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Program ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The City

To counterbalance the stakes of globalization and generalized competition, territories are compelled to build and manage their territorial attractiveness which is, often, driven by a comparative or even a differentiating advantage. Aware of these issues, the actors of the city of Rabat have undertaken territorialized actions. Indeed, the built fabric of this city is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. In addition, the city has adopted an integrated urban development program. This article aims to examine the reconciliation between the heritage status of the city and the urban projects undertaken within the framework of this program. The analysis is based on a documentary study.

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