Beschreibung:
The first major work to analyze the heritage and sustainability, this global, comparative study examines both direct environmental threats to tangible and intangible heritage, as well as issues of social and economic inequality faced by local, national, and international cultural organizations.
Chapter 1 Culture: Our Second Nature; Chapter 2 Is Heritage a Human Right?; Chapter 3 Fighting Climate Change and Achieving Sustainability: Organizational Processes of Mission Change; Chapter 4 Global Cities and Historic Towns: Rising Waters, Threatened Treasures; Chapter 5 The Loss of Cultural Landscapes: Desertification, Deforestation, and Polar Melting; Chapter 6 Heritage and Energy: The Interaction of Coercive and Normative Pressures; Chapter 7 Cultural Tourism and the Discourse of Sustainability; Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Future of Heritage;