...Salim Elwazani; Sara Khorshidifard Purpose This study examines the public participation in the implementation of the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL), a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) approach for urban development. HUL has six Critical Steps and four Tools...

...Aida López-Urbaneja; Sergio Escribano-Ruiz; Ainara Cortés-Avizanda; Álvaro Gutierrez Ilabaca; Juan José Aramburu Lasa; Mikel Garai Lopez; Kepa Castro Ortiz de Pinedo; Alberto García Porras; Agustin Azkarate Garai-Olaun Purpose Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO Landscapes and World...

... Anthropisation of salt marshes Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage UNESCO Sustainability Salt history The 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO, 2003) defines intangible cultural heritage (ICH) as “the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge...

... implementation report of the SAP (UNESCO, 2021a), which provides key performance indicators and the implementation status for each goal and associated outcomes. This article then compares and contrasts available data, trends and examples to provide more in-depth analyses of the implementation of the three goals...

... to the approach of “culture as sustainability”. Design/methodology/approach The primary and secondary sources relate to nearly 20 years of life of the Tuscan Mining Geopark case belonging to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) European and Global Geopark Networks...

...Selena Aureli; Mara Del Baldo Purpose The paper aims to investigate the approach and tools adopted by an Italian city, included amongst the UNESCO World Heritage sites (WHS), to involve different stakeholders in the protection and valorisation of its historical centre to achieve the goals...

... explores the reasons for and consequences of heritage interpretation as a concept and practice not being well understood using case studies within the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) heritage arena in East Asia. Findings The paper shows how heritage...

..., which have been recognised by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as Intangible Cultural Heritage. Design/methodology/approach The research has been carried out through three methodologies: the search and review of archives (historical and administrative...

...Phill Wilcox Purpose This paper considers discourses of preservation in a UNESCO World Heritage Site in a context of a country that pursues an ambitious agenda of development. It argues for a lived contradiction between Luang Prabang, marketed as a timeless, beautiful city of heritage and the rest...

...Julia Rey-Pérez; Ana Pereira Roders Purpose The main aim of this paper is to determine how well the UNESCO 2011 Recommendation on Historic Urban Landscape (hereafter, the HUL approach) is understood by the academic community today. It will review relevant research, highlight shortcomings regarding...

... to their purposes and design/methodology/approaches. It also positions 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in this challenging discussion. Dr Ana Pereira Roders can be contacted at: a.r.pereira-roders@bwk.tue.nl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Cultural heritage...

..., 2008). When ratifying the World Heritage (WH) Convention (UNESCO, 1972), the national governments (hereinafter referred to as the “States Parties”) agree “to ensure, as far as possible, the proper identification, protection, conservation and presentation of the world's heritage” (UNESCO, 2011...