...Florian J. Eitzenberger; Tatjana Thimm Purpose Tourism increasingly shapes World Heritage Sites, creating tensions between conservation, governance and local development. Although sustainability is a core objective of the World Heritage Convention, it remains insufficiently operationalized...

... Participatory budgeting Historic center of Mexico city World heritage Authorized heritage discourse (AHD) Monuments Cooperation Program for the Formation of Human Resource in the Glogal Strategic Association between Japan and Mexico (2016-2017) Japanese Association of University Women's...

... territory. The Qhapaq Ñan was the largest infrastructure in pre-Columbian America, consolidated by the Incas in the 15th century to integrate an extensive territory in South America. Its inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014 reflects the continued use of many of its segments by rural Andean...

... Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites (WHSs). Design/methodology/approach The research employs a quantitative approach, utilizing a survey to collect data from tourists who have visited at least one UNESCO WHS. The data were analyzed using partial least squares...

... rights only Cultural heritage Comparative analysis UNESCO World heritage Natural heritage Heritage management Pandemic The aim of this article is to analyse the response given by UNESCO Landscapes and World Heritage Sites to COVID-19 and measure the horizon that looms over...

... to identify missing cultural values and/or oversubscribed natural values and assess impacts on sustainable conservation of the Okavango Delta World Heritage Site. The authors found that cultural elements are often overlooked owing to limited inputs from trans-disciplinary and cross-stakeholder perspectives...

...@artun.ee 14 03 2022 30 08 2022 11 04 2023 28 04 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Residents' perceptions Host community Social impact Tourism tolerance Venice syndrome World heritage Urban heritage...

...Graciela Edith Aguilar; Alfredo Conti; Raquel Elisabet García; Josefina Mallo; Valentina Millón; Andrea Morello; Sebastián Matías Pasin Purpose This article presents a process of building a practice-driven research agenda for Quebrada de Humahuaca, a World Heritage cultural landscape in northern...

...Steffen Fagernes Johannessen; Juliana Strogan; Vicky Katarina Mikalsen; Inger Birkeland; Audhild Kennedy Purpose This paper presents participants' experiences of the collaborative process. The paper introduces the World Heritage Site and presents the central learning outcomes of a process through...

...Thomas Panganayi Thondhlana; Tawanda Mukwende; Lesley Hatipone Machiridza; Tendai Treddah Musindo; Genius Tevera; Nyaradzayi Maduro Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline and reflect on the new research agenda for the Great Zimbabwe World Heritage property. This research agenda...

...Anuranjan Roy; Madhura Yadav; Shikha Jain; Nitya Khendry; Chandni Chowdhary; Gautam Talukdar Purpose Planning for Jaipur City in Rajasthan, north-western India, which was added to the World Heritage List in 2019, considers the surrounding hills and water systems. Rapid urbanisation is currently...

...Kristal Buckley Purpose There is evidence of emerging silos separating research and practices in heritage. Creating spaces where researchers and practitioners collaborate and learn from their exchanges is therefore needed. This premise was the foundation of the pilot phase for the World Heritage...

...Sophia Labadi Purpose The World Heritage Convention has reached a milestone, and this year, in 2022, it is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The aim of this article is to review whether and how the goals of the strategic action plan (SAP) for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention...

...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...

...Letizia Dipasquale; Lucia Montoni; Alessia Montacchini; Saverio Mecca Purpose This article aims to raising awareness on the potential of the application of the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) methodology – developed by ICOMOS in 2011 – with a focus on UNESCO World Heritage sites...

... for adaptive capacity of World Heritage properties, especially earthen sites located in regions exposed to rising climate change impact. Research limitations/implications The research faced some limitations regarding access to data and to site visits, due to COVID-19 restrictions that were in place...

... in the interface between history, heritage and state power. The argument is framed in concepts of historical constructionism and soft power. It is based on the discourse analysis of China's official narrative of Silk Roads and a case study of the planning for the World Heritage nomination of the Maritime Silk...

...) are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a serial site. These unique monuments date to the 4th millennium BC (Stroud, 2010). They are currently managed by Heritage Malta, the agency responsible for the management and conservation of national collections and sites in Malta. The Megalithic Temples...

... are not confined to East Asia but apply across the world. Originality/value The discussion draws together the three principal forms of heritage in UNESCO's global project: heritage places, protected under the World Heritage Convention; living or embodied heritage, safeguarded under the Intangible Cultural...

... than emphasizing on one set of heritage values – namely, World Heritage values. In the development of heritage management plans, most studies dictate engagement with stakeholders plays an important part in understanding and accepting the value of heritage (Aas et al., 2005 ; Hajialikhani...