Visitor Management
Case Studies from World Heritage Sites
Published on 22. May 1998
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-7506-3279-9 (ISBN)
Description
Visitor management encompasses tourism, visitor management, heritage and cultural studies, environmental and resource management, and landscape studies. This title takes examples from a range of UNESCO World Heritage sites and shows models of good practice, looking at the functions of the different organisations involved and the range of variation among sites. Such sites are attractive to contemporary visitors, which poses many problems for site management, notably the need to preserve a delicate balance between interpretation, conservation and the provision of visitor facilities.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
675 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-3279-9 (9780750632799)
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Content
Introduction - world cultural heritage sites, Myra Shackley; Bukhara (Uzbekistan), David Airey and Myra Shackley; the fortified church of Biertan (Transylvania), Alexandra Muresan; Cracow - the former capital and national shrine of Poland, David Airey; the cultural landscape of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Myra Shackley; the use of GIS in managing a world heritage site, Katie Evans and Lindsay Fielding; Hadrian's Wall - managing the visitor experience of the Roman Frontier, Sophie Pockersgill; Kakadu National Park - a site of natural and heritage sigificance, Chris Ryan; Lalibela (Ethiopia) - a religious town in rock, Sheena Castle; Thebes (Luxor) - traffic and visitor management at the West Bank Necropolis, Jenny Rivers; Ninstints - a deserted Haida village in Gwaii Hanaas, Myra Shackley; conclusions, Myra Shackley; appendices - world heritage cultural sites; teaching notes.