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Extreme heritage management : the practices and policies of densely populated islands / edited by Godfrey Baldacchino.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Space and place ; v. 6.
- Space and place ; v. 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islands--Environmental aspects.
- Islands.
- Cultural property--Environmental aspects.
- Cultural property.
- Tourism--Environmental aspects.
- Tourism.
- Economic development.
- Real estate development.
- Overpopulation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Conflicting and competing claims over the actual and imagined use of land and seascapes are exacerbated on islands with high population density. The management of culture and heritage is particularly tested in island environments where space is finite and the population struggles to preserve cultural and natural assets in the face of the demands of the construction industry, immigration, high tourism and capital investment. Drawn from extreme island scenarios, the ten case studies in this volume review practices and policies for effective heritage management and offer rich descriptive and anal
- Contents:
- Extreme Heritage Management; Space and Place; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Foreword: Geography at Risk; Preface: Geography, Land Use Conflict and Heritage Management; Introduction: Vantage Points; Chapter 1. Prince Edward Island, Canada; Chapter 2. Malta; Chapter 3. Guernsey, Channel Islands; Chapter 4. Jersey, Channel Islands; Chapter 5. Corsica, France; Chapter 6. Favignana, Italy; Chapter 7. Hawai'i, USA; Chapter 8. Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands; Chapter 9. The Bahamas; Chapter 10. San Andrés Island, Colombia
- Conclusion. Lessons from Islands, or Islands as Miners' CanariesNOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613395146
- 9781283395144
- 1283395142
- 9780857452603
- 0857452606
- OCLC:
- 775301983
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