UNESCO was the first United Nations agency to deal with landscapes at a global scale,notably through the World Heritage Convention.In 1992,‘Cultural Landscapes’became a new category on the World Heritage List combin...UNESCO was the first United Nations agency to deal with landscapes at a global scale,notably through the World Heritage Convention.In 1992,‘Cultural Landscapes’became a new category on the World Heritage List combining works of nature and of humankind:cultural landscapes often illustrate a specific relation between people and nature and can reflect techniques of sustainable land use,fostering strong links between culture and sustainable development.Initiatives such as the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize highlight outstanding examples of safeguarding activities at the world’s major cultural landscapes and offer opportunities to share good practices and create synergies.Cultural landscapes face numerous threats across the world,and especially in Asia,with its growing infrastructure development and urbanisation.This article shares some of the knowledge and experience garnered by UNESCO through its conservation and management activities at cultural landscapes in Asia(Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan,Bhutan,Silk Roads heritage corridors)and highlights the urgent need for a cultural-historical-natural territory approach to address the pressing challenges for the conservation of Cultural Landscapes in Asia.Finally,the article advocates for a strong focus on the peoples and communities that inhabit these territories and their involvement at all stages.展开更多
Taking the case of Qufu(birthplace of Confucius), China, a world cultural heritage site and a Chinese living historic city, the author analyses the current situation/issues of culture heritage assessment and the plann...Taking the case of Qufu(birthplace of Confucius), China, a world cultural heritage site and a Chinese living historic city, the author analyses the current situation/issues of culture heritage assessment and the planning of urban conservation, renewal and development. The objective of this article is to explore related issues to generate guidance for selecting appropriate methodologies(strategies) and principles(tools/planning/tasks/action) to assess cultural heritage values and cultural signifi cance in the Asian living historic city context as part of an integrated culture-oriented development planning. The author calls for the necessity of an interdisciplinary approach to realize such development planning, with the participation of researchers and specialists from interdisciplinary areas: city planning, transportation, housing, territory studies, tourism, cultural heritage preservation, history, sociology, economy, archaeology, architecture, anthropology, museum studies, art/aesthetic studies, etc., for a new step in a sustainable and balanced urban policy.展开更多
文摘UNESCO was the first United Nations agency to deal with landscapes at a global scale,notably through the World Heritage Convention.In 1992,‘Cultural Landscapes’became a new category on the World Heritage List combining works of nature and of humankind:cultural landscapes often illustrate a specific relation between people and nature and can reflect techniques of sustainable land use,fostering strong links between culture and sustainable development.Initiatives such as the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize highlight outstanding examples of safeguarding activities at the world’s major cultural landscapes and offer opportunities to share good practices and create synergies.Cultural landscapes face numerous threats across the world,and especially in Asia,with its growing infrastructure development and urbanisation.This article shares some of the knowledge and experience garnered by UNESCO through its conservation and management activities at cultural landscapes in Asia(Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan,Bhutan,Silk Roads heritage corridors)and highlights the urgent need for a cultural-historical-natural territory approach to address the pressing challenges for the conservation of Cultural Landscapes in Asia.Finally,the article advocates for a strong focus on the peoples and communities that inhabit these territories and their involvement at all stages.
文摘Taking the case of Qufu(birthplace of Confucius), China, a world cultural heritage site and a Chinese living historic city, the author analyses the current situation/issues of culture heritage assessment and the planning of urban conservation, renewal and development. The objective of this article is to explore related issues to generate guidance for selecting appropriate methodologies(strategies) and principles(tools/planning/tasks/action) to assess cultural heritage values and cultural signifi cance in the Asian living historic city context as part of an integrated culture-oriented development planning. The author calls for the necessity of an interdisciplinary approach to realize such development planning, with the participation of researchers and specialists from interdisciplinary areas: city planning, transportation, housing, territory studies, tourism, cultural heritage preservation, history, sociology, economy, archaeology, architecture, anthropology, museum studies, art/aesthetic studies, etc., for a new step in a sustainable and balanced urban policy.
