Description
This book advances the understanding and process of community participation in cultural heritage management within the Chinese context of rapidly urbanising development. Results show that Chinese community participation in cultural heritage management has yet to find a firm foothold. Based on local contextual characteristics, it needs to develop a balanced methodology of both top-down and bottom-up processes to more directly include the needs, interests and dreams of residents and better face the challenges of Chinese rapid urbanisation.
Table of Contents
Introduction current international approaches to heritage value identification and protection.- Chinese contextual community participation from a global perspective state of the art.- Community participation assessment of UNESCO World Heritage state of the practice in China.- Urban morphological transformation and community development after Lijiangs inscription as World Heritage.- Community building and participation degree in the Old Town of Lijiang.- Chapter 6 Participatory identification and management of historic urban landscape through IMAGINE Workshops in the Old Town of Lijiang.- Living heritage community resilience building in post earthquake Jiuzhaigou Valley.- Conclusion.
