Conserving the Past as a Foundation for the Future : China-World Bank Partnership on Cultural Heritage Conservation

The rich cultural heritage of China is an essential touchstone of its collective identity. The country's archaeological sites, historic architecture, expressive arts, cultural landscapes, and ethnic diversity also are treasured around the worl...

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Main Authors:	Ebbe, Katrinka, Licciardi, Guido, Baeumler, Axel
Format:	Online
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS ROAD AIR CONDITIONERS AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ANCIENT BUILDINGS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ARCHITECT ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTURAL STYLES ARCHIVES ARTS AUTHENTICITY BASIC BICYCLE PATHS BUDDHA BUFFER ZONE BUFFER ZONES BUILDING CODES BUILDING MATERIALS BUILT ENVIRONMENT CARVINGS CEREMONIES CITIES CITY CENTERS CITY CORE CITY DEVELOPMENT CITY DEVELOPMENT PLANS CITY OFFICIALS CITY PLANNING CITY REGENERATION CONSERVATION EFFORTS CONSERVATION INSTITUTE CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION OF HERITAGE CONSERVATION PLANNING CONSERVATION POLICIES CONSERVATION PRACTICES CONSERVATION PROJECT CONSERVATION PROJECTS CONSERVATION STRATEGIES CONSERVATION WORK CONSERVATION WORKS CONSERVATIONISTS CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES CRAFT CULTURAL ASSETS CULTURAL HERITAGE CULTURAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION CULTURAL HERITAGE INVENTORIES CULTURAL HERITAGE POLICY CULTURAL HERITAGE SECTOR CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES CULTURAL HERITAGE SPECIALISTS CULTURAL LANDSCAPES CULTURAL LIFE CULTURAL RESOURCES CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE CULTURAL SITES CULTURAL TOURISM CULTURAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CULTURAL TRADITIONS CULTURES CUSTOMS DEMOLITION DIVERSITY DOCUMENTATION DOMESTIC TOURISM EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMISTS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES HERITAGE ASSETS HERITAGE CITY HERITAGE PARKS HERITAGE PROTECTION HERITAGE STRATEGIES HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE HISTORIC AREA HISTORIC AREAS HISTORIC BUILDINGS HISTORIC CHARACTER HISTORIC CITIES HISTORIC CITY HISTORIC FABRIC HISTORIC NATURE HISTORIC PLACES HISTORIC SITES HISTORIC STRUCTURES HISTORIC TOWN HOTELS IMPORTANT BUILDINGS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE INTANGIBLE HERITAGE INTEGRATING CULTURAL HERITAGE LAND USE LEARNING LEGISLATION LIVING CULTURE LOCAL CULTURE LOCAL HERITAGE MASTER PLAN MAYORS METROPOLITAN AREAS MONUMENTS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUSEUM MUSIC NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL PARKS NATURAL HERITAGE PALACE PERFORMANCES POLICY INSTRUMENTS PRESERVATION PROPERTY VALUES PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE PUBLIC GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE RAPID URBANIZATION RESIDENTIAL LAND RESTAURANTS RESTORATIONS SCHOOLS SEED MONEY SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL VALUE SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION STREAMS STREET LIGHTING STREETLIGHTS STREETS STREETSCAPES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE TOURISM SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL STANDARDS TEMPLE TERRACOTTA TOURISM BUREAU TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TOURISM MANAGEMENT TOURISM PRODUCT TOURISM PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TOURISM SERVICES TOURISM SITES TOURIST DESTINATIONS TOURIST INFORMATION TOURIST INTEREST TOURISTS TOURS TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS TRADITIONAL HOUSING TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE TRADITIONAL ROOFS TRADITIONAL STORIES TRADITIONAL VILLAGES TRADITIONS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE UNIVERSAL VALUE URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN PLANNING URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN REGENERATION URBAN SERVICES URBAN SPRAWL URBAN STRATEGY URBAN TRANSPORT URBANIZATION WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTE WATER WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLIES WATER TREATMENT WETLANDS WORLD HERITAGE WORLD HERITAGE SITES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/09/15528765/conserving-past-foundation-future-china-world-bank-partnership-cultural-heritage-conservation https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17389 https://doi.org/10.1596/17389

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Summary:	The rich cultural heritage of China is an essential touchstone of its collective identity. The country's archaeological sites, historic architecture, expressive arts, cultural landscapes, and ethnic diversity also are treasured around the world. Despite their importance, China's cultural assets are under tremendous pressure due to the country's rapid development, particularly its rapid urbanization. Moreover, rising incomes and mobility have significantly increased domestic tourism, leading to the overdevelopment and deterioration of cultural heritage sites. However, many of China's government officials, conservationists, and community groups have recognized these threats and, over the past several decades, have worked tirelessly to protect their country's cultural heritage. Based on the 12 projects developed under this partnership, this report presents an overview of the project approaches and experiences, takes stock of the challenges, extracts initial lessons learned, and identifies new directions and challenges ahead. The principal audience of the report is national, provincial, and municipal decision-makers engaged in conserving China's cultural heritage. This report also is intended to be of relevance to World Bank staff and those in the international community who wish to gain an overview of the projects conserving cultural heritage in China that have received World Bank financing.

Conserving the Past as a Foundation for the Future : China-World Bank Partnership on Cultural Heritage Conservation

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