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Imagining the Future: Dealing with Change at 30 Years

Thirty years after the publication of “Dealing With Change in the Connecticut River Valley,” a widely acclaimed publication for the landscape planning profession, is a perfect time to reflect on the impact writing about new

Heritage Trees: International Legislation, Research and Registries

This research presents two aspects of the the state of recognition and protection for heritage trees worldwide: examples of regulatory efforts in specific countries, and the state of the research on heritage trees, their identification, protection and management. Heritage trees

Rapa Nui: Cultural Landscape in Isolation

World Heritage List: inscribed 1995 Location: An island in the Pacific Ocean, territory of Chile Period of development: Settled circa 300 A.D., transition in culture during the 16th century; depopulation 19th century (more recent scholarship since inscrition dates colonization to

Informal Settlements and Historic Urban Landscapes

The United Nations has predicted that by 2050, 66% of the world population will be living in cities (United Nations, 2015). To house this growing urban population, new living settlements such as informal settlements, squatter housing or illegal subdivisions have

US/CLICK – Cultural Landscape Knowledge Exchange US/CLICK is a joint project of US/ICOMOS, the Center for Heritage & Society and the US National Committee of the ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes (ISCCL). This Knowledge Community focuses on exploring particularly

Heritage & Society Editor: Elizabeth Brabec, University of Massachusetts Amherst Associate Editor: Valerie Higgins, The American University of Rome Book Review Editor: Angela Labrador Heritage & Society is a global, peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for scholarly, professional, and

The Role of Heritage during Migration and Displacement A Symposium and Workshop held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst April 30th and May 1st, 2017 Hosted by the WorldWide Universities Network (WUN) Understanding Cultures Global Challenge Group,

University of Massachusetts Amherst

"The Role of Heritage during Migration and Displacement"

See complete coverage of the IUCN World Conservation Congress Nature-Culture and World Heritage Journeys

7th Annual Conference "Nature & Culture: Heritage in Context" May 16-18, 2016

UNFCCC Executive Committee Meeting, Casablanca, Morocco, July 27-29, 2016

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