TABLE OF CONTENTS Part One of this book explores the broad context within which UNESCO designated World Heritage Sites (WHS) operate. While the book considers the management issues involved in heritage sites in general, it specifically focuses on the UNESCO designated WHS as being indicative of the need successfully to manage these properties. The variety of the sites on the World Heritage List is indicative of the complex issues involved in the effective management of these natural and cultural resources. The aim of this initial section is to consider the role of tourism within the whole World Heritage process, in that it has a significant role to play but that a careful balance of activities is required to maintain the very nature of the resource that visitors seek.
The key themes and issues addressed in this Part include a pr cis of how a heritage property or resource becomes designated as a World Heritage Site from the initial suggestion to the final inscription by the World Heritage Committee. In Chapter 1 Anna Leask outlines the process of inscription, before investigating the motivations for pursuing this accolade and the implications for a States Party and site. She then moves on to consider the current representation on the World Heritage List (WHL) and where the main advisory bodies of ICOMOS and IUCN have identified gaps. These bodies have identified some inequalities in the WHL...
