Managing world heritage sites / edited by Anna Leask and Alan Fyall.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

World heritage site designation / Anna Leask -- Implementing the World Heritage Convention: what happens after listing? / C. Michael Hall -- Stakeholders and community participation / Sue Millar -- Marketing issues and World Heritage Sites / Stephen W. Boyd and Dallen J. Timothy -- Destination management: a holistic approach. Liverpool -- Maritime Mercantile City / Bryn Parry -- Visitor management at World Heritage Sites / Myra Shackley -- Tourism's contribution to World Heritage Site management / Janet Cochrane and Richard Tapper -- Juxtaposing the timeless and the ephemeral: staging festivals and events at World Heritage Sites / Melanie Smith, Elizabeth Carnegie and Martin Robertson -- Information communication technology applications for World Heritage Site management / Dimitrios Buhalis, Ruth Owen and Daniël Pletinckx -- Strategy and policy for the World Heritage Convention : goals, pratices and future solutions / G.J. Ashworth and Bart J.M. van der Aa -- The future market for World Heritage Sites / Alan Fyall and Tijana Rakic -- Visitor management at Stonehenge, UK / Peter Mason and I-Ling Kuo -- Sustaniable development in toursim: a proposition for Machupicchu, Peru / Otto Regalado-Pezúa and Jesús Arias-Valencia -- Managing visitor impacts at Lijang, China / Hilary du Cros -- Managing an urban World Heritage Site: the development of the Cultural Avenue project in Budapest / László Puczkó and Tamata Rátz -- Tourism development, empowerment and the Tibetan minority: Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China / Li, Fung Mei Sarah -- World Heritage Sites in the Americas / Dallen J. Timoth and Stephen W. Boyd -- World Heritage listing: the case of Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), China / Li, Fung Mei Sarah and Trevor H.B. Sofield -- The megalithic temples of Malta: towards a re-evaluation of heritage / Nadia Theuma and Reuben Grima -- The rainforest ways: managing toursim the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves of Australia / Jo Mackellar and Ros Derrett.

World Heritage Sites are some of the recognised locations around the world. This work covers the management issues encountered at cultural and natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It considers various aspects in arriving at solutions for site management principles. It covers issues such as WHS designation, marketing, visitor management, and more.