{"title":"World Heritage Sites - an introduction.","authors":"Takamitsu Jimura","doi":"10.1079/9781786392688.0001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\n This chapter offers an introduction to the organizations related to World Heritage sites (WHSs); the historical background of WHSs; the World Heritage Convention and the mission of WHSs; the designation process of WHSs; the concepts of heritage and WHSs; and some Eastern and Western perspectives on matters relevant to WHSs.","PeriodicalId":445221,"journal":{"name":"World Heritage Sites: tourism, local communities and conservation activities","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"World Heritage Sites: tourism, local communities and conservation activities","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1079/9781786392688.0001","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter offers an introduction to the organizations related to World Heritage sites (WHSs); the historical background of WHSs; the World Heritage Convention and the mission of WHSs; the designation process of WHSs; the concepts of heritage and WHSs; and some Eastern and Western perspectives on matters relevant to WHSs.