The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in the Asia-Pacific revisits the use, growth, and potential of the cultural landscape methodology in the conservation and management of culture-nature heritage in the Asia-Pacific region.
Taking both a retrospective and prospective view of the management of cultural heritage in the region, this volume argues that the plurality and complexity of heritage in the region cannot be comprehensively understood and effectively managed without a broader conceptual framework like the cultural landscape approach. The book also demonstrates that such an approach facilitates the development of a flexible strategy for heritage conservation. Acknowledging the effects of rapid socio-economic development, globalization, and climate change, contributors examine the pressure these issues place on the sustenance of cultural heritage. Including chapters from more than 20 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, the volume reviews the effectiveness of theoretical and practical potentials afforded by the cultural landscape approach and examines how they have been utilized in the Asia-Pacific context for the last three decades.
The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in the Asia-Pacific provides a comprehensive analysis of the processes of cultural landscape heritage conservation and management. As a result, it will be of interest to academics, students, and professionals who are based in the fields of cultural heritage management, architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, and landscape management.
Foreword Richard Engelhardt Introduction: Managing Cultural Landscape Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Part I: Managing Cultural Landscapes for Thirty Years: A Retrospective Chapter 1 The Intellectual Context of Cultural Landscape Construct Chapter 2 Concerning Intangible Associations and Authenticity in Cultural Landscapes Chapter 3 Thirty Years of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes: a critical review Chapter 4 World Heritage Cultural Landscapes: Synergies in the Asia-Pacific Region Chapter 5 Whither Designed Landscapes inside the World Heritage Program in the Asia-Pacific Arena Part II: Nature-Culture linkages of Cultural Landscapes Chapter 6 Genes and Memes in Cultural Landscape conservation: Biocultural, Ecocultural, or just plain Cultural? Chapter 7 Toward conservation models that link nature and culture: A Retrospective on Stewardship of ‘biocultural’ landscapes Chapter 8 Challenges of Managing IUCN Protected Landscapes in the Pacific Chapter 9 Exploring Nature-Culture Linkages beyond Cultural Landscapes: Lessons learned from Capacity Building in Asia and the Pacific Part III: Localized Stewardship of Cultural Landscapes Chapter 10 Community Stewardship of Historic Urban Landscape of George Town, Penang, Malaysia Chapter 11 The Role of Community in the Management of Heritage at Bagan, Myanmar Chapter 12 Inhabitants’ Shared Interpretation and Consistent Management of Landscapes in Korean Clan Villages Chapter 13 A Himalayan Landscape shared by Bon Monks and Snow Leopards: Upper Dolpo, Nepal Chapter 14 Adivāsis and their cultural landscapes in India Chapter 15 Cultural Landscape Heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand: Mai i te Pōuri? From the Darkness? Chapter 16 Tapestries of Place, Spirit, Time, Meanings and Values: The Heritage of First Nations in Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa Part IV: Re-reading Cultural Landscapes Chapter 17 Cultural Landscape Conservation: The Case of Mornington Peninsula, Australia Chapter 18 Re-reading Shanghai as a Cultural Landscape: Culture Brought to the Core Chapter 19 Cultural Landscapes in the Indian Subcontinent: The case of Military Landscapes in India and Myanmar Chapter 20 Reinforcing Philippine Cultural Landscape Values through the Schools of Living Tradition (SLTs): Mimicry to memory Chapter 21 Mapping Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asian historic urban landscapes Chapter 22 The Ritual Landscapes of Hindu Temple Chapter 23 Reclaiming the Landscape of Pilgrimage: Walking the Panchkroshi in Varanasi, India Part V: Toward Resilient Cultural Landscapes Chapter 24 Cultural Landscapes of the Asia-Pacific Context: Dilemmas of Resilience Chapter 25 The Cultural Landscape of the Persian Qanat Chapter 26 Customary Knowledge and Resilience in the Cultural Landscapes of the Pacific Islands: The Village Landscape of Yap, Micronesia Chapter 27 Hawai‘i’s Cultural Landscapes, Indigenous and Colonial: Parallel Visions Chapter 28 The Cultural Landscapes of the Comoros, Maldives, Mauritius, Mayotte, Réunion, and Seychelles: Islands of diaspora, slavery, and trade Chapter 29 A Requiem to the Ailing Landscape of an Ancient Culture: Manchar Lake and the Mohannas in Pakistan Chapter 30 Use of Digital Technology in Mapping Rural Cultural Landscapes and their Human-Nature Interactions Index
Kapila D. Silva is a Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Kansas, USA. Ken Taylor, Emeritus Professor, is an Honorary Professor at the Centre for Heritage & Museum Studies, Research School of Humanities and Arts at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. David S. Jones oversees Strategic Planning and Urban Design for the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation in Djilang/Geelong and Ballaarat/Ballarat in Australia.
