The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in The Asia-Pacific

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.