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October 2021

Heritage Responds: Taking positive action on climate change

As the world turns its eyes to COP26 in Glasgow, Heritage Responds highlights the positive contribution heritage organizations and their partners are making to the climate change debate and the actions needed to adapt to a changing world.Read more

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United Kingdom

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October 2018

Kyoto Machiya Revitalization Project III

In April 2017, the Shijo-cho Ofunehoko Community Center revitalization project was completed and unveiled to the public. This is the third Kyomachiya project to receive support from World Monuments Fund.Read more

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Japan

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August 2018

Heritage, Education, and Urban Resilience: Building Alternative Futures in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

In cooperation with the Haitian Education & Leadership Program (HELP), the Fondation connaissance et liberté / Fondasyon Konesans Ak Liberte (FOKAL), MASS Design Group, and World Monuments Fund, a studio of Columbia graduate students in historic preservation and urban planning, with the...Read more

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Haiti

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October 2017

Time for Guyana

Ideas for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage on the 50th Anniversary of Independence of GuyanaRead more

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Guyana

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Summer 2017

Heritage, Tourism, and Urbanization: The Landscape Development of Lalibela, Ethiopia

By collecting and analyzing field and historical data to better understand the site and the town of Lalibela, as well as its users, this research identifies key findings and makes recommendations that can inform future research and planning. Read more

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Ethiopia

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December 2015

Building the Future: The Role of Heritage in the Sustainable Development of Yangon

A report on the proceedings from an international conference held in Yangon, Myanmar January 15-17, 2015 entitled Building the Future: The Role of Heritage in the Sustainable Development of Yangon. Read more

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Myanmar

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Spring 2015

Site Management Plan Excerpt: Babylon Cultural Landscape and Archaeological City

The Babylon Site Management Plan’s goal is to provide a values-based organizational framework for Babylon’s administration. Grounded in international standards and the national legal structure, but cognizant of the country’s challenging realities, it also seeks to become a model for other...Read more

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Iraq

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January 2015

Harboring Tourism: Cruise Ships in Historic Port Communities

This publication reports on the proceedings of Harboring Tourism: An International Symposium on Cruise Ships in Historic Port Communities, held February 6–8, 2013, in Charleston, South Carolina. The symposium explored cruise tourism policies and their impacts on historic communities, to advocate...Read more

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United States

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August 2014

Route 66: The Road Ahead

This report provides a summary of the strategic roundtable, Route 66: The Road Ahead, held November 20-22, 2013, in Anaheim, California. The event and this report are a follow-up to the Route 66 Economic Impact Study, which was completed in 2012 by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, in...Read more

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United States

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Spring 2020

Heritage and Sustainable Urbanization: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown has a complex history that is inextricably linked to both the slave trade and the struggle for African independence. The population is projected to double within the next fifteen years, driven primarily by rural to urban migration, and the City Council is currently seeking ways to...Read more

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Sierra Leone

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Heritage Responds: Taking positive action on climate change

Kyoto Machiya Revitalization Project III

Heritage, Education, and Urban Resilience: Building Alternative Futures in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Time for Guyana

Heritage, Tourism, and Urbanization: The Landscape Development of Lalibela, Ethiopia

Building the Future: The Role of Heritage in the Sustainable Development of Yangon

Site Management Plan Excerpt: Babylon Cultural Landscape and Archaeological City

Harboring Tourism: Cruise Ships in Historic Port Communities

Route 66: The Road Ahead

Heritage and Sustainable Urbanization: Freetown, Sierra Leone

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