Cultural heritage, the built environment, and world heritage tourism -- Inconvenient heritage -- Laos : history and context -- The built environment of Luang Prabang -- Emending the built environment : erasure and addition in Luang Prabang -- A dialogue : global flows and local culture
Summary
This volume tells the story of how the World Heritage Site designation for Luang Prabang, Laos, led to a management plan designed to attract tourists and global capital, which in turn developed the most "appealing" parts of the city while destroying or neglecting other areas
