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Title The future of heritage as climates change : loss, adaptation and creativity / edited by David C. Harvey and Jim Perry
Published London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Key issues in cultural heritage
Key issues in cultural heritage.
Contents pt. 1. Blurring the boundaries of heritage and climate change : creative ontologies and consequences -- pt. 2. Creative responses to heritage and climate change relations : processes, policies and possibilities
Summary Climate change is a critical issue for heritage studies. Sites, objects and ways of life all are coming under threat, requiring alternative management, or requiring specific climate change adaptation. Heritage is key to interpreting the societal significance of climate change; notions (and images) of the past are crucial to our understanding of the present, and are used to prompt actions that help society define and achieve a specific and desired future. Relatively little attention has been paid to the critical intersections between heritage and climate change. The Future of Heritage as Climate
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Text in English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 30, 2015)
Subject Cultural property -- Conservation and restoration -- Environmental aspects
World Heritage areas -- Conservation and restoration -- Environmental aspects
Climatic changes
climate change.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Climatic changes
Kulturerbe
Klimaänderung
Kulturarv -- miljöaspekter.
Världsarv.
Klimatförändringar.
Form Electronic book
Author Harvey, David, 1970- editor, author
Perry, James A. (James Alfred), 1945- editor, author.
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