China’s Scenic and Historic Interest Areas are a major contributor to the State’s World Heritage lexicon. However, understanding of their values has led to confusion internationally and in China, not least with controversy over China’s latest promotion of the Natural Protected Areas System. This paper discusses values of China’s Scenic and Historic Interest Areas from the cultural landscape perspective through an in-depth case study of Lushan. A theoretical framework for recognising values of China’s Scenic and Historic Interest Areas has been set up and tested at Lushan, including exploring stakeholders’ understanding of its values as a world heritage site by using semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. The findings reveal that Lus...
During the past decade, China has shown unusual enthusiasm for gaining World Heritage status in anti...
The recent economic development of the 1990’s in China, including increased foreign trade and invest...
The diversity of cultures and heritage in our world is an irreplaceable source of spiritual and inte...
Tourism has greatly increased world wide in recent decades, especially in China. Nature-dominated S...
Research Field The research starts from the need to reflect on the growth of the contemporary city a...
This article explores stakeholders' understandings of authenticity in a selected historic landscape ...
ABSTRACT: Chinese scholars have been debating how to best protect and utilize world heritage. This s...
Research Field The research starts from the need to reflect on the growth of the contemporary city ...
In China, along with other countries in the Global South, the number of national parks is rapidly in...
In this paper, we examine nuances in ways of seeing and understanding the World Heritage listed West...
In this paper, the aesthetic mechanism is researched based on the needs of conserving the tourist ae...
Cultural landscapes are combined work of man and nature. In 1992, the World Heritage Convention adop...
The first national park in China was established just thirty years ago, yet they already number in t...
Sustainable tourism should be established on the basis of the balance between environment, economy ...
The construction of protected areas (PAs) is not only the most effective way to preserve biodiversit...
During the past decade, China has shown unusual enthusiasm for gaining World Heritage status in anti...
The recent economic development of the 1990’s in China, including increased foreign trade and invest...
The diversity of cultures and heritage in our world is an irreplaceable source of spiritual and inte...
Tourism has greatly increased world wide in recent decades, especially in China. Nature-dominated S...
Research Field The research starts from the need to reflect on the growth of the contemporary city a...
This article explores stakeholders' understandings of authenticity in a selected historic landscape ...
ABSTRACT: Chinese scholars have been debating how to best protect and utilize world heritage. This s...
Research Field The research starts from the need to reflect on the growth of the contemporary city ...
In China, along with other countries in the Global South, the number of national parks is rapidly in...
In this paper, we examine nuances in ways of seeing and understanding the World Heritage listed West...
In this paper, the aesthetic mechanism is researched based on the needs of conserving the tourist ae...
Cultural landscapes are combined work of man and nature. In 1992, the World Heritage Convention adop...
The first national park in China was established just thirty years ago, yet they already number in t...
Sustainable tourism should be established on the basis of the balance between environment, economy ...
The construction of protected areas (PAs) is not only the most effective way to preserve biodiversit...
During the past decade, China has shown unusual enthusiasm for gaining World Heritage status in anti...
The recent economic development of the 1990’s in China, including increased foreign trade and invest...
The diversity of cultures and heritage in our world is an irreplaceable source of spiritual and inte...