Management of Outstanding Universal Values in Sweden

This master thesis examines managements plans for 11 world heritage sites and how the outstanding universal values are handled in the plans. The problem is to succeed to preserve these values and also a challenge. In the thesis different angles are analysed to show how outstanding universal values are significant, what role they have in the tourism industry and in sustainable development. The management plans count as case studies for every each of the world heritage site. The used methods are literature studies, text analysis and comparation of the management plans. The source material is collected of published management plans which were issued before the Corona pandemic. Every chosen management plan is divided in the examination part in five different subheadings to make an attempt for an equal analysis and an easy overview. The results show how the different perspectives are handled of outstanding universal values in the examined management plans. The discussion and conclusion part describe if the term outstanding universal value are logical, how the decision-making works in the management plans, how the collaborations identifies between cultural heritage and sustainable development, how the concept of sustainable tourism is handled in the chosen management plans of the studies. At last, the thesis discusses if the management plans have control and long-term use or if they have any lack of knowledge.Uppsats för avläggande av filosofie masterexamen med huvudområdet kulturvård 2021, 30 hp Avancerad nivå 2021–0