Some interesting heritage resources

From the Development Gateway e-newsletter on culture:

Urban Assets - A Future for the Past
The Swedish Urban Heritage Network organised a Networking Event, Urban Assets - A Future for the Past, at the second World Urban Forum in Barcelona in 2004. The event's website offers many articles on the subject of Cultural Heritage as tools...

Donovan Rypkema, Heritage Strategies International, at European Cultural Heritage Forum, Europa Nostra, December 2005
Donovan Rypkema is an often quoted professional who focusses on urban heritage as an asset for economic development. In this speech, held at the European Cultural Heritage Forum, he sets out the advantages of heritage preservation in economic and...

Urban Age Magazine, Special Issue: Cultural Heritage
The Urban Age Magazine dedicated a special issue to Cultural Heritage in the late 90's. It is in this period that the idea of using urban cultural heritage as assets in urban development gained support in the Northern countries.

Convention on World Cultural Heritage
The idea of creating an international movement for protecting heritage emerged after World War I. The 1972 Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage developed from the merging of two separate movements.

Index Keywords: historic-preservation; cultural-heritage-tourism