Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development: Volume 10 Issue 4

Architectural award schemes: A contemporary form of institutionalized heritage management

Christakis Chatzichristou, Elias Kranos

By promoting certain design values and priorities, institutionalized award schemes are here seen as important agents in the production and management of a more contemporary form…

Heritage management and urban development in Iran, case study of Shiraz

Azadeh Arjomand Kermani

Large-scale interventions are still the dominant approach in dealing with historic cities in Iran; however, during the last decade there has been a shift towards integrated and…

Hazard ranking of the UNESCO world heritage sites (WHSs) in Europe by multicriteria analysis

Andrea Valagussa, Paolo Frattini, Giovanni Battista Crosta, Daniele Spizzichino, Gabriele Leoni, Claudio Margottini

Aim of this paper is to evaluate the reliability of UNESCO Periodic Reports for the assessment of hazards affecting the UNESCO world heritage sites (WHSs) and to rank the most…

Reaccessing marginalized heritage sites in historic Cairo: a cross-case comparison

Doaa Salaheldin Ismail Elsayed

According to the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) report of heritage at risk for 2011–2013, Cairo is facing serious conservation challenges after the…

Sustainable city storytelling: cultural heritage as a resource for a greener and fairer urban development

Luis D. Rivero Moreno

In the past years, the importance of the cultural economy has led urbanism to a new perspective. Simultaneously, the main international institutions have pointed out the need to…

A historical analysis and the identification of driving forces behind the evolution of the urban macro skyline of Shiraz, Iran

Farnaz Mohseni, Silke Weidner, Michael Kloos

The historic city of Shiraz, in the south of Iran, is renowned for its monuments and its remarkable macro skyline, which has been destructively affected by the rapid urban…

What is value? Impact assessment of cultural heritage

Guillermo S. Reher

There are currently various methodologies used for carrying out impact assessments of cultural heritage. This paper aims to critically explore the reasons for this diversity and…

Low-cost 3D scanning systems for cultural heritage documentation

Quentin Kevin Gautier, Thomas G. Garrison, Ferrill Rushton, Nicholas Bouck, Eric Lo, Peter Tueller, Curt Schurgers, Ryan Kastner

Digital documentation techniques of tunneling excavations at archaeological sites are becoming more common. These methods, such as photogrammetry and LiDAR (Light Detection and…