Managing Cultural Landscapes by Taylor, Ken; Lennon, Jane;

Short description:

Managing Cultural Landscapes allows an international group of authors to bring together a body of work on management of heritage values of cultural landscapes from Australia, Japan, China, USA, Canada, Thailand, Indonesia, Pacific Islands, India and the Philippines, and to review critically the factors behind the removal of Dresden and its cultural landscape from World Heritage listing.

Long description:

One of our deepest needs is for a sense of identity and belonging. A common feature in this is human attachment to landscape and how we find identity in landscape and place. The late 1980s and early 1990s saw a remarkable flowering of interest in, and understanding of, cultural landscapes. With these came a challenge to the 1960s and 1970s concept of heritage concentrating on great monuments and archaeological locations, famous architectural ensembles, or historic sites with connections to the rich and famous. Managing Cultural Landscapes explores the latest thought in landscape and place by:

airing critical discussion of key issues in cultural landscapes through accessible accounts of how the concept of cultural landscape applies in diverse contexts across the globe and is inextricably tied to notions of living history where landscape itself is a rich social history record

• widening the notion that landscape only involves rural settings to embrace historic urban landscapes/townscapes


• examining critical issues of identity, maintenance of traditional skills and knowledge bases in the face of globalization, and new technologies


• fostering international debate with interdisciplinary appeal to provide a critical text for academics, students, practitioners, and informed community organizations


• discussing how the cultural landscape concept can be a useful management tool relative to current issues and challenges.

With contributions from an international group of authors, Managing Cultural Landscapes provides an examination of the management of heritage values of cultural landscapes from Australia, Japan, China, USA, Canada, Thailand, Indonesia, Pacific Islands, India and the Philippines; it reviews critically the factors behind the removal of Dresden and its cultural landscape from World Heritage listing and gives an overview of Historic Urban Landscape thinking.

‘… finally a book has been published that provides an overview of knowledge and experience gained in a significant number of countries outside Europe in the day-to-day management of this important category of heritage … Managing Cultural Landscapes edited by Ken Taylor and Jane Lennon is a timely and much needed book on the key issues facing government officials, heritage professionals and local communities…’ - Dr Ron van Oers, Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development

‘[Taylor and Lennon] display their substantial knowledge of and experience in the subject, which radiates through their individual contributions as well as through their analyses and selection of papers. Contributors to this volume include well-known experts in the international field of heritage conservation, which adds to the strength and authority of the book.’ - Dr Ron van Oers, Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development

"The credentials of the contributors are impeccable. Although the text is peppered with academic references, this adds richness to what is a highly readable and accessible book. This is a rewarding and valuable book with considerable depth." -Liz Lake in Context

Table of Contents:

Introduction  1. Attachment to Place  2. Emergence of the Cultural Landscape  3. New Applications  4. Managing their Heritage Values