Heritage, Cultural Tourism etc.

• Culture & Development on the Development Gateway: Major global information service with nearly 900 selected resources, each with an abstract, covering all aspects of the relationship between culture and development, including Arts, Craft & Media, Cultural Management, Cultural Policy, Heritage Preservation, Heritage in Peril, and the Economics of Culture
• World Heritage Centre
  • World Heritage Convention, 1972 - full text
  • The 731 Properties in 122 States on the World Heritage List with brief descriptions
• Development Gateway - Culture and Development (managed by Patrick Boylan for the World Bank)
• ICOMOS - International Council on Monuments and Sites
• E-FAITH - European Federation of Associations of Industrial and Technical Heritage
• 2002: European Industrial and Technical Heritage Year
• Network for Culture and Development (Sponsored by The World Bank)
• International Debate on Education for Sustainable Development - Follow and respond to on-line debate 1 September - 15 December 1999
• Select Bibliography on Culture and Development prepared by Patrick Boylan for the Council of Europe's Task Force on Culture and Development, 1994-95
• Bibliografia del turismo: large, multilingual, bibliography of heritage and general tourism of the Anthropology and Tourism Research Group of the Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife
• Tourism Current Awareness Service: indexes and abstracts articles on Hospitality and Tourism in over 100 current academic and trade journals, maintained by the Libraries of Oxford Brookes University and Surrey University
• ISAIC - the International Society for the Advancement of Interpretive Communications including "Interpretive Library" of articles on heritage interpretation, cultural tourism etc.
• Institute of Art and Law (UK): research institute producing important publications, conferences etc.
• Europe's Built Environment and Movable Heritage: - by Patrick J. Boylan (Research Paper for Council of Europe's Task Force on Culture and Development, 1994-95)
• The Heritage Dimension in late 20th century Culture: - by Patrick J. Boylan (Research Paper for Council of Europe's Task Force on Culture and Development, 1994-95)
• Internet Site for the European Heritage
• Cultural Heritage and Development Network: Web archive of the World Bank-related Network and discussion group
• Forums et listes de discussions portant sur l'archeologie (France): Lists of and links to Internet discussion groups and other resources on the archaeological heritage (English and French text)
• Charter of Cultural Tourism - ICOMOS, 1976.
• Authenticity in Cultural Heritage: niformation and discussion on authenticity issues relating to building etc. preservation and restoration, maintained by US National Committee of ICOMOS
• European Union - Culture and Environment: - cultural tourism issues
• Cultural Heritage and Development Action Network: inaugural Working Group meeting at World Bank, Washington, January 1998
• National Association for Interpretation: areas covered include Council for Interpretation of Native Peoples, African - American Experience, Cultural Interpretation and Living History, Environmental Education and Heritage interpretation and tourism
• Responding to the Community: Proposals for Cultural Development": Saskatchewan Municipal Government, January 1995
• Europe's built environment and movable heritage Research Paper for the Council of Europe's Task Force on Culture and Development, 1994-95, by Patrick Boylan
• English Heritage: - (Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England), includes full list of its 407 historic properties, educational resources and link to the Ancient Monuments Laboratory site
• Britannia: - large-scale on-line magazine about the British Isles, with many links and integrated search engine
• Organisation of World Heritage Cities
• UK Monarchy, Royal Palaces & Art Collections etc.
• Virtual London: - A London Guide
• Scottish History, Archaeology and Genealogy: - private enthusiast's web site, covering a wide range of events, people and places of significance to Scottish history

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