| Other author/creator | Willems, W. J. H., 1950-2014 editor. |
| Other author/creator | Schaik, Henk P. J. van, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Unesco. |
| Other author/creator | International Council on Monuments and Sites. |
| Other author/creator | World Water Symposium (7th : 2015 : Taegu, Korea) |
| Variant title |
Water and heritage |
| Contents |
Foreword / Irina Bokova -- Preface / Diederik Six and Erik Luijendijk -- Culture is the fourth pillar of sustainable development / Olivier Blond -- Water and Heritage : conventions and connections / Henk van Schaik, Michael van der Valk and Willem Willems -- Evolution of rainwater harvesting in urban areas through the millennia. A sustainable technology for increasing water availability / Benoit Haut, Xiao Yun Zheng, Larry Mays, Mooyoung Han, Cees Passchier, and Andreas N. Angelakis -- Ancient water wisdom. Traditional water systems in India / Vasudha Pangare and Ganesh Pangare -- Water and heritage in Angkor, Cambodia. The monuments, the ancient hydraulic network and their recent rehabilitation / Peou Hang -- Water and World Heritage / Anne Lemaistre -- Beautiful tropical islands in the Caribbean Sea. Human responses to floods and droughts and the indigenous archaeological heritage of the Caribbean / Corinne L. Hofman and Menno L.P. Hoogland -- Pacific Islands on the brink of submergence. Rising seas in an age of climate changes / John A. Peterson -- Sand and water - and their effect on the pyramids of Meroe in the Sudan / Alexandra Riedel -- Preserving New York City's waterfront industrial and maritime heritage through resilient and sustainable development. New York City's coastal development / Kate Daly -- Heritage values of water and sea defense in Recife. Challenges for a local governmental approach / Evelyne Labanca Corrêa de Araújo -- Hazard vulnerability and management of cultural heritage in the context of water-related hazards in the Republic of Korea / Hae Un Rii, Hyo Hyun Sung and Jisoo Kim -- Flood protection for historic sites : integrating heritage conservation and flood control concepts. Experiences in Germany / Heiko Lieske, Erika Schmidt and Thomas Will -- 'Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.' Managing the potential effects of oceanic climate change on underwater cultural heritage / Mark Dunkley -- Water as an agent of creation and destruction at Petra / Douglas C. Comer -- Tsunami and heritage after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake / Katsuyuki Okamura -- Reinforcing the link between water and heritage in order to build disaster resilient societies / Rohit Jigyasu -- Between pragmatism and cultural context. Continuity and change in Ifugao wet-rice agriculture / Stephen Acabado and Marlon Martin -- Water services heritage and institutional diversity / T.S. Katko, P.S. Juuti, R.E. Pietilä and R.P. Rajala -- The framework of skills and knowledge shared in long-enduring organizations in the improvement of irrigation efficiency in Japan / Mikiko Sugiura, Yohei Sato and Shimuke Ota -- The Deltaworks : heritage and new space for a changing world / Marinke Steenhuis -- Beyond site protection. Embedding natural heritage into sustainable landscapes / Kenneth Irvine -- The Santa Cruz River. Four millennia of water heritage and security in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region / Rafael de Grenade and Robert G. Varady -- Cultural and touristic strategies for preservation and enhancement of Venice and its lagoon / Francesco Calzolaio -- The Tennessee Valley Authority. How the development of the Tennessee River influenced archaeology in the southeastern United States / Erin Pritchard, Michaelyn Harle and Pat Bernard Ezzell -- Development of the WWC world water heritage systems (WHS) program / Avinash Chand Tyagi and Kazumi Yamaoka -- Appendix 1: Statement of Amsterdam. |
| General note | Outgrowth of cooperation between UNESCO and ICOMOS during the 7th World Water Forum, held April 12-17, 2015, in Daegu and Gyeongju, Korea. (Foreword and Forum's website) |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN | 9789088902789 paperback |
| ISBN | 908890278X paperback |
