Publicomos

Réf.

41638

Type

conference item

Titre

Setting factors and judging standards of World Cultural Heritage

Langues

English

Auteurs

Zhan, Guo

Date

2005

Pagination de section

1-7

Titre de conférence

15th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes’

Lieu de conférence

Xi'an, China

Date de conférence

17 – 21 oct 2005

Mots-clés

setting / values / World Cultural Heritage / integrity / intangible heritage / case studies / conservation of cultural heritage / management / World Heritage / World Heritage List

Résumé en anglais

Setting is an indispensable component of the value embodiment of cultural Heritage. It is much related to the authenticity and integrity of heritage and has direct influence on people’s perception of the value of heritage and an accurate understanding of the associated history and culture. To neglect or damage the setting is to harm the heritage itself.In evaluating sites for cultural heritage nominations and their state of conservation, setting must be taken into consideration as an essential element. Meanwhile, it should be noted that evaluation of settings of different properties may have different results due the differences in their characters and relevant criteria, history, nature, social environment and other objective facts. Therefore, exploring appropriate and universally acknowledged judgment tool will be conductive to the authority, balance and representativeness of the World Heritage List and be of practical help to our colleagues in ICOMOS.

Document joint

1-14.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)