Publicomos

Réf.

42438

Type

conference item

Titre

Heritage, driver for development and the case of the rice terraces of the Philippine cordilleras

Langues

English

Auteurs

Mananghaya, Joycelyn B.

Date

21/05/2012

Pagination de section

947-957

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 17th General Assembly

Lieu de conférence

Paris, France

Date de conférence

2011-11-27 / 2011-12-02

Mots-clés

public awareness / economic development / economic aspects / case studies / sustainability / sustainable development / restoration / demographic surveys / industrial development / cultural significance / agriculture / agricultural landscapes / World Heritage List / Asia / cultural landscapes / economic value / rice / terraces

Pays mentionnés

Philippines

Monuments et sites

Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras

N° Patrimoine mondial

722

Résumé en anglais

The paradigm that heritage could be a driver for development is still being understood in many heritage properties. Some World Heritage properties became economically developed after inscription in the World Heritage List while in others, economic benefits have yet to be realized. In the case of the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, development in the property after its international recognition has yet to be appreciated. Prior to inscription, there was high valorization of the property at the national and local level while World Heritage inscription of this cultural landscape has resulted to an increased awareness of its significance as an important heritage of humanity. While development is presently seen in the encroachment of areas in some parts of the property which before were purely used for rice agriculture, irregular development is similarly felt in the form of unregulatedinfrastructure in some areas within and outside the property. The high significance of the rice terraces, apart from its being a living cultural landscape, impels an envisioned type of development that allows for the conservation of both its cultural and natural values yet allowing natural evolutionary processes to continue including the setting in of economic benefits. The idea of sustainable development comes to mind, but this has yet to be defined. The questions are: What is sustainable development in the rice terraces? If there are models to be emulated, what models of sustainable economic development are apt for the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras? Is sustainable development possible in a property where majority of its people understand and relates development with economic progress and infrastructure development? Is it possible in a place where priority of the living communities is to earn a living and to ensure that the basic needs are met first and foremost? Therefore, this paper attempts to understand the issue of sustainable development in the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras World Heritage property.

Document joint

IV-3-Article8_Mananghaya.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (BY-NC)