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World Heritage Sites, Culture and Sustainable Communities in Africa

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The Management Of Cultural World Heritage Sites and Development In Africa

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Cultural heritage sites and landscapes can play an intrinsic role in the development of sustainable societies across Africa. These places can provide a range of socio-economic and environmental opportunities if they are managed in an informed and participatory manner involving the active engagement of their local and regional communities. However, these sites are also subject to a range of both natural and anthropogenic threats across a rapidly changing continent. Responsibility now lies with both national governments and international bodies to actively re-engage with this expansive resource and to develop new innovative and integrated approaches towards the future management of heritage across this region.

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  1. School of Environmental Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland

    Colin Breen

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  1. Leiden University Department of Archaeology, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Simon Makuvaza

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Breen, C. (2014). World Heritage Sites, Culture and Sustainable Communities in Africa. In: Makuvaza, S. (eds) The Management Of Cultural World Heritage Sites and Development In Africa. SpringerBriefs in Archaeology(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0482-2_7

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