UNESCO World Heritage Convention – mission and commitment in times of challenges: lessons learnt from World Heritage Cities in Northwest-Europe and North-America

Matthias Ripp; Elena Arndt; Monika Göttler

doi:10.35784/odk.5443

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Published: Dec 16, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35784/odk.5443

Issue No. 17 (2023)

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35 years of World Heritage in the UK – challenges and opportunities
Chris Blandford

1-16
34 years and counting: the so far experience of World Heritage assets in Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitrios Zygomalas

17-33
UNESCO World Heritage Convention – mission and commitment in times of challenges: lessons learnt from World Heritage Cities in Northwest-Europe and North-America
Matthias Ripp, Elena Arndt, Monika Göttler

35-53
The 50 years of the World Heritage Convention in Spain: implementation, effects, and challenges
Mónica Luengo, Celia Martínez, Xavier Casanovas, Maider Maraña, Jordi Tresserras, Cristina Lafuente

55-65
Introduction of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention at institutional level and on legal terms. The Hungarian example
Melinda Harlov-Csortán

67-82
World Heritage at 50: policy and practice – key achievements and major challenges
Mechtild Rössler

83-95
Changing the game: the case of cultural landscapes
David Jacques

97-104
World Heritage as a balancing act: experiences from a medium-sized World Heritage City in Bavaria
Patricia Alberth

105-114
Committee decisions impact on the World Heritage List: breaking the balance
Iva Zunjic

115-128
Application of experience gleaned from the WHL system in national heritage protection systems – opportunities and benefits
Bogusław Szmygin

129-136

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https://doi.org/10.35784/odk.5443

Authors

Matthias Ripp

hfh.icomos@gmail.com

Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, City of Regensburg, Organisation of World Heritage Cities, Professio GmbH, University of Bamberg, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9572-8376

Elena Arndt

hfh.icomos@gmail.com

University of Padua, Italy

Monika Göttler

hfh.icomos@gmail.com

Senior Project Manager City of Regensburg, Germany

Abstract

This article is based on a presentation given at the International Conference “50 years UNESCO World Heritage Convention in Europe: Achievements and Challenges” in Krakow/Poland in June 2022. The purpose is to showcase current challenges for UNESCO World Heritage Cities, how they are connected and how cities can respond to the challenges by installing heritage site managers.
The described challenges are based on reports and work within the Organisation of World Heritage Cities (OWHC), the analysis and elaboration of the roles and skills of site managers of previous published work.

Keywords:

UNESCO, ICOMOS, WHS, Northwest-Europe, North-America

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Ripp, M., Arndt, E., & Göttler, M. (2023). UNESCO World Heritage Convention – mission and commitment in times of challenges: lessons learnt from World Heritage Cities in Northwest-Europe and North-America . Protection of Cultural Heritage, 1(17), 35–53. https://doi.org/10.35784/odk.5443

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