Looking After Cultural and Natural Heritage Resources in Asia ...
Looking After Cultural and Natural Heritage Resources in Asia ...
Looking After Cultural and Natural Heritage Resources in Asia ...
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The focus of our sem<strong>in</strong>ar<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> protection <strong>in</strong><br />
Southeast <strong>Asia</strong><br />
• Great diversity of<br />
countries – relatively rich<br />
<strong>and</strong> quite poor<br />
• National policy priorities<br />
not on conservation<br />
• But: Important entry<br />
po<strong>in</strong>ts: Tourism!<br />
Environment!<br />
• Huge new opportunities<br />
from regional cooperation<br />
<strong>and</strong> exchange<br />
• Secondary cities <strong>and</strong><br />
towns<br />
• Urban conservation still<br />
new <strong>in</strong> <strong>Asia</strong> (compared<br />
with “the West”)<br />
• Urban conservation less<br />
understood than<br />
monument preservation<br />
• Smaller cities more<br />
neglected that larger<br />
ones<br />
• Local conditions Siem<br />
Reap quite different from<br />
Battambang<br />
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