01039nas a2200145 4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260002300043100001400066245007300080856014900153300001200302520053200314020004700846 2013 d bTaylor and Francis1 aT. Sharma00aA community-based approach to heritage management from Ladakh, India uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85024847372&doi=10.4324%2f9780203066591-16&partnerID=40&md5=e8ae934a845dbd481ac2e5e188313ba8 a271-2843 aIn living heritage sites across much of rural Asia, there is an ongoing relationship between the community and its built and natural environment. Understanding this relationship through the beliefs and functions associated with these settings is crucial to discover why and how many of these built and natural heritage sites have survived over the centuries. Yet this connection is often ignored as conventional conservation approaches are increasingly accepted into the domain of intangible ‘cultural heritage management’. a9781135075620 (ISBN); 9780415520546 (ISBN)