01128nam a2200109   4500000000100000008004100001100001400042245008900056300000800145520084300153020002200996       2019                            d1 aT. Jimura00aContemporary developments in and around World Heritage Sites and their implications.  a1463 aThe first part of this chapter discusses contemporary developments within the concept of World Heritage sites (WHSs). These developments include the List of World Heritage in Danger, the notion of  cultural landscape  and the concept of  historic urban landscape . The next part examines contemporary developments around the notion of WHSs, which can be further categorized into culture-focused and nature-focused concepts. The culture-focused ideas comprise  intangible cultural heritage  and  Memory of the World . These two, and World Heritage, are three fundamental initiatives for international cultural heritage conservation of UNESCO. The nature-focused notions consist of  UNESCO Global Geoparks  and  biosphere reserves , which are the main schemes for global natural heritage conservation of UNESCO together with World Heritage.  a978-1-78639-268-8