TY - MGZN AU - T. Sharma AB - In 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’. C2 - Asian Heritage Management: Contexts, Concerns, and Prospects DO - 10.4324/9780203066591-16 LA - English N1 - Journal Abbreviation: Asian Heritage Management: Contexts, Concerns, and Prospects N2 - In 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’. PB - Taylor and Francis PY - 2013 SN - 9781135075620 (ISBN); 9780415520546 (ISBN) SP - 271 EP - 284 TI - A community-based approach to heritage management from Ladakh, India UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85024847372&doi=10.4324%2f9780203066591-16&partnerID=40&md5=e8ae934a845dbd481ac2e5e188313ba8 ER -