•A framework to evaluate tourist landscape vulnerability is proposed.•The indicators were related to Integration, Ecology, and Coordination.•Providing local policy-, plan-, and decision-making for ...world natural heritage.
The landscape is one of the bases of tourism development. Natural heritage sites are the pinnacle of natural areas with outstanding universal value, but the landscapes are diverse and fragile. Heritage sites needs to be moderately utilized to protect the landscape. Based on the aesthetic value of the heritage site, this study proposed an evaluation system for the tourist landscape vulnerability of a mountainous natural area in three aspects “Integration-Ecology-Coordination”. The results are as follows: (1) The factors influencing the integrated vulnerability of the landscape of Karajun-Kurdening were natural conditions, landscape patterns, and human activities in descending order of strength. In terms of spatial distribution, the integrated vulnerability of the study area was high, and the vulnerability in the south was higher than that in the north. (2) The forest landscape and grassland landscape are the carriers of the aesthetic value of the Karajun-Kurdening heritage site. The vulnerability of patch integrity and structural abundance of the forest landscape were low, while the forest density had strong heterogeneity. In addition, the patch integrity of the grassland landscape was strong, while the area of low grassland coverage was large. (3) The current tourism development was compatible with the landscape. Through the quantitative and qualitative comprehensive assessment of tourist landscape vulnerability, this study can usefully inform local policy-, plan-, and decision-making for future landscape conservation in mountainous natural heritage sites.
Response and adaptation to the impacts of climate change is a vital and increasing requirement for protected area management. On the ground managers of cultural and natural values in protected places ...have requested practical guidance on how to undertake climate change impact analysis, vulnerability assessment, and adaptation planning together with enhanced capacity for planning with partners, rightsholders and stakeholders. In this paper we explore how co-development and subsequent testing among World Heritage site managers, Indigenous experts and researchers, produced guidance for assessing, responding to and planning for the impacts of climate change on the diverse values of World Heritage sites in Australia. We draw on the diversity of cultural and natural heritage values associated with the terrestrial, coastal and marine environments in Australian World Heritage sites, and the broad range of institutional contexts in these sites, to highlight considerations of relevance to other protected areas (including other World Heritage sites around the world, Ramsar wetlands and marine protected areas). Our paper highlights that, for climate adaptation planning to become a normal part of management, there is a need for ongoing capacity building, including around the use of climate information to inform adaptation planning and implementation, as well as integrating Indigenous perspectives. Building capacity may involve trial and error, negotiation, sharing, sourcing and interpreting new information, and changes in expectations. It will require novel and more dynamic relationships between partners and stakeholders. Managers should include capacity building for climate adaptation planning and implementation as a specific climate adaptation task in their planning.
•We present co-developed and tested climate change guidance for World Heritage.•This guidance is co-authored with Indigenous experts.•There is an ongoing need for capacity building in adaptation planning.•Co-development processes can build capacity and bring together diverse knowledge.•World Heritage is a useful context for understanding climate adaptation planning needs.
This study investigates the role of smart tourism technology (STT) attributes (accessibility, informativeness, interactivity, and personalisation) in creating a positive STT experience, influencing ...tourists' intentions to revisit, thus benefiting the image of a heritage site. A conceptual model was developed by formulating key reasoning from the elaboration likelihood model (ELM) and flow theory. Four hundred samples were collected from four national heritage sites in India to test the model. The results indicated that the STT role is critical in developing tourists' STT experience and revisit intention, with STT attributes representing the central route of elaboration tending to play a stronger role. This study discusses results across age (old/young) and gender (male/female) with theoretical implications that could also contribute meaningful insights to marketers, government bodies, and corporations involved in tourism development. Importantly, the emergence of STT and the dimensions of the heritage site image are discussed from a sustainability perspective.
The rapid urbanization process, accompanied by the transformation of high-intensive land development and land use, constantly encroaches on habitat patches, making them increasingly fragmented and ...isolated, which directly influences the regional landscape pattern and sustainable development. Taking the Tomur World Natural Heritage region as the study area, the morphological spatial pattern analysis (MSPA) method and landscape index method were used to extract the ecological source areas of great significance to the construction of ecological corridors. Then, using the minimum cumulative resistance model (MCR), the comprehensive resistance surface was constructed and the potential corridors were generated by the minimum cost path method. Finally, according to the gravity model, the important corridors of the study area were designed. Results showed that the MSPA method and MCR model can be used in combination to identify the potential ecological corridors in the study area and clarify the priority of landscape element protection in the study area, which can provide guidance to construct the ecological network and provide reference for other regions as well.
La presente investigación aborda el estudio del patrimonio como el vínculo o relación que une a una sociedad con el conjunto de recursos heredados. El caso de estudio se localiza en la laguna ...Epecuén, en Carhué, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar el proceso de activación patrimonial a partir de las condiciones propias del lugar y de la valorización de los espacios patrimoniales naturales y culturales. Se realizó un análisis explorando los procesos, actores, discursos vinculados a la patrimonialización dada la valorización turística. Se analizaron las cualidades propias del agua de la laguna a partir de trabajos de campo, análisis de precipitaciones y reconstrucción histórica. Se trabajó a partir de la valorización simbólica y económica del patrimonio natural y cultural. Este territorio turístico es el producto de la conjunción de las cualidades inherentes del lugar, valorizado por una sociedad que lo convierte en atractivo.
Patrimônio Ambiental, História e Biodiversidade Gerhardt, Marcos; Nodari, Eunice Sueli
Fronteiras : Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science (Anápolis),
12/2016, Letnik:
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O presente artigo analisa o conceito de patrimônio ambiental e seu significado para as sociedades contemporâneas a partir dos conceitos de patrimônio histórico, cultural e natural. Desta forma, a ...dualidade entre natureza e cultura é discutida por meio da história ambiental, abordando, entre outros temas, a domesticação de plantas e animais como resultado da complexa interação entre as sociedades humanas e a natureza. As análises são feitas através da interpretação de testemunhos publicados por viajantes e cronistas dos séculos XIX e XX. Além disso, são utilizados documentos oficiais, tanto nacionais quanto internacionais, para argumentar que a conservação da biodiversidade se constitui em um dos principais elementos do patrimônio ambiental.
•Sustainable Development Situation in World Natural Heritage Sites.•A general comprehensive assessment indicators system.•Resident income is highly correlated with tourism.•The government ...intervention is effective in Jiuzhaigou.•After the earthquake, the level of coupling coordination dropped.
To continue directing global sustainable development efforts from 2015 to 2030, the United Nations adopted 17 global development goals known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) from 2000 to 2015 expired. Sustainable development of World Natural Heritage Sites is one of these 17 MDGs and a crucial step toward achieving global sustainability. A scientific and systematic indicator system that can measure the sustainable development of natural World Heritage Sites more objectively and fairly is urgently needed to support the establishment of SDG11.4 on a Chinese scale and to help with the subsequent promotion of the development of natural World Heritage Sites. This study proposes a comprehensive assessment indicator system for the sustainable development of natural heritage sites based on the theoretical framework of “value contribution-environmental effect” to quantify the sustainable development of natural heritage sites. The study is based on the ecological environment and regional economic and social data of Jiuzhaigou World Natural Heritage Site from 2010 to 2020. Finally, the degree of coupling and coordination between the natural environment and economic development is assessed and studied. The results show that tourism to the World Heritage Site drove rapid economic development in Jiuzhaigou County between 2010 and 2020. As the fame of the World Heritage Site Jiuzhaigou has grown, so has the per capita income of local locals, making them unduly reliant on tourists for a living. Meanwhile, both the 2017 earthquake and the COVID-19 epidemic in 2019 have had substantial detrimental effects on the local economy. Furthermore, the Jiuzhaigou sustainable development trend from 2010 to 2020 exhibits a “W-shaped” curve, and there is a high level of positive coupling between the Jiuzhaigou sustainable development trend and economic development, and the two are mutually reinforcing.
Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest of the world is located in Bangladesh and India. Studies done on the diversity of fish fauna in the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh are sparse and ...patchy. Here we take the opportunity to provide an updated checklist of the fishes of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh based on primary and secondary data. Field surveys were undertaken in the aquatic habitat of Sundarbans core area along with its adjacent marine habitat from June 2015 to July 2017. Based on published information and primary observations the updated list of fishes covers a total of 322 species belonging to 217 genera, 96 families, and 22 orders. Additionally, four species of fishes, are newly reported in Bangladesh waters, viz., Mustelus mosis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899; Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915; Carangoides hedlandensis Whitley, 1934; Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor, 1849. The global IUCN Red List status of each species has been enlisted. The updated checklist will constitute the reference inventory of fish biodiversity for the Sundarbans, a natural world heritage site.
The impacts of mass and unsupervised ecotourism on natural resources have tremendously increased. As natural resources conservation and ecotourism issues are now at the forefront of public opinion, ...this study was conducted in Kermanshah Province, Iran (KPI) which is suitable for ecotourism due to its attractive landscapes, biodiversity, and traditional agricultural productions. This research was carried out through field survey and interview with relevant experts (March 2019–March 2020). Accordingly, the strategies for combining ecotourism development and natural resources protection were explored using strength-weakness-opportunity-threat (SWOT) approach. The respondents were specialized in the field of geography, watershed management, ecotourism, economy, forest, rangeland, agriculture and extension. Results showed that ecotourism destinations mostly included some parts of attractive mountains, forests, rangelands, caves, rivers, springs, tourism villages and urban gardens. Moreover, the strategy solutions based on opportunities- strengths (S-O) included legal documentation and cadastral mapping of natural resources, increasing public participation and awareness, livelihood resilience and job creation for inhabitants through development of local markets, and construction of welfare facilities for visitors. Meanwhile, considering strengths that can curtail vulnerability to the external threats (S-T strategies) include combating corruption and lobbying forces, regular and strict field monitoring, heavy penalties on degradation activities (mainly arson fire, tree cutting and rubbish disposal), security guaranty and financial support for investors, increasing protected reserve areas, preserving the traditional village, and proper pathways building for public walking in the natural heritages. These strategies can assist the governments in balancing ecotourism development and sustainability of natural resources at local scale such as KPI.
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