Evolving Heritage Conservation Practice in the Twenty-first Century

Abstract

This book focuses on current trends in cultural heritageCultural heritage conservationHeritage conservation and their influence on heritage practice. It draws on fourteen MontrealMontreal Round Tables of the Canada Research Chair on Built Heritage at the University of MontrealMontreal, held between 2006 and 2018. These meetings linked theory and practice by considering the doctrinal underpinnings of heritage conservationHeritage conservation policy as well as practical solutions at the site level. Whether understood through the perspective of World HeritageWorld Heritage, historic urban landscapesHistoric urban landscapes, heritage tourismHeritage tourism, climate changeClimate change or the nature-culture nexus, challenging issues call for innovative approaches to protect and conserve our heritage placesHeritage places. The book brings together the voices of different stakeholders in the heritage conservationHeritage conservation process, ranging from scholars, experts, site managers and government officials to young professionals and students. The chapters of this book, written by participants at various Round Table sessions, explore fourteen international debates on difficult conservationConservation issues encountered by the World HeritageWorld Heritage Committee and heritage generally in the first two decades of the twenty-first century.