Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Urban Regeneration
The World Bank Group (WBG) has long recognized that the restoration and preservationof cultural heritage, urban regeneration, and sustainable tourism can play a vital role in developing countries’ efforts to promote local economic development, accelerate social integration, and alleviate poverty. Against this backdrop, this research report sheds light on lessons learned from the development experience of Kyoto City, the imperial capital of Japan for more than a thousand years and home to 14 well conserved UNESCO World Heritage sites and many historic districts.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Subjects: | TOURISM, CULTURAL HERITAGE, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HISTORIC MONUMENTS, URBAN REGENERATION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/938741531140109250/Cultural-heritage-sustainable-tourism-and-urban-regeneration-capturing-lessons-and-experience-from-Japan-with-a-focus-on-Kyoto https://hdl.handle.net/10986/30204 |
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| Summary: | The World Bank Group (WBG) has long
recognized that the restoration and preservationof cultural
heritage, urban regeneration, and sustainable tourism can
play a vital role in developing countries’ efforts to
promote local economic development, accelerate social
integration, and alleviate poverty. Against this backdrop,
this research report sheds light on lessons learned from the
development experience of Kyoto City, the imperial capital
of Japan for more than a thousand years and home to 14 well
conserved UNESCO World Heritage sites and many historic districts. |
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