The Protection of Archaeological Heritage in Times of Economic Crisis.

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Table of contents; list of illustrations; list of tables; prologue; introduction; greetings of the conference; chapter one; cultural heritage and sustainabledevelopment; world heritage and sustainabledevelopment on the 40th anniversaryof the convention; the international regimefor the protection of culturalheritage and the globaleconomic crisis; chapter two; assessing and measuring economic riskfor cultural heritage; protection and preservationof the olympic landscape; the economic crisis; persevering with the underwaterarchaeological surveys of the greekmission in alexandria; chapter three.

Investigating sustainability of bazaarsin iranian historical citieskey to sustainability in qanatmanagement systems; chapter four; review of various management plansto understand their advantagesas a first step of the conservationprocess of historical monuments; the master plan for wadi el deir, sinai, egypt; building partnershipsin eco-archaeology; new ways of conducting businessfor museums; archaeological managementin the republic of armenia; theft response action plan; chapter five; the mua project; civil protection reforms and policies; aphrodite temple in amathus, cyprus; chapter six.

Archaeology in timesof economic crisisrisk assessment of salt ladenbuilding materialsat archaeological sites; protective sheltersfor archaeological sites; parameters for designingand constructing protective sheltersfor archaeological sites; the shelter construction for terracehouse 2 in ephesos; chapter seven; study on the conservation of grottono. 10 at anyue yuanjuedong grottoes, sichuan province, china; on the preservation and conservationof archaeologically recoveredanthropological remains; the diachronic managementof alepotrypa cave, diros.

The past and the futureof an excavation projectin alexandria, egyptthe issue of "handling" restorationand conservation worksthrough the example of the palaceof knossos; chapter eight; a legal action plan to preserveand protect antiquities and restoreheritage rights; archaeological heritage for sale?legal, ethical and politicalconsiderations focusedon the greek case; the return of colonialand other treasures; illicit trafficking in cultural goodsand the economic crisis; protection of movable findsand collections; chapter nine; the historic gardens of the formerroyal estate of tatoi.

Chapter tenthe sustainable managementof the museum network of the piraeusbank group cultural foundation; heritage, economy and developmentof historic townsafter the "tourism explosion":; conservation management of the beninearthworks of southern nigeria; chapter eleven; chapter twelve; appendix i; appendix ii.

This volume brings together the proceedings of the conference ""From past experience to new approaches and synergies: The future of protection management for archaeological heritage in times of economic crisis"", held in the new Acropolis Museum in Athens in 2012. The conference was organised by the Hellenic National Committee of the International Scientific Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Scientific Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM), with the ...

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

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