{"product_id":"the-future-of-heritage-as-climates-change-loss-adaptation-and-creativity-paperback","title":"The Future of Heritage as Climates Change: Loss, Adaptation and Creativity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJim Perry\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClimate change is a critical issue for heritage studies. Sites, objects and ways of life all are coming under threat, requiring alternative management, or requiring specific climate change adaptation. Heritage is key to interpreting the societal significance of climate change; notions (and images) of the past are crucial to our understanding of the present, and are used to prompt actions that help society define and achieve a specific and desired future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelatively little attention has been paid to the critical intersections between heritage and climate change. \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Heritage as Climates Change\u003c\/i\u003e frames the intellectual context within which heritage and climate change can be examined, presenting cases and sub-fields in which the heritage-climate change nexus is being examined and provides synthetic analyses through five overarching themes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe heritage of change among coastal communities: liminality and the politics of engagement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eDwelling materials: processes and possibilities; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnvironmental heritage: meanings of the past - prospects for the future; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eBlurring the boundaries of nature and culture: the politics of anticipation; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eClimate change and heritage practice: adaptation and resilience. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Future of Heritage as Climates Change provides scholars, managers, policy makers and students with a much needed examination of heritage and climate change to help make critical decisions in the next several decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Harvey\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Historical and Cultural Geography at the University of Exeter, UK. He has worked within the field of heritage studies for a number of years and his research has contributed to some key heritage debates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Perry is HT Morse Distinguished University Professor at the University of Minnesota, USA. His current research focuses on climate change adaptation in UNESCO World Heritage sites, and on capacity development supporting an ecosystem management approach to water resources. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127525511303,"sku":"9781138781849","price":111.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8dd2b9b286cd46e36cb67fadd8f96e66.webp?v=1732589142","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-future-of-heritage-as-climates-change-loss-adaptation-and-creativity-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}