Caribbean Wooden Treasures
Title
Caribbean Wooden Treasures
Caribbean Wooden Treasures
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World Heritage Series n°15
World Heritage Series n°15
Date:
Thursday, 1 December 2005
Thursday, 1 December 2005
Description
Table of contents
Proceedings of the Thematic Expert Meeting on Wooden Urban Heritage in the Caribbean Region
- Foreword Francesco Bandarin, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Introduction and Summary Report of Expert Meeting (with Declaration of Georgetown)
Ron van Oers, Chief of Unit a.i. for Latin America and the Caribbean - Map of the Caribbean Region as defined by UNESCO
- Papers on Context
- The growing World Heritage tourism market: a major challenge for conservation management
Bernd von Droste zu Hülshoff - Caribbean heritage: its uses and economic potential
Lennox Honychurch - Wooden Caribbean cities as World Heritage: outline for a comparative analysis
between Paramaribo (Suriname) and Georgetown (Guyana) Ron van Oers - Thematic application: Caribbean wooden urban heritage
Patricia E. Green
- The growing World Heritage tourism market: a major challenge for conservation management
- Papers on Case Studies
- The use of timber in Barbados: the case of the chattel house
Steve A. Devonish - Wood: the cultural bridge of the Caribbean
Nilson Acosta Reyes - Promoting the rescue of a misunderstood heritage
Iris de Mondesert - Dominica’s architectural heritage in transition: authentic vs aesthetic
Elise Johnston-Agar - The glories of pre-colonial timber construction of the Guianas and Caribbean William Harris
- The folk architecture of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Suzanne Gordon - Saint Lucia’s wooden urban heritage
Duane Marquis - Protecting the wooden urban heritage in Trinidad and Tobago
Vel A. Lewis
- The use of timber in Barbados: the case of the chattel house
Author:
World Heritage Centre
World Heritage Centre
Language: English en
Editor: Ron Van Oers
Publisher: UNESCO - World Heritage Centre
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