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China has surged into the 21st century as one of the most rapidly
modernizing countries in the world. Its burgeoning cities reflect
this extraordinary growth with a dazzling array of new
architectural forms and designs. In its transformation, the
5000-year old heritage of its built civilization, embedded in its
villages, towns and cities, has often been replaced. The Chinese
Government, aware of the value of this heritage, has in recent
years taken concrete steps to conserve and preserve not just
national icons such as the Forbidden Palace in Beijing, the Great
Wall of China and the Grey Goose Pagoda in Xian but also the more
general historic fabric of its urban development over the
centuries. The challenges are great, particularly as population
growth and rural-urban drift have combined to place enormous
pressure on city resources. The chapters in this book explore these
challenges as well as analysing other institutional, cultural,
social and economic issues related to urban heritage conservation
and utilization, with a focus on the role of tourism in reinforcing
conservation values by finding new uses for old buildings and
districts. This book covers new areas of heritage tourism research
in Chinese cities. The chapters were originally published in a
special issue of the Journal of Heritage Tourism.
China has surged into the 21st century as one of the most rapidly
modernizing countries in the world. Its burgeoning cities reflect
this extraordinary growth with a dazzling array of new
architectural forms and designs. In its transformation, the
5000-year old heritage of its built civilization, embedded in its
villages, towns and cities, has often been replaced. The Chinese
Government, aware of the value of this heritage, has in recent
years taken concrete steps to conserve and preserve not just
national icons such as the Forbidden Palace in Beijing, the Great
Wall of China and the Grey Goose Pagoda in Xian but also the more
general historic fabric of its urban development over the
centuries. The challenges are great, particularly as population
growth and rural-urban drift have combined to place enormous
pressure on city resources. The chapters in this book explore these
challenges as well as analysing other institutional, cultural,
social and economic issues related to urban heritage conservation
and utilization, with a focus on the role of tourism in reinforcing
conservation values by finding new uses for old buildings and
districts. This book covers new areas of heritage tourism research
in Chinese cities. The chapters were originally published in a
special issue of the Journal of Heritage Tourism.
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