Cultural heritage

摘要

Whether tangible or intangible, cultural values are accepted as one of the basic elements to increase the quality of life and are aggrandizing their importance in economic life. Therefore, it is not surpris-ing that studies on cultural heritage are also augmenting. This book gathers cultural heritage views from different disciplines with examples from Europe, Asia, and Australia. The range of the topics in the book emphasizes the sophistication of cultural heritage. This diversity can be seen also in the variety of professions of the editors and authors. Though the contributors - totally 29 authors -are mainly from management and marketing fields, there are also architects, urban and regional planners, economists, cultural heritage experts, and archaeologists as well as mathematicians and statisticians.