Strategies for Sustainable Tourism at the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, China

At the Mogao Grottoes, a World Heritage site near Dunhuang city in Gansu Province, visitor numbers have increased inexorably since 1979 when the site opened. A national policy that identifies tourism as a pillar industry, along with pressure from local authorities and businesses to encourage more to...

Πλήρης περιγραφή

Λεπτομέρειες βιβλιογραφικής εγγραφής
Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Demas, Martha (Συγγραφέας), Agnew, Neville (Συγγραφέας), Fan, Jinshi (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Σειρά:SpringerBriefs in Archaeology,
Θέματα:
Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
LEADER 03272nam a22004815i 4500
001 978-3-319-09000-9
003 DE-He213
005 20151109001145.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 140911s2015 gw | s |||| 0|eng d
020 |a 9783319090009  |9 978-3-319-09000-9 
024 7 |a 10.1007/978-3-319-09000-9  |2 doi 
040 |d GrThAP 
050 4 |a HM401-1281 
072 7 |a JFC  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a SOC026000  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 306  |2 23 
100 1 |a Demas, Martha.  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Strategies for Sustainable Tourism at the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, China  |h [electronic resource] /  |c by Martha Demas, Neville Agnew, Jinshi Fan. 
264 1 |a Cham :  |b Springer International Publishing :  |b Imprint: Springer,  |c 2015. 
300 |a XVI, 114 p. 54 illus., 49 illus. in color.  |b online resource. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
347 |a text file  |b PDF  |2 rda 
490 1 |a SpringerBriefs in Archaeology,  |x 1861-6623 
505 0 |a Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Conceptual frameworks for managing visitor impact -- Chapter 3: The Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang -- Chapter 4: The Mogao Visitor Study -- Chapter 5: Strategies for sustainable tourism -- Conclusions.  . 
520 |a At the Mogao Grottoes, a World Heritage site near Dunhuang city in Gansu Province, visitor numbers have increased inexorably since 1979 when the site opened. A national policy that identifies tourism as a pillar industry, along with pressure from local authorities and businesses to encourage more tourism, threatens to lead to an unsustainable situation for management, an unsafe and uncomfortable experience for visitors and irreparable damage to the fragile art of the cave temples for which the site is famous. In the context of the comprehensive visitor management plan developed for the Mogao Grottoes, a multi-year study began in 2001 as a joint undertaking of the Dunhuang Academy and the Getty Conservation Institute to determine the impact of visitation on the painted caves and develop strategies for sustainable visitation such that, once implemented, these threats would be resolved. The methodological framework featured a major research and assessment component that integrates visitor studies; laboratory investigations; environmental monitoring; field testing and condition assessment to address the issues affecting the grottoes and visitors. Results from this component led to defining limiting conditions, which were the basis for establishing a visitor capacity policy for the grottoes and developing long-term monitoring and management tools. 
650 0 |a Social sciences. 
650 0 |a Archaeology. 
650 0 |a Management. 
650 1 4 |a Social Sciences. 
650 2 4 |a Cultural Management. 
650 2 4 |a Archaeology. 
700 1 |a Agnew, Neville.  |e author. 
700 1 |a Fan, Jinshi.  |e author. 
710 2 |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 |t Springer eBooks 
776 0 8 |i Printed edition:  |z 9783319089997 
830 0 |a SpringerBriefs in Archaeology,  |x 1861-6623 
856 4 0 |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09000-9  |z Full Text via HEAL-Link 
912 |a ZDB-2-SHU 
950 |a Humanities, Social Sciences and Law (Springer-11648)