Future of Cultural Heritage Conservation amid Urbanization in Asia: Constraints and Prospects

Abstract

Given the national commitments and the international criteria for nomination of cultural propertiesand cultural landscapes to be inscribed on the World Cultural Heritage List, and various threats frommultiple external forces as well as intrinsic constraints among Asian countries, this study then attemptsto investigate the significant variables, their applicabilities to and impacts on conservation implementationand potential performances. Through reviewing conservation experiences in Asian regions, criticalconstraints and prospects in terms of positive approaches are explored together with demonstratingdistinctive examples of World Cultural Heritage and Asia-Pacific’s best practices in conservation. Theoutputs of these investigations set up the conceptual framework of challenge for escalating the conservationmovements in Thailand.