Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What is World Heritage? -- 2.1 Cultural sites and natural sites -- 2.2 Criteria for justification: characteristics and types -- 2.3 Mandatory criteria: authenticity and integrity -- 2.4 Typological, thematic and chronological-regional considerations -- 2.5 Management requirements -- 2.6 List of World Heritage in Danger -- 3 The World Heritage Convention in the Fullness of Time -- 3.1 How it all began -- 3.2 Stages of implementation -- 3.3 The Global Strategy -- 4 Discourses Surrounding World Heritage -- 4.1 Tangible discourse of experts, or “authorized discourse“ -- 4.2 Discourse on the appropriation of heritage into the social process -- 4.3 Heritage Studies discourse â€" protection and use of heritage in the interest of human development -- 5 Effects of Popularization -- 5.1 World Heritage and politics -- 5.2 World Heritage and tourism -- 6 World Heritage versus Intangible Cultural Heritage -- 6.1 Transformation processes: from tangible to intangible -- 6.2 Intangible heritage in the 2003 Convention -- 7 Prospects for the Future -- 7.1 Heritage and empowerment of stakeholders -- 7.2 Culture, heritage and diversity -- 7.3 World Heritage and sustainable development -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.