Contents:
Foreword
Irina Bokova (Director-General of UNESCO)
Preface
Jhr. Ir. Diederik Six (president ICOMOS Netherlands) and Drs. Erik Luijendijk (board member ICOMOSNetherlands)
Culture is the fourth pillar of sustainable development
Olivier Blond
Water and Heritage: conventions and connections
Henk P.J. van Schaik, Michael van der Valk and Willem Willems
Evolution of rainwater harvesting in urban areas through the millennia. A sustainable technology for increasing water availability
Benoît Haut, Xiao Yun Zheng, Larry Mays, Mooyoung Han, Cees Passchier, and Andreas N. Angelakis
Ancient Water Wisdom. Traditional water systems in India
Vasudha Pangare and Ganesh Pangare
Water and heritage in Angkor, Cambodia. The monuments, the ancient hydraulic network and their recent rehabilitation
Peou Hang
Water and World heritage
Anne Lemaistre
Beautiful tropical islands in the Caribbean Sea. Human responses to floods and droughts and the indigenous archaeological heritage of the Caribbean
Corinne L. Hofman and Menno L.P. Hoogland
Pacific Islands on the brink of submergence. Rising seas in an age of climate changes
John A. Peterson
Sand and water – and their effect on the pyramids of Meroe in the Sudan
Alexandra Riedel
Preserving New York City’s waterfront industrial and maritime heritage through resilient and sustainable development. New York City’s coastal development
Kate Daly
Heritage values of water and sea defense in Recife. Challenges for a local governmental approach
Evelyne Labanca Corrêa de Araújo
Hazard vulnerability and management of cultural heritage in the context of water-related hazards in the Republic of Korea
Hae Un Rii, Hyo Hyun Sung and Jisoo Kim
Flood Protection for Historic Sites – Integrating Heritage Conservation and Flood Control Concepts. Experiences in Germany
Heiko Lieske, Erika Schmidt and Thomas Will
‘Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get’. Managing the potential effects of oceanic climate change on underwater cultural heritage
Mark Dunkley
Water as an Agent of Creation and Destruction at Petra
Douglas C. Comer
Tsunami and heritage after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Katsuyuki Okamura
Reinforcing the link between Water and Heritage in order to build Disaster Resilient Societies
Rohit Jigyasu
Between pragmatism and cultural context. Continuity and change in Ifugao wet-rice agriculture
Stephen Acabado and Marlon Martin
Water Services Heritage and Institutional Diversity
T.S. Katko, P.S. Juuti, P.E. Pietilä and R.P. Rajala
The framework of skills and knowledge shared in long-enduring organizations in the improvement of irrigation efficiency in Japan
Mikiko Sugiura, Yohei Sato and Shinsuke Ota
The Deltaworks: heritage and new space for a changing world
Marinke Steenhuis
Beyond site protection. Embedding natural heritage into sustainable landscapes
Kenneth Irvine
The Santa Cruz River. Four Millennia of Water Heritage and Security in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
Rafael de Grenade and Robert G. Varady
Cultural and touristic strategies for preservation and enhancement of Venice and its lagoon
Francesco Calzolaio
The Tennessee Valley Authority. How the Development of the Tennessee River Influenced Archaeology in the Southeastern United States
Erin Pritchard, Michaelyn Harle and Pat Bernard Ezzell
Development of the WWC world water heritage systems (WHS) program
Avinash Chand Tyagi and Kazumi Yamaoka
Chapters include bibliographic references
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