Tourism and Archaeological by Comer, Douglas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Tourism and Archaeological Heritage Management at Petra

Series Foreword Acknowledgments Contents

Part I Introduction, Tourism and Archaeological Heritage Management at Petra

1.1…Petra 1.2…Archaeological Heritage Management: The Paramount Need to Preserve Material Culture 1.3…Tourism 1.4…Building Capacity to Manage Archaeological Heritage Before Developing Tourism 1.5…Petra in the Historical Context of the World Heritage Convention 1.6…Conservation Versus Preservation 1.7…The US Model Applied to the World Heritage Convention and the World Heritage List 1.8…Defining Petra: Tourism Destination or Archaeological Preserve? 1.9…Too Much, Too Soon 1.10…Monitoring 1.11…Catching Up 1.12…The Organization of this Book References

Part II Site Management, History and Status

2 Forty-Four Years of Management Plans in Petra

Acknowledgments References

3.1…Science, Policy, and Mitigation of Deterioration 3.2…Tourism and Sandstone Weathering 3.3…Tourism and Erosion 3.4…Tourists and Chamber Humidity 3.5…Implications and Suggestions 3.6…Conservation and Protections: Successes and Failures A.1. Photographs and Captions by T. R. Paradise, 1992--2007 References

4 The B‘doul and Umm Sayhoun: Culture, Geography, and Tourism

4.1…Bedouin Life in Jordan 4.2…B‘doul Bedouin in Petra (pre 1980s) 4.3…The B‘doul and Their New Village (1980--1990s) 4.4…The Village of Umm Sayhoun 4.5…Implications and Suggestions Endnotes References

5 Hydrology, Human Occupation, and Preservation on the Landscape of Petra

5.1…Water and Human Occupation 5.2…Development and Hydrology 5.3…Solutions References

6 The Environmental and Cultural Heritage Impact of Tourism Development in Petra--Jordan

6.1…Introduction 6.2…The Region of Petra 6.3…Urban and Tourism Infrastructure Expansion/Development and Their Impacts 6.4…The Use of GIS and Remote Sensing to Determine the Impacts and Their Extent 6.5…Conclusions Acknowledgments References

7 The Participation of Local Communities in the Tourism Industry at Petra

7.1…Introduction 7.2…Petra’s Local Communities: Geography and History 7.3…Cultural Importance of Local Communities 7.4…Management Policies and Practices: Impact on Local Community

7.4.1 Evacuation of Archeological Sites 7.4.2 Protection of a World Heritage Site 7.4.3 Political Districting and Representation

7.5…Commercial Realities and Local Community Relations 7.6…Infrastructure Development and Access to Services

7.6.1 Infrastructure and Tourist Facilities

7.6.1.1 Health Services

7.6.2 Education

7.7…Community Practices: Going Full Circle 7.8…The Local Community Organizes Itself 7.9…Conclusion Endnotes Acknowledgments References

Part IV Summary and Conclusions

8.1…Part of the Problem 8.2…Defining Outcomes 8.3…Tourism at any Cost 8.4…The Future of Non-Renewable Resources 8.5…Our Pivotal Generation 8.6…Resistance 8.7…The Result of the Tourism Juggernaut 8.8…Damage to Monuments Produced by Visitors 8.9…Experimentation with and Resulting Damage to Nonrenewable Resources 8.10…Damage to Subsurface Archaeological Remains 8.11…Vending to Tourists

8.11.1 Looting 8.11.2 Damage to Archeological Resources through Vending

8.12…The Way Forward: Controlling the Juggernaut 8.13…The Essential Role of Site Management 8.14…Petra and the Future of the World Heritage List References