Year: 2011
Type: report
Abstract: A statistical analysis of the UNESCO World Heritage List is presented. The World Heritage Convention intends to protect global heritage of outstanding value to mankind, but there has been great concern about the missing representativity of the member countries. There is a strongly biased distribution of Sites according to a country’s population, area or per capita income. The paper reveals the facts but refrains from judging whether the existing distribution is appropriate or not. This task must be left to the discussion in the World Heritage Convention.
DOI: 10.5167/uzh-51515
Authors: Frey, Bruno S, Pamini, Paolo
Institutions: University of Basel, ETH Zurich
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2110169886