Tourism and Archaeological Heritage Management at Petra [electronic resource] : Driver to Development or Destruction? /
Comer, Douglas C.author.
Once visited only by the cognoscenti of the ancient world, over the last decade Petra has drawn almost a million visitors in some years. Petra burst into popular consciousness with the release of enormously popular motion picture Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1989. Moviegoers all over the world were introduced to some of the spectacular scenic wonders of Petra: the Siq, a narrow chasm with colorful, towering sandstone walls, and Al-Khazna, the exquisitely carved tomb for a Nabataean king. For centuries, the Nabataeans controlled the trade in precious commodities across the Arabian Peninsula, bring spices from Southeast Asia, incense from present-day Yemen, gold and ivory from Africa, and silk from the Far East across the Empty Quarter to ports on the western Mediterranean. In 1985, Petra was included on the list of World Heritage Sites. Since then, low cost jet travel and a fast highway from the capital city of Amman have made the site increasingly accessible. The Jordanian government has made attracting tourists to Jordan a top priority. For all of the attention that Petra has received, it is still surprisingly poorly understood. A widely accepted chronology of the city, even the dates of major tombs and monuments, has yet to be established. Even the mystery of why and how Arab nomads adopted a sedentary lifestyle and built a great city has yet to be fully explained. Will Petra’s popularity as a tourism destination overshadow the importance of addressing these questions, and, more importantly, will tourism damage the archaeological remains there in ways that make answers more difficult or even impossible to find?
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Tourism and Archaeological Heritage Management atPetra; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Part I Introduction, Tourism and Archaeological Heritage Management at Petra; 1 Petra as a Bellwether Archaeological Site on the World Heritage List; 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 List1.8...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 IISite Management, History and Status; 2 Forty-Four Years of Management Plans in Petra; 2.1...First Plan: ''Master Plan for the Protection and Use of the Petra National Park,'' U.S. National Park Service; 2.2...Second Plan: ''Petra National Park Management Plan,'' UNESCO
2.3...Third Plan: ''Management Analysis and Recommendations for the Petra World Heritage Site,'' US/ICOMOS2.4...Fourth Plan: ''Operating Plan,'' US/NPS (2000); 2.5...Fifth Plan: ''A Strategic Master Plan for the Petra Region,'' ATC Consultants GmbH (2010); 2.5.1 The Evolution of the Governing Bodies and Their Impact on Management Decisions; 2.5.2 Old and New Management Issues; 2.5.3 The Role of NGOs in Site Management; Acknowledgments; References; Part III Summary and Evaluation of ConditionsWithin the World Heritage Siteand in the Environs
3 Architecture and Deterioration in Petra: Issues, Trends, and Warnings3.1...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 Sayhoun4.5...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
Includes bibliographical references.
Once visited only by the cognoscenti of the ancient world, over the last decade Petra has drawn almost a million visitors in some years. Petra burst into popular consciousness with the release of enormously popular motion picture Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1989. Moviegoers all over the world were introduced to some of the spectacular scenic wonders of Petra: the Siq, a narrow chasm with colorful, towering sandstone walls, and Al-Khazna, the exquisitely carved tomb for a Nabataean king. For centuries, the Nabataeans controlled the trade in precious commodities across the Arabian Peninsula, bring spices from Southeast Asia, incense from present-day Yemen, gold and ivory from Africa, and silk from the Far East across the Empty Quarter to ports on the western Mediterranean. In 1985, Petra was included on the list of World Heritage Sites. Since then, low cost jet travel and a fast highway from the capital city of Amman have made the site increasingly accessible. The Jordanian government has made attracting tourists to Jordan a top priority. For all of the attention that Petra has received, it is still surprisingly poorly understood. A widely accepted chronology of the city, even the dates of major tombs and monuments, has yet to be established. Even the mystery of why and how Arab nomads adopted a sedentary lifestyle and built a great city has yet to be fully explained. Will Petra’s popularity as a tourism destination overshadow the importance of addressing these questions, and, more importantly, will tourism damage the archaeological remains there in ways that make answers more difficult or even impossible to find?
Archaeology.
Cultural heritage.
Archaeology.
Cultural Heritage.

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