Blaenavon and United Nations World Heritage Site Status: Is Conservation of Industrial Heritage a Road to Local Economic Development?

Jones, Calvin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4980-2330 and Munday, Max ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9067-2481 2001. Blaenavon and United Nations World Heritage Site Status: Is Conservation of Industrial Heritage a Road to Local Economic Development? Regional Studies 35 (6) , pp. 585-590. 10.1080/00343400120065741

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Abstract

This article examines the policy issues connected with a programme of economic redevelopment centred upon the conservation and renewal of industrial heritage. The article examines the case of Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in South Wales which has recently been successful in gaining status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tourism-led economic development focusing on industrial heritage is shown to present some unique trade-offs between promoting the needs of visitors over local communities, and between the maintenance of cultural value and site commodification.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1360-0591
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2023 12:08
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/2540

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