Chapter 10. Tourism, Heritage, and Urban Transformations in Jordan and Lebanon: Emerging Actors and Global-Local Juxtapositions

Daher, Rami Farouk

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“…Moreover, it has been argued that in practice, a value-based approach appears to increase the power of managing authority in the implementation process and to concentrate mostly on the preservation of the material fabric (Poulios 2010). Furthermore, in the Middle East and North Africa region, conservation practices funded by international organizations such as the World Bank mainly focus on the mobilization of material heritage to foster the economic value of heritage and reduce poverty (Daher 2006;Lafrenz Samuels 2009).…”

Section: Association Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

The Historic Urban Landscape approach to urban management: a systematic review

Ginzarly

Houbart

Teller

2018

International Journal of Heritage Studies

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In 2011, UNESCO adopted the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) recommendation and called for the application of a landscape approach to ensure the integration of cultural heritage policies and management concerns in the wider goals of sustainable urban development. This paper tracks the genesis of a landscape approach to heritage conservation, and then presents a systematic review of the literature on the HUL. More than 100 publications from 2010 to early 2018 were analysed. The applied methodology combined an inductive categorization method with a deductive data mining method. The objective is to determine whether the academic discussion is addressing the different dimensions of the HUL approach, including the holistic, integrated, and value-based dimensions, and whether it is progressing through time to move from a conceptual to an operational level. Results show that while the discussion is heavily focused on values, the operationalization of a valuebased approach is still lacking, as it is not fully contextualized in relation to local heritage discourses and the dynamics of heritage governance. Results also show that many case studies applications are in "non-Western" cities, thus opening the debate about the accountability of a value-based approach in contexts that tend to be dominated by groups with the most political power, and where conservation practices mainly focus on the mobilization of material heritage to foster its economic value. Nevertheless, the transition from international guidelines to contextualized local endeavours and policies remains a challenge to be solved.

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Section: Association Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

The Historic Urban Landscape approach to urban management: a systematic review

Ginzarly

Houbart

Teller

2018

International Journal of Heritage Studies

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“…Furthermore, the group of displaced persons is more heterogeneous than one would suppose at first glance. It is not only inhabitants evicted from their houses, but also "drivers, informal venders, and occupants" from the public spaces [70]. In some cases, even industries are (actively) evicted to replace them with service-oriented functions.…”

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“…For example, personal relations and nepotism are described as common problems [23]. More than half of the studies also refer to the "elite" as a fuzzy and partially hidden group that tries to reach its interests by means of a megaproject [34,70]. It is particularly this elite that has been influenced by very visible and apparently successful transformations due to megaprojects [1].…”

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Megaprojects, Gentrification, and Tourism. A Systematic Review on Intertwined Phenomena

Hübscher

2021

Sustainability

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Within the neoliberal context of today’s urbanism, a growing number of inner-city megaprojects aim to transform brownfield sites—accompanied by gentrification and tourism. However, there is no systematic review exploring the interplay between these phenomena. This paper aims to systemize the existing scientific contributions by means of a literature review. Using different databases, a total number of 797 scientific documents have been identified. After several screening steps, a final set of 66 studies was included in the review. I present an analysis from a quantitative and a qualitative perspective, exploring bibliometric aspects, concepts, methods, and relevant lines of discussion. The area studied is a relatively young and emerging field. Within the discussion, there is a strong dominance of countries located in the global north, with Spain, the UK, and the U.S. at the forefront. From a methodological point of view, qualitative and mixed methods are mostly applied. The discussion of megaprojects, gentrification, and tourism has an important descriptive focus, with main topics such as planning, justice, and motivations. There are considerable conceptual deficits, as one-quarter of the studies do not clearly explain their methods. Future research needs to find ways to enable knowledge transfer to planning practice.

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“…Moreover, a beautification approach to urban conservation that mainly targets facades overlooking the main streets is very common in developing countries. These initiatives mainly seek to promote tourism activities and upgrade the economic condition of historic cores, but they have seldom led to disappointment and have not brought anticipated economic benefits (Sedky, 2005;Daher, 2007;Fan, 2014). The limitation of conservation to the physical improvement of listed buildings leads to "the production of a certain franchise of heritage and place" (Daher, 2007, p. 297) and modulates local heritage narratives, practices, and the use-value of heritage.…”

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Online communities and their contribution to local heritage knowledge

Ginzarly

Teller

2020

JCHMSD

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the potential of social media as a framework for people-centered heritage. With a focus on the interpretation and display of heritage by online communities, this paper aims at providing insights into the social production of heritage – the social co-construction of meanings of everyday landscape and the making of the collective and local identity.Design/methodology/approachThis paper proposes a methodological roadmap for the digital ethnography of everyday heritage. It reveals (1) the fundamental principles according to which people make value judgments and associate meanings to the urban landscape, and (2) the role of online communities in conveying collective identity and heritage values within the community realm. As a case study area for the implementation of the proposed method, three Facebook community group pages for Tripoli, Lebanon were chosen. The posts and comments were translated into English and uploaded to NVivo 12 plus and a deductive thematic approach to qualitative data analysis was applied. The data was coded into three main nodes: the actors, the tangible assets and the value registers.FindingsResults show that Facebook users are concerned with environmental equality, common interests, utility, right to the city and representativeness, while the beautification of heritage is often perceived as a threat to these values.Originality/valueThis investigation goes beyond heritage attributes (what) and values (why) to examine how values are assigned by local communities. It provides a comprehensive understanding of value judgment and the rationale and arguments used to justify positions and mobilize online community members in order to contribute to the digital co-construction of everyday heritage.

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Chapter 10. Tourism, Heritage, and Urban Transformations in Jordan and Lebanon: Emerging Actors and Global-Local Juxtapositions

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The Historic Urban Landscape approach to urban management: a systematic review

The Historic Urban Landscape approach to urban management: a systematic review

Megaprojects, Gentrification, and Tourism. A Systematic Review on Intertwined Phenomena

Online communities and their contribution to local heritage knowledge

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