Foreword by the UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova
List of acronyms
Introduction

Part I - Bridging Nature and Culture:
1. Conservation of World Heritage and community engagement in a transboundary Biosphere Reserve: Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal
2. Community engagement in safeguarding the world's largest reef: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
3. Living World Heritage: Skocjan Caves, Slovenia
4. Challenges of protecting island ecosystems: Socotra Archipelago, Yemen
5. Cultural landscapes: challenges and possibilities: Vegaoyan - the Vega Archipelago, Norway

Part II. Urbanism and Sustainable Heritage Development:
6. Heritage and communities in a small island developing state: historic Bridgetown and its garrison, Barbados
7. The Red City: Medina of Marrakesh, Morocco
8. Capacity-building for sustainable urban development: town of Luang Prabang, Lao People's Democratic Republic
9. World Heritage in poverty alleviation: Hoi an ancient town, Vietnam
10. Responsible local community in historic centres: historic centre (Old Town) of Tallinn, Estonia
11. An exceptional picture of a Spanish colonial city: historic centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox, Colombia

Part III. Integrated Planning and Indigenous Engagement:
12. Homelands of the Mijikenda people: sacred Mijikenda Kaya forests, Kenya
13. Reconnection and reconciliation in Canadian Rocky Mountain parks: Jasper National Park, Canada
14. Legacy of a chief: Chief Roi Mata's Domain, Vanuatu
15. Living cultural landscape: rice terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
16. The strength of a cultural system: Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali

Part IV. Living Heritage and Safeguarding Outstanding Universal Value:
17. Aligning national priorities and World Heritage conservation: iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa
18. Participatory methodologies and indigenous communities - project-based learning: Sian Ka'an, Mexico
19. Village on the winding river: historic villages of Korea - Hahoe and Yangdong
20. World Heritage and Chinese diasporas: Kaiping Diaolou and villages, China
21. Role of fisheries and ecosystem-based management: Shiretoko, Japan

Part V. More than the Monumental:
22. Dahshur villages in community development: Memphis and its necropolis - the pyramid fields from Giza to Dahshur, Egypt
23. Sustainable development in a Dutch-German World Heritage site: the Wadden Sea
24. World Heritage site status - a catalyst for heritage-led sustainable regeneration: Blaenavon industrial landscape, United Kingdom
25. World Heritage in poverty alleviation: Serra da Capivara National Park, Brazil
26. Angkor Archaeological Park and communities: Angkor, Cambodia

Pathways to sustainable development
References
List of contributors
Photo credits
Index