The Importance of Maintaining World Heritage Sites for Modern Society

This essay discusses the importance of maintaining world heritage sites for modern society. It explores the significance of preserving history, culture, and economic benefits. The essay also highlights the importance of protecting rare ecological processes and habitats. It emphasizes the need to retain the identity of the country and promote cultural tourism. The essay concludes by stating that heritage sites are essential sources of information that help trace the evolution of society as a civilization.

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Evaluate the importance of maintaining world heritage sites by modern
society
It is important for modern society to maintain world heritage sites, as it helps to examine
the history and traditions which enables to develop the awareness about the place and ancestors.
It also helps to understand which explains a lot of information about the history, heritage is a key
stone of cultures which is important part of politics, society, business and view to world.
(Canale, R.R. and et. al., 2019) It important to maintain heritage sites because it provides crucial
habitats to many various important species, also it is important to protect rare ecological
processes the stunning landscapes, as it contributes the economic, climate stability and human
well being. It is important for modern society to keep maintaining world heritage because there
are only few original heritage left in world which needs to be protected from getting destroyed
by society in making of modern society. World heritage provide important information about
history and many other important artefacts, as they provide a image into past with a character. It
is important to protect heritage as it adds a character with distinctive to region, place or
community which provide a sense of identity, as it is tangible and intangible which has a positive
influence on many other aspects in way of development of community. Heritage sites are source
of identity as it add value to factors for empowering of local communities which enable
vulnerable groups to participate in full social and cultural life, it also provide time period of
solution in conflict to prevention and reconciliation. Heritage is a complete set of concerning
convention to heritage, as UNESCO also offer a unique platform to international cooperation,
mutual respect appreciation and understanding, it supports a development into policies in
protection of heritage with preservation, training and management.(Chong, K.Y. and
Balasingam, A.S., 2018) UNESCO is taking appropriate actions against people taking down any
heritage sites and protection location with necessary actions, with constant changes in world a
heritage a source to be in touch with old ancestors and history of the local region. As the society
is changing and becoming modernised a heritage is touch to tradition and show a cultural to local
community which is important as people are becoming modern a heritage roots sites are
important to remember the history and cultural of the place, as it showcase a original cultural. It
is important for maintaining heritage sites because it is an evidence which show the tradition,
cultural and roots of the living life of ancestor and how the development of community took
place top such stage where everything is becoming modernised a old tradition sites is important
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to show true nature of the society. With protecting heritage sites it is also important to keep it
maintaining because as it is old and heritage a proper maintenance is necessary to keep heritage,
also by spreading awareness of importance preserving with the help of social network also
through monetary donations will help and support UNSECO to direct a way in protecting the
sites.
Heritage sites is important part that give a character to any region or city and provides a
sense of community to its history, it is a way to acknowledge history through preserving historic
building and structures.(Kim, H. and et. al., 2018) As it also shows a particular style of
architecture which represent significant era or milestone of particular region's history, there are
various reason of preserving and maintaining these heritage sites such as. Preserving history
through heritage sites- every old building has witnessed the aesthetic cultural history of city
which help people to understand a sense of place and feel a connection to past heritage sites often
show something important to society as it represent their history. To recognize any heritage sites
government often establish and enacted various Act to protect and preserve such sites, those acts
works on preserving irreplaceable heritage for public interest to keep a vital legacy of
educational, aesthetic, economic, cultural and energy benefits in maintaining to enrich future
generation of place.(The Importance of Preserving and Promoting Historic Buildings, 2019)
Economic benefits- there is economic benefits from preserving heritage sites, there are various
old building that were built before World WAR II which are high quality materials and replacing
such building with same hardwood is impractical and unaffordable so it is important in keeping
old heritage safe. As new building have a life expectancy of 30 to 40 years but old building stood
till last as they faced many environmental crisis too, it make a sense for economy to retain
buildings and improve them to meet modern requirements and increase economic growth of the
place. Through rehabilitation of heritage sites to their original appearance it adds character but
also helps in attracting investment from tourists, as the heritage sites are in their original
structure which add a historical significant. Aesthetic importance- heritage building adds a
unique, valuable to society and also to country, the details and features are not easy to find in
modern society which are decorative facades, cooper lining or glasswork because every old
building has their own identity and distinctive character which make it more interesting than any
other modern building. (Navarro, R. and et. al., 2022) With proper retaining and maintenance of
old buildings with the help of old craftsmanship and support it become historic place to look at
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for people also attract tourist. There are other benefits also for place to preserve any heritage sites
as it increase economy and attract tourist a touch to ancient roots of the certain location, so it is
important to preserve heritage sites with proper maintenance it attract tourist and helps to
understand and identify the history, cultural and traditions. It also to helps in retaining the
identity of the country as any heritage site has a focal point on community gatherings and events,
which is important on their preservation to beyond the history. It also promotes a cultural
tourism which helps in increasing property value, economic sustainability and helps in reduction
of demolition waste, as conservation and restoration of heritage buildings form a recycling and
helps in touch with the history of the country.
The heritage sites has a cultural shapes for human society as it helps to identify a nation,
region, community and it becomes important for modern society to maintain heritage sites. There
were various stories related to history such as mythologies, historical events and fables that
glows the past which help in creating a image of construction to past history. (Pappalardo, G. and
et. al., 2022) As modern society has relied on past to build their present which cause failure of
construction to future, many generation has lived and experience those heritage during shaping
the world. So it become important to protect the heritage that adds a character and distinctiveness
to region, place and community, hence provides a sense to identify the history. Heritage is a
tangible and intangible which has a positive influence on many aspects in development of
community, preservation, conservation and protection adds high value because every historic
environment has proven to be a source of benefits to local economy particularly on tourism.
Heritage sites is attraction which gives benefits on attracting external investment and also on
maintaining the existing businesses, as it gives a aesthetic value to structure adds more value to
economy. (Preserving our heritage, 2019) The adaptive reuse of heritage sites is important factor
for creating sustainable communities, it adds a great social inclusiveness that can be achieve
through protection of heritage, heritage building are great source of eduction to people as it has
various aspects from history which provide information related to it, world heritage sites are
option to harbor for modern society in mitigation and adaptation on climate changes throughout
benefits of ecosystem, such as water and climate regulation also helps to reduce carbon stored in
world forest sites. So it becomes important for modern society to protect, preserve and maintain
world heritage sites, as it adds high value on so many other aspects of the society. Heritage sites
are remnants to predecessors that reflect past and it is a essential source of information which
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helps in tracing evolution of society as a civilisation, every heritage buildings require a delicate
preservation, restoration and conservation. (Tan, S.K. and et. al., 2020) The heritage sites are
important to keep in touch with cultural, traditions and history, so modern society needs to
protect them on any cost also it adds value on so many other aspects on current scenario of
modern life world. Modern society people needs such heritage sites in there place as it is full
range of inherited tradition, objects, culture and monuments it important for contemporary
activities, behaviours and adds valuable meaning. (Tan, S.K. and et. al., 2018) Heritage sites
includes excavation, preservation, displaying and restoring of collection as old things in world, it
has valuable property hence required to be maintained by society and government. Every
heritage sites represent tradition, cultural value on society, which influence development on
community it is also a great inspiration, motivation for many people on their own development
or on society development. Modern society requires to keep maintaining heritage sites a
monument to keep in touch with history, traditions and cultural which represent valuable aspects
on community growth and development.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Canale, R.R. and et. al., 2019. UNESCO World Heritage sites and tourism attractiveness: The
case of Italian provinces. Land use policy, 85, pp.114-120.
Chong, K.Y. and Balasingam, A.S., 2018. Tourism sustainability: Economic benefits and
strategies for preservation and conservation of heritage sitesin Southeast Asia. Tourism
Review.
Kim, H. and et. al., 2018. Assessing the economic values of World Heritage Sites and the effects
of perceived authenticity on their values. International Journal of Tourism
Research, 20(1), pp.126-136.
Navarro, R. and et. al., 2022. Comparative analysis of the current uneven situation of historical
quarries associated with the UNESCO world heritage sites in Spain. Resources
Policy, 75, p.102471.
Pappalardo, G. and et. al., 2022. The effect of a UNESCO world heritage site designation on
willingness to pay to preserve an agri-environmental good: The case of the dry stone
walls in Mt. Etna. Land Use Policy, 114, p.105972.
Tan, S.K. and et. al., 2020. A cultural creativity framework for the sustainability of intangible
cultural heritage. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 44(3), pp.439-471.
Tan, S.K. and et. al., 2018. Sense of place and sustainability of intangible cultural heritage–The
case of George Town and Melaka. Tourism Management, 67, pp.376-387.
Online
Preserving our heritage, 2019[Online] Available through;
<https://en.unesco.org/content/preserving-our-heritage>
The Importance of Preserving and Promoting Historic Buildings, 2019 [Online] Available
through; <https://tomorrow.norwalkct.org/news/importance-preserving-promoting-historic-
buildings/>
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