The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in The Asia-Pacific 1st Edition

Discover the living stories etched into terrain across the Asia-Pacific with The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in The Asia-Pacific 1st Edition by Kapila D. Silva. This compelling volume maps how landscapes—natural, built, and intangible—embody community memory, identity and sustainable futures from Australia and New Zealand to Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia and the Pacific Islands.

Combining interdisciplinary scholarship and regional case studies, the handbook unpacks critical themes in cultural landscape heritage: conservation practice, planning and policy, Indigenous and local knowledge systems, tourism impacts, climate resilience, and community-led stewardship. Contributors bring together theory and hands-on methodology, offering comparative frameworks and practical evaluation tools that make complex heritage debates accessible and actionable.

Ideal for researchers, heritage professionals, urban and regional planners, policymakers, and advanced students, this 1st Edition provides both a comprehensive reference and a roadmap for preserving living landscapes in a rapidly changing region. Its geographically grounded perspective ensures relevance to practitioners working in the Asia-Pacific context, from heritage assessment in coastal communities to adaptive management in monsoon-prone cities.

Rich in insight and immediately useful, the handbook supports curriculum development, policy formulation and on-the-ground conservation projects. Add The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in The Asia-Pacific 1st Edition by Kapila D. Silva to your collection for an authoritative, regionally tuned resource that bridges scholarship and practice. Order now to deepen your understanding of cultural landscapes and shape resilient heritage strategies across the Asia-Pacific.

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