Ebbe, KatrinkaLicciardi, GuidoBaeumler, Axel2014-03-252014-03-252011-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17389The rich cultural heritage of China is an essential touchstone of its collective identity. The country's archaeological sites, historic architecture, expressive arts, cultural landscapes, and ethnic diversity also are treasured around the world. Despite their importance, China's cultural assets are under tremendous pressure due to the country's rapid development, particularly its rapid urbanization. Moreover, rising incomes and mobility have significantly increased domestic tourism, leading to the overdevelopment and deterioration of cultural heritage sites. However, many of China's government officials, conservationists, and community groups have recognized these threats and, over the past several decades, have worked tirelessly to protect their country's cultural heritage. Based on the 12 projects developed under this partnership, this report presents an overview of the project approaches and experiences, takes stock of the challenges, extracts initial lessons learned, and identifies new directions and challenges ahead. The principal audience of the report is national, provincial, and municipal decision-makers engaged in conserving China's cultural heritage. This report also is intended to be of relevance to World Bank staff and those in the international community who wish to gain an overview of the projects conserving cultural heritage in China that have received World Bank financing.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS ROADAIR CONDITIONERSAIR POLLUTIONAIR QUALITYANCIENT BUILDINGSARCHAEOLOGICAL SITEARCHAEOLOGICAL SITESARCHITECTARCHITECTSARCHITECTURAL STYLESARCHIVESARTSAUTHENTICITYBASICBICYCLE PATHSBUDDHABUFFER ZONEBUFFER ZONESBUILDING CODESBUILDING MATERIALSBUILT ENVIRONMENTCARVINGSCEREMONIESCITIESCITY CENTERSCITY CORECITY DEVELOPMENTCITY DEVELOPMENT PLANSCITY OFFICIALSCITY PLANNINGCITY REGENERATIONCONSERVATION EFFORTSCONSERVATION INSTITUTECONSERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGECONSERVATION OF HERITAGECONSERVATION PLANNINGCONSERVATION POLICIESCONSERVATION PRACTICESCONSERVATION PROJECTCONSERVATION PROJECTSCONSERVATION STRATEGIESCONSERVATION WORKCONSERVATION WORKSCONSERVATIONISTSCONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUESCRAFTCULTURAL ASSETSCULTURAL HERITAGECULTURAL HERITAGE CONSERVATIONCULTURAL HERITAGE INVENTORIESCULTURAL HERITAGE POLICYCULTURAL HERITAGE SECTORCULTURAL HERITAGE SITESCULTURAL HERITAGE SPECIALISTSCULTURAL LANDSCAPESCULTURAL LIFECULTURAL RESOURCESCULTURAL SIGNIFICANCECULTURAL SITESCULTURAL TOURISMCULTURAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENTCULTURAL TRADITIONSCULTURESCUSTOMSDEMOLITIONDIVERSITYDOCUMENTATIONDOMESTIC TOURISMEARTHQUAKEEARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC VALUEECONOMISTSEMPLOYMENT GENERATIONENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESENVIRONMENTAL POLICYENVIRONMENTSFINANCIAL RESOURCESHERITAGE ASSETSHERITAGE CITYHERITAGE PARKSHERITAGE PROTECTIONHERITAGE STRATEGIESHISTORIC ARCHITECTUREHISTORIC AREAHISTORIC AREASHISTORIC BUILDINGSHISTORIC CHARACTERHISTORIC CITIESHISTORIC CITYHISTORIC FABRICHISTORIC NATUREHISTORIC PLACESHISTORIC SITESHISTORIC STRUCTURESHISTORIC TOWNHOTELSIMPORTANT BUILDINGSINDIGENOUS PEOPLESINDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISESINTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGEINTANGIBLE HERITAGEINTEGRATING CULTURAL HERITAGELAND USELEARNINGLEGISLATIONLIVING CULTURELOCAL CULTURELOCAL HERITAGEMASTER PLANMAYORSMETROPOLITAN AREASMONUMENTSMUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTSMUSEUMMUSICNATIONAL PARKNATIONAL PARKSNATURAL HERITAGEPALACEPERFORMANCESPOLICY INSTRUMENTSPRESERVATIONPROPERTY VALUESPROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGEPUBLIC GOODQUALITY OF LIFERAPID URBANIZATIONRESIDENTIAL LANDRESTAURANTSRESTORATIONSSCHOOLSSEED MONEYSOCIAL BENEFITSSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL VALUESOLID WASTESOLID WASTE COLLECTIONSOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTSTAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATIONSTREAMSSTREET LIGHTINGSTREETLIGHTSSTREETSSTREETSCAPESSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE GROWTHSUSTAINABLE TOURISMSUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE WATERTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL STANDARDSTEMPLETERRACOTTATOURISM BUREAUTOURISM DEVELOPMENTTOURISM MANAGEMENTTOURISM PRODUCTTOURISM PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTTOURISM SERVICESTOURISM SITESTOURIST DESTINATIONSTOURIST INFORMATIONTOURIST INTERESTTOURISTSTOURSTRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURETRADITIONAL BUILDINGSTRADITIONAL HOUSINGTRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGETRADITIONAL ROOFSTRADITIONAL STORIESTRADITIONAL VILLAGESTRADITIONSTRAFFIC MANAGEMENTTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTUREUNESCO WORLD HERITAGEUNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LISTUNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITEUNIVERSAL VALUEURBAN AREASURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN ENVIRONMENTURBAN GROWTHURBAN INFRASTRUCTUREURBAN PLANNINGURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POPULATIONSURBAN REGENERATIONURBAN SERVICESURBAN SPRAWLURBAN STRATEGYURBAN TRANSPORTURBANIZATIONWASTE MANAGEMENTWASTE WATERWASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTWATER RESOURCESWATER SUPPLIESWATER TREATMENTWETLANDSWORLD HERITAGEWORLD HERITAGE SITES10.1596/17389