Gould, P.G.;
(2025)
Essential Economics for Heritage.
[Book].
UCL Press: London, UK.
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Abstract
Essential Economics for Heritage introduces tools from economics to help students and heritage professionals who face economic issues and choices in their day-to-day work in archaeology, museum and site management, and heritage research, presentation and conservation. The book begins with an easy-to-follow primer linking heritage and economic theory. Case studies and non-technical explanations of theoretical issues follow, along with useful analytical approaches and practical insights that will support readers as they make decisions on allocating scarce financial, physical and human resources. Peter G. Gould critically evaluates the role of heritage in the world economy and the tools economists have created to value heritage resources. He applies economic concepts and methods to real-world challenges including heritage tourism, the role of heritage in economic development, heritage sustainability, investment decision making and financing for heritage organizations. He explores emerging directions in the often-contentious relationships among international agencies, national governments, the private sector and communities in the management of heritage. The book’s scope is global. It draws on examples from wealthy countries in the Global North and from low- to middle-income countries that often depend on heritage resources to fuel tourist economies. Essential Economics for Heritage is an invaluable resource for heritage practitioners and can serve as a textbook or auxiliary text for courses in archaeology, heritage site or museum management, conservation or other heritage fields.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | Essential Economics for Heritage |
| ISBN-13: | 9781800089464 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781800089464 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800089464 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © Author, 2025 Any third-party material in this book is not covered by the book's Creative Commons licence. Details of the copyright ownership and permitted use of third-party material is given in the image (or extract) credit lines. Every effort has been made to identify and contact copyright holders and any omission or error will be corrected if notification is made to the publisher. If you would like to reuse any third-party material not covered by the book's Creative Commons licence, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright owner. This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. This licence allows you to share and adapt the work for non-commercial use providing attribution is made to the author and publisher (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work) and any changes are indicated. Attribution should include the following information: Gould, P. G. 2025. Essential Economics for Heritage. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800089464 Further details about Creative Commons licences are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | cultural heritage management, cultural economics, heritage economics, heritage and government, heritage tourism, economic development and heritage |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10214800 |
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