Globalization, urbanization, and climate change are all threats to cultural heritage and cultural diversity. Although it is increasingly recognized that heritage plays a significant role in sustainable development, its contribution has been trivialized as a part of the sustainable development agenda. This course will address the relevance of protecting, promoting, and utilizing cultural heritage to achieving social, economic, and environmental well-being as well as strategies for integrating cultural heritage conservation into the sustainable development debate.

Globalization, urbanization, and climate change are all threats to cultural heritage and cultural diversity. Although it is increasingly recognized that heritage plays a significant role in sustainable development, its contribution has been trivialized as a part of the sustainable development agenda. This course will address the relevance of protecting, promoting, and utilizing cultural heritage to achieving social, economic, and environmental well-being as well as strategies for integrating cultural heritage conservation into the sustainable development debate.