Sustainable governance of marine and coastal heritage: Methods, tools, and approaches

This handbook provides an overview of diverse approaches, methods and tools for integrated, sustainable and participatory governance of marine and coastal cultural heritage. It is written for decision makers, local communities and researchers, providing both conceptual and practical information on diverse topics, including: approaches such as the landscape and ecosystem approaches; frameworks for transformative heritage, participatory risk assessment, and heritage values; overviews of methodological families such as ethnography, participatory and spatial methods and economic valuation, and introductions to diverse methods and tools, from fish bone DNA analysis to digital storytelling. Altogether, it provides a diverse armory for conservation and sustainable use of heritage, based on interdisciplinary knowledge, a dynamic perspective of heritage, and inclusive and effective stakeholder and public participation.