Heritage Areas: Background, Proposals, and Current Issues
This report focuses on heritage areas designated by Congress and related issues and legislation. Over more than two decades, Congress has established 40 National Heritage Areas (NHAs) to commemorate, conserve, and promote areas that include important natural, scenic, historic, cultural, and recreational resources.
Modelo de desarrollo, degradación del medio ambiente y riesgos ambientales: estudio de caso
En el presente articulo se estudia y analiza la realidad economica, social y ambiental de las “nuevas” urbes, en las que su desarrollo esta ligado a la aparicion de “smart cities”. En estas ciudades los actores locales tienen como objetivo buscar un encuentro y una comunicacion, a traves de las nuevas tecnologias - telecomunicaciones e informatica- y de las “industrias culturales”. Por ultimo, se realiza una aproximacion a las dinamicas de desarrollo urbano de las regiones del denominado “arco atlantico”, a partir del estudio de caso.
NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS: EXAMINING ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AS FEDERAL PARTNER
Understanding the organizational development of National Heritage Areas (NHAs) and defining the National Park Service's (NPS) role within individual NHAs guided this qualitative study. Information gained during telephone interviews led to the development of an a priori model of the evolutionary stages of NHAs' organizational development and the role of the federal partner over time. This model will be tested during phase two of the study. A snowball technique (Patton 2002) was used to identify key experts with knowledge of the National Heritage Area movement. These included current and former NHA executive directors, NPS employees, and other experts. In an open-ended interview process (Patton 2002, Yin 2003), experts were asked to identify evolutionary changes in the organizational development of NHAs over the life of the NHA and any key turning points (Isabella 1984) in the evolution. They were also asked to discuss the role of the NPS over the life of the NHA along with any key turning points in that relationship. Lastly, interviewees could discuss any other opportunities, issues, or concerns relating to the organizational development of NHAs. The results found that a variety of organizational structures reflect the unique and diverse nature of NHAs. Additionally, NPS roles reflect NHA needs and evolve dynamically. Lastly, the role of the board is critical in NHA evolution.