CONTENTS FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACRONYMS 1 1
1. THE EVOLUTION OF A WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Cartagena, From a Jewel of the Spanish Colonial Crown to a Sprawling City
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The Historic Center
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The World Heritage Site and the City
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Heritage Conservation Challenges
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3. A COMPREHENSIVE NARRATIVE FOR THE HISTORIC CENTER
Mitigating the Impacts of Touristification
Cultural Empowerment as Community Engagement
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A Renewed Sense of Place: Cartagena La Heroica
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The Exclusionary Effect of the Tourism Narrative Exclusion via Tourism Chaos
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Cartagena “La Heroica” Gentrifying Tourism
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Linkage and Tourism
Placemaking Opportunities in the Historic Center
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Linkage, Mobility and Creative Placemaking Beyond Cartagena’s Historic Center Creative Placemaking, Community Development, and Linkage
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Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change
2. CONNECTIONS AND ACTIVE HISTORIES
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The Management of Urban Development in the Heritage Site
Multiple Impacts of the Buffer Area on the Heritage Site
The Future
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The Function of the Heritage Site in the Contemporary City
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Final Remarks
4. SPACE AND THE EMBODIMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Las Palenqueras De San Basilio De Palenque The Palenqueras
Palenque, the “Walled City” Summing Up
