Abstract
Every structure or facility has a particular purpose and reason for existence, and they can be categorized according to the purpose. One important category of structures is world heritage sites, including temples and churches, palaces, parks, gardens, castles, fortresses, land and valleys, bridges, railways, steelworks, public baths, and even tombs. Many of these sites are now tourist attractions, granting benefits to the host country. According to our brief survey of such heritage sites, there are several interesting examples of the purpose that these structures serve outside of the commercial function. Before entering into the details, we briefly survey these examples.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
Notes
- 1.
Sassi means rock wall in Italian.
- 2.
Sabo means control of soil erosion in Japanese.
References
Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project (2009) http://japanese.metro.seoul.kr/chungaehome/seoul/main.htm
JBIC (2003) Mt. Merapi and Mt. Semuru volcanic disaster countermeasures project II. http://www.jica.go.jp/english/operations/evaluation/oda_loan/post/2004/pdf/2-14_full.pdf
Military Heritage Amsterdam Foundation (2009) http://www.stelling-amsterdam.nl/english/
SASSI WEB (1998) http://sassiweb.it/matera/
Seoul (2009) http://english.seoul.go.kr/cheonggye/
Sutheerawatthana P, Minato T (2009) The relation of technology to politics in infrastructure development: chain phenomena and its relation to sustainable development. Sustain Dev 17(4):199–209
UNESCO (2009a) http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/670
UNESCO (2009b) http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/759
Winner L (1977) Autonomous technology: techniques-out-of-control as a theme in political thought. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
Winner L (1987) The whale and the reactor: a search for limits in an age of high technology. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Acknowledgments
This work was originally prepared for the symposium, “Dialogue between Social and Natural Sciences” held in Hawaii on February 26–28, 2007.
The author expresses appreciation to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). This research was made possible through the “Jinsha Project” funded by that organization. I also thank Dr. Pitch Sutheerawattana for pioneering this work. The information on the two case studies of Mt. Merapi and Bang Pakong Dam is based on his doctoral thesis, “Examining the Secondary Effects of Technological Politics in Infrastructure Development,” Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 2006.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2010 The Author(s)
About this paper
Cite this paper
Minato, T. (2010). Considering the “Social Adaptation” of an Infrastructure and the Consequence of Its Impact on Sustainability. In: Sumi, A., Fukushi, K., Hiramatsu, A. (eds) Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate Change. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-99798-6_21
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-99798-6_21
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Tokyo
Print ISBN: 978-4-431-99797-9
Online ISBN: 978-4-431-99798-6
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)