{"id":1452,"date":"2015-04-20T16:25:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T20:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/?p=1452"},"modified":"2016-01-27T11:54:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T15:54:33","slug":"unesco-world-heritage-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/2015\/04\/20\/unesco-world-heritage-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO World Heritage Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/interactive-map\/\">http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/interactive-map\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tools of the Geographer<\/p>\n<p>UNESCO is such a great website and one that I wish I had found earlier! This website encompasses all sites that are considered to be a part of the \u2018World Heritage List,\u2019 recognizing places that are of \u201coutstanding universal value. \u201d These sites include those that are considered human masterpieces, monumental developments, testimonies of cultural presence, and architectural remnants. Additionally, these sites are also examples of early human settlements, natural phenomena, historical and ongoing geological process examples, instances of evolutionary biological processes, and biological diversity conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>So why is this site important? Why is this site useful? UNESCO introduces us to the wonders of the world, and does so in a clear, organized way. One page includes an outstanding interactive map. This tool presents a global map with points of varying shape and color, representing World Heritage Sites that are recognized as cultural, natural, or both cultural and natural sites. They are further divided into those places that are in danger and those that are not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/files\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-20-at-1.29.47-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1453 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/files\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-20-at-1.29.47-PM-300x226.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-04-20 at 1.29.47 PM\" width=\"447\" height=\"339\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simply by selecting a point, you are given the site\u2019s name and a representative picture. By clicking on this icon, you are taken to another page that has the site\u2019s description and additional information, including maps, documents regarding the importance and history of the site, as well as additional photos and videos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/files\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-20-at-1.33.16-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1454 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/files\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-20-at-1.33.16-PM-300x225.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-04-20 at 1.33.16 PM\" width=\"395\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UNESCO\u2019s aim is to educate its viewers on these heritage sites in the hope that people may be able to recognize, safeguard, and preserve these locations. So, viewers, take a look, take action, and enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/interactive-map\/ Tools of the Geographer UNESCO is such a great website and one that I wish I had found earlier! This website encompasses all sites that are considered to be a part &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/2015\/04\/20\/unesco-world-heritage-sites\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19631],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spring-2015"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog250\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}