The World Bank Group (WBG) has long recognized that the restoration and preservationof cultural heritage, urban regeneration, and sustainable tourism can play a vital role in developing countries' efforts to promote local economic development, accelerate social integration, and alleviate...

Glacier National Park's iconic glaciers are disappearing at a rate that suggests the loss of all the glaciers will occur entirely by 2030. This is undoubtedly one of the many devastating consequences of climate change awaiting the United States. However, despite the dire need to take action to...

Issues and themes / Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-hung Hong -- Public actions and property prices -- Restricting residential construction / Edward L. Glaeser -- Regulation and property values in the United States : the high cost of monopoly / John M. Quigley -- Commentary / Katherine A. Kiel -- The...

Culture has attributes of a global public good that needs to be preserved for mankind as a whole. World Culture Certificates are proposed to efficiently preserve World Heritage. The community of nations has to agree on the Global Heritage List and how much each nation is to contribute to that...