The “Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces”: A UNESCO Case Study Between Persistence and Change

In this chapter, the “Cultural LandscapeCultural landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces”, ChinaChina, has been first localized in the context of South-East Asia in terms of state, province, and county. Subsequently, this World Heritage SiteWorld Heritage Site have been analysed in its population mix, economy and agricultural activities, as well as landscape features. Election criteria have been introduced and how this site responds to issues of authenticity and integrity have been described and argued, as have the management and protection requirements. The management planManagement plan seeks to meet the expectations defined by the different Chinese rural policies, namely the Fifth-Year Plans for Economic and Social Development and the National Strategic Plans for Rural Vitalization, as well as those for the cultural heritageCultural heritage. However, despite the different issues that the Advisory Bodies found in their technical evaluation reports, there are no reference to resilienceResilience as a concept or as an approach in the management planManagement plan to face them in a holistic way.