Valerie Higgins is is currently Associate Professor of Archaeology at The American University of Rome in Italy.

Diane Douglas has acted as Environmental Consultant in 19 countries over the past decade. Dr. Douglas has served as Principal Advisor, Project Manager or Team Leader for engineering and environmental firms, as well as a consultant to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), European Bank on Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and World Bank.

Preface
Valerie Higgins, Diane Douglas and George Smith
1. Communities in Heritage: Global Issues, Local Values
Valerie Higgins and Diane Douglas
Section 1: The Power of Living Heritage
2. Cultural Heritage, Empowerment and the Social Transformation of Local Communities
Fekri Hassan
3. Defining 'Heritage Communities' in an Age of Migration: Urban Youths' Narratives of Translocality
Kaja Hannedatter Sontum
4. Agricultural Heritage Systems, their Resilience and Climate Smart Communities
Parviz Koohafkan and Thomas L. Price
5. Historic Heritage Sites and Depopulation: Cities without Citizens
Valerie Higgins
6. Identifying Local Communities' Resilience and Power to Build Sustainable Futures: "Democracy starts here"
Ibrahima Thiaw
7. Local Craft Knowledge and Heritage-making in the Aftermath of a Capacity-building Project in Southern Africa: Who are the locals?
Per Ditlef Fredriksen and Foreman Bandama
8. Valuing and Protecting the Past in Contemporary Society
George S. Smith
9. Archaeology, Communities, and Economic Development: A Pandora's Box
K.Anne Pyburn
Section 2: Vertical and Horizontal Management of Resources
10. Realities and Requisites in Community-based Heritage Management
Peter G. Gould
11. Cultural Heritage Stewardship: Challenges and New Approaches for an Uncertain Future
Arlene K. Fleming
12. Tourism and Sustainability in the Historic City of Rome: Challenge or Threat?
Barbara Staniscia
13. Heritage Preservation and Indigenous Communities in the United States
Joe Watkins
14. Local Engagement in Public-Private Partnerships for Heritage Management
William H. Jansen
Section 3: Natural Hazards: Managing Heritage in the Face of Climate change and Natural Disasters
15. Understanding how Indigenous Knowledge can Contribute to Mitigating Global Climate Change: Seeing the forest and the trees
Diane L. Douglas
16. Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage through Community Engagement
Rohit Jigyasu
17. People-centered Cultural Heritage First Aid: From Response to Resilience
Aparna Tandon
Epilogue
Christopher Prescott