Cultural heritage is perceived as the glue that keeps individuals together and makes them feel a part of something larger. It is the past that allows individuals to understand their present and move towards the future. In networked society, it is impossible to think about cultural heritage and its preservation and maintenance without including the digital processes and ICT systems, as well as its impact on territorial innovation. The Handbook of Research on Cultural Heritage and Its Impact on Territory Innovation and Development is a critical and comprehensive reference book that analyzes how preservation and sustainability of cultural heritage occurs in countries, as well as how it contributes to territorial innovation. Moreover, the book examines how technological tools contribute to its preservation and sustainability, as well as its dissemination. Highlighting topics that include public policies, spatial development, and architectural heritage, this book is ideal for cultural heritage professionals, government officials, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and students.

"This publication gives a different perspective of cultural tourism with some updated theoretical frameworks of the topics in analysis, complemented with case studies, best practices and some data related to international and differentiated tourism contexts (urban, natural, rural, historical centers)"--

An integrated approach to investigate, create, and propose a model for the value creation of cultural products is essential in maintaining its connection with e-relationship marketing; this examination is important in recognizing a common perspective. The Handbook of Research on Management of Cultural Products: E-Relationship Marketing and Accessibility Perspectives examines the potential value of cultural products and how the support of new technologies can enable non-conventional and social-media marketing relationships. This book aims to highlight an emerging subject area in the field of financial management, management of value creation, and marketing that will be essential for scientists, researchers, and practitioners.

"The main context of this book focuses on Cultural Heritage and its preservation, maintenance, and sustainability and its great importance in the context of the adoption of Territorial Innovation and Development, Public Policies,and Digital Media and Technology "--

This book examines the roles of communities in the general framework of territorial innovation, particularly in the context of less developed regions. With a specific focus on Portugal, it offers conceptual improvements that will be of use to other European regions. The book will appeal to scholars and students of regional governance and politics, from public administration to economics, sociology, geography and political science, as well as to practitioners.

Technology has brought many innovations and changes in experiential design and experiential products and services. The digital transformations brought about by technology have led to problem-solving, creative functioning, and unique improvements along with experiences. Human-digital experience interaction prevails in many areas of modern society, and in order to evaluate this interaction, a more balanced understanding of digital and experience processes is required. The Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Reflections of Contemporary Experiential Marketing Practices discusses innovative research on experiential marketing and evaluates the interdisciplinary reflections of practices from different perspectives. The book also explores how the concept of experience is developed, managed, and marketed according to current consumer needs and motivations. Covering critical topics such as experience economy and tourism experience management, this reference work is ideal for managers, marketers, hospitality professionals, academicians, practitioners, scholars, researchers, instructors, and students.

Indigenous cultures meticulously protect and preserve their traditions. Those traditions often have deep connections to the homelands of indigenous peoples, thus forming strong relationships between culture, land, and communities. Autoethnography can help shed light on the nature and complexity of these relationships. Indigenous Research of Land, Self, and Spirit is a collection of innovative research that focuses on the ties between indigenous cultures and the constructs of land as self and agency. It also covers critical intersectional, feminist, and heuristic inquiries across a variety of indigenous peoples. Highlighting a broad range of topics including environmental studies, land rights, and storytelling, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, academicians, students, and researchers in the fields of sociology, diversity, anthropology, environmentalism, and history.