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From the economic angle, the investment in

heritage conservation would attract more

tourists, which in turn would lead to a

spillover effect on the properties located in and

around the vicinity of the heritage site, which

would lead to further investment in tourism,

perhaps by the local communities thereby

gaining more economic prosperity. This would

also create more employment emanating from

the conservation and maintenance of the

heritage site.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

The global focus is now on understanding the

duty of warding off any potential scope of

irreparable change in the ecological system of

the earth. There is a lot of spotlight on

protocols viz., Kyoto aiming at conservation

of the environment, reducing the rate of global

warming, etc. Horrigan (2009) discovered the

approaches towards policies by the community

and government and discussed the ―green

rating metrics‖ for heritage properties. This

research also pointed out the scope of

conservation approaches, which can be applied

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