Thematic studies for the World Heritage Convention / Etudes thématiques pour la convention du Patrimoine mondial

To fulfill its obligations concerning cultural properties, ICOMOS undertakes comparative and thematic studies, often with partner organizations, in different subject areas in order to provide a context for its evaluations.

Pour s'acquitter de ses obligations en matière de biens culturels, l'ICOMOS réalise des études comparatives et thématiques dans différents domaines, souvent en collaboration avec des organisations partenaires, afin d'offrir un contexte à ses évaluations.

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• The cultural heritages of water in tropical and subtropical Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (2021)  
• Tea Landscapes of Asia: A Thematic Study (2021)      
• Exploring Cultural Heritage of the Arab Region: Potential offered for a more balanced World Heritage List (2021)
  
• Rock art in East Asia (2019)
• Cultural Heritages of Water: The cultural heritages of water in the Middle East and Maghreb / Les patrimoines culturels de l’eau : Les patrimoines culturels de l’eau au Moyen-Orient et au Maghreb. Thematic study 2nd ed. / Étude thématique 2e éd. (2017)
• Heritage sites of astronomy an archaeoastronomy in the context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Thematic study No. 2.(2017)
  
• Cultural Heritages of Water: The cultural heritages of water in the Middle-East and the Maghreb (2015) 
• The Silk Roads: an ICOMOS Thematic Study (2014)
  
• Rock art in Central Asia: a thematic study (2011)
• Early Human Expansion and Innovation in the Pacific (2010)
• Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention (by ICOMOS and IAU) (2010)
• Cultural landscapes of the Pacific Islands (2007)
• Rock Art of Sahara and North Africa (2007)
• Rock Art of Latin America and the Caribbean (2006)
• Les paysages culturels viticoles (2004)
• Les Monastères orthodoxes dans les Balkans (2003)
• The International Collieries Study (2003)
• Southern African Rock-Art Sites (2002)
• L'Art rupestre (2002)
• Les villages ouvriers comme éléments du patrimoine de l'industrie (2001)
• Railways as World Heritage Sites (1999)
• Les Théâtres et les Amphithéâtres antiques (1999)
• The Urban Architectural Heritage of Latin America (1998)
• Potential Fossil Hominid Sites for Inscription on the World Heritage List (1997)
• Context for World Heritage Bridges (1997)
• The International Canal Monuments List (1996)