GIS Development in World Heritage Sites in Developing Countries

琅勃拉邦，老挝人民民主共和国，已被列入世界遗产在1995年由于其美丽的城市景观与传统和殖民地建筑。然而，2007年联合国教科文组织世界遗产监测使命表明，由于非法建筑活动的增加，对濒危遗产的潜在威胁。由于基于人工授权的城镇景观分析几乎是不可能的，因此本项目研究了最不发达国家条件下地理信息系统（GIS）在世界遗产地管理中的可持续利用。

Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, has been inscribed as a World Heritage in 1995 due to its beautiful townscape with traditional and colonial architectures. However, monitoring mission of UNESCO WHS in 2007 suggested the potential threat to the heritage-in-danger due to the increase of illegal building activities. Since it was almost impossible to analyze the townscape based on the manual authorization of construction, this project studied the sustainable use of geographical information system (GIS) for the management of World Heritage site under the condition of least developing country.