Preface

This Edited Volume is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, concerning the developments within the "Heritage - New Paradigm" field of study. The book includes scholarly contributions by various authors and is edited by a group of experts pertinent to social sciences and humanities. Each contribution comes as a separate chapter complete in itself but directly related to the book's topics and objectives.

The book is divided into four sections: "The Time of Change", "Culture for the New Generation", "Sustainable Development", and "Conservation through Entrepreneurship".

The first section (The Time of Change) includes chapters dealing with the topics: Cultural Heritage and the Crisis of Democracy, Tackling Eurocentric Perspectives on Cultural World Heritage: Suggestions for Including Postcolonial Approaches in World Heritage Education, Heritage Language Use, Maintenance and Transmission by Second-Generation Immigrants in Cyprus, Alteration of the Cultural, Religious and Architectural Heritage from Lăpuș Land, in the Context of Climate Change, The Impact Study of the Exchanges between the Microorganism Communities on the Surfaces from Constanta Roman Mosaic and Anthropic Interactions, Post-Covid Ideology and Dimensions in Language Teaching, The Mari Lwyd Has Entered the Chat: Intangible Heritage in the Age of Covid-19.

The second section (Culture for the New Generation) includes chapters dealing with the topics: Digital Technology to Preserve Heritage Structures, Use of Drones for Digitization and Monitoring the Built Cultural Heritage: Indoor and Outdoor, Predictive 3D Modelling and Virtual Reality of the World Cultural Heritage of Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur, Bangladesh, Cyber - A Digital Cultural Heritage in a Museum and University Setting, Reflectance Measurements on Cultural Heritage, (In)tangible Heritages: A Critical Review for an Alternative Heritage Discourse (ALHD) Perspective in Sub-Saharan Africa, Novel Ways of Discovering, Capturing and Experiencing Cultural Heritage: A Review of Current State-of-the-Art, Challenges and Future Directions, SYNTHESIS: A Platform of Platforms for Integrated Management, Curation, and Visualization of Digital Cultural Experiences through VR and AR Technologies.

The third section (Sustainable Development) includes chapters dealing with the topics Bore Pile Foundation Construction without Caused Fine Cracks at Three Heritage Building, Structural Consolidation of Architectural Heritage, From Preservation to Reuse – Seeing Possible Futures, The Implementation of Sustainable Development and Protection of Cultural Heritage at Different Levels of Spatial and Urban Planning: A Case Study of the Republic of Serbia, Can Solidarity Paradigm Be a Catalyst for the Sustainability of Tourism?

Synergy between the Church and Government in Community Development: A Sociocultural Entrepreneurship Approach, Cultural Heritage Tradition and Innovation in the Internationalization of Family Business: A Case Study from the Italian Fashion Industry, The Movable Heritage of Drăghia, Traditional Games: Socialization and Culture in Kabylie, are included in the last section of this book (Conservation through Entrepreneurship).

The target audience comprises scholars and specialists in the field.

**IntechOpen Team**
