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UNESCO World Heritage listing is often misunderstood by the state party and the community as being tourism promotion or branding. This tendency has led to unwanted consequences, such as gentrification, the commodification of heritage, the loss of physical integrity, etc. Small and medium cities in the Asia and Pacific region have been facing rapid social and physical transformations due to the decentralization and expansion of economy and infrastructures from the metropolitan areas into its hinterlands. These developments have threatened the historic urban core due to weak planning and the lack of a conservation policy. The research aims to formulate a more coherent and comprehensive heritage management instrument for a medium city (e.g., provincial and regional capitals or smaller towns), based on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) recommendation by UNESCO. Cases in two cities will be used in this study: Semarang and Surakarta in Central Java, Indonesia. The study will focus on three components: (1) Comprehensive mapping of tangible and intanible cultural heritage assets to find the DNA of the Community and place; (2) Capacity building and empowerment of the local community to protect their heritage and to develop the economics of heritage; and (3) Protection and Continuation of the authenticity of local living heritage (the DNA of the Community identity and place personality). It is expected that the outcomes of this research will contribute to (1) the formulation of comprehensive Local HUL Mapping of tangible and intangible heritage as the basis for a more scientific and democratic process in managing conservation and developments; (2) the provision of Heritage Management Recommendations for Local Community and Local Government; and (3) the production of new knowledge through a research paper for academic publication.