| Description |
xxv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Preface: A New Approach to Urban Conservation -- Glossary -- Urban Conservation : Short History of a Modern Idea -- Urban Conservation as an International Public Policy -- Changing Context of Urban Heritage Management -- New Actors and Approaches to Urban Heritage Management -- New Actors and Approaches to Urban Heritage Management -- The Historic Urban Landscape : Heritage as a Resource for the Urban Century -- Annex 1: Note on the development of the Historic Urban Landscape approach -- Annex 2: The 2005 Vienna Memorandum -- Annex 3: The Draft Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape |
| Summary |
Much of the current debate on how we should preserve our cultural heritage revolves around urban sites - historic monuments in urban settings, historic districts, or complete historic towns. The growing complexity of urban heritage conservation makes reaching a consensus on how to manage urban heritage difficult. Additionally, the sharp increase in the world's population now living in urban areas, combined with a lack of policies to facilitate a sustainable use of heritage assets means the pressure on historic sites is set to rise. Unless new and innovative ways of managing these sites can be agreed on, there is a real danger that historic cities as we know them today will not survive the first decades of the 21st century. The Historic Urban Landscape: managing heritage in an urban century offers a comprehensive overview of the intellectual developments in urban conservation. The book examines its modern interpretations and critiques, and the way in which the classical approach has been challenged by the evolution of the conceptual and operational context of urban management. Analyses are provided of how World Heritage sites are managed - with associated debates and decisions - to inform the development of local urban conservation policies and practices. The authors offer unique insights from UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the book is richly illustrated with colour photographs. Examples are drawn from urban heritage sites worldwide - from Timbuktu to Liverpool - to demonstrate key issues and best practice in urban conservation today. The book offers an invaluable resource for architects, planners, surveyors and engineers worldwide working in heritage conservation, as well as for local authority conservation officers and managers of heritage sites |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-228) and index |
| Subject |
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration.
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Cities and towns -- Growth -- Social aspects.
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City planning.
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Cultural policy.
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Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration.
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Historic districts -- Conservation and restoration.
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Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration.
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Urban landscape architecture -- Conservation and restoration.
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Urban policy.
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World Heritage areas -- Conservation and restoration.
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| Author |
Oers, Ron van, 1965-
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| LC no. |
2011034249 |
| ISBN |
0470655747 (hbk.) |
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9780470655740 (hbk.) |
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