| Description |
xxi, 610 pages ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Readings in conservation
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I. The Shared Nature of Historic Cities - 1. Vandals at Home (1956) / Antonio Cederna - 2. The Idea of a Town: The Anthropology of Urban Form in Rome, Italy and the Ancient World (1976) / Joseph Rykwert - 3. The Spirit of the Cities (2001) / Seyyed Hossein Nasr - 4. City as Symbol (1969) / Paul Wheatley - 5. Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture (1979) / Christian Norberg-Schulz - 6. Conveying the Spirit of Place (2007) / Laurence Loh - 7. What Is a City? (1938) / Lewis Mumford -- Portfolio -- Part II. Geographic Diversity of Historic Cities - 8. Principles and Forms of the City (1993) / Leonardo Benevolo - 9. The American City: What Shaped Its Development? (1982) / Thomas Bender - 10. The Grid: Classical Model (2007) / Alfonso Ortiz Crespo - 11. Urban Form in the Arab World: Past and Present (2000) / Stefano Bianca - 12. Building Jaipur: The Making of an Indian City (2002) / Vibhuti Sachdev and Giles Tillotson - 13. The Chinese City in Space and Time: The Development of Urban Form in Suzhou (2000) / Yinong Xu - 14. Learning from the Japanese City: Looking East in Urban Design (2012) / Barrie Shelton - 15. The African Urban Past: Historical Perspectives on the Metropolis (2011) / Suzanne Preston Blier - 16. Urban Africa (2011) / Sir David Adjaye -- Portfolio -- Part III. Reactions to the Transformation of Traditional Cities: Three Critical Ruptures - 17. War on the Demolishers (1832) / Victor Hugo - 18. The Opening of the Crystal Palace (1854) / John Ruskin - 19. Futurist Discourse by Marinetti for the Venetians (1910) / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti - 20. Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War (2006) / Robert Bevan - 21. The Death and Life of American Cities (1961) / Jane Jacobs - 22. The Razing of Romania's Past (1989) / Dinu C. Giurescu - 23. Preserving the Historic Urban Fabric in a Context of Fast-Paced Change (2000) / Mona Serageldin - 24. If Venice Dies (2014) / Salvatore Settis - 25. A History of Erasure (2007) / Sze Tsung Nicolas Leong -- Portfolio -- Part IV. Reading the Historic City - Portfolio - 26. New Approaches to the "Non-Western" City (1999) / Zeynep Celik - 27. Urban Forms (1963) / Sir John Summerson - 28. Urban Morphology as an Emerging Interdisciplinary Field (1997) / Anne Vernez Moudon - 29. Urban Forms: The Death and Life of the Urban Block (1977) / Philippe Panerai, Jean Castex, and Jean-Charles Depaule - 30. Townscape (1961) / Gordon Cullen - 31. Cities for People (2010) / Jan Gehl - 32. Historic Preservation of Urban Heritage (2013) / Volkmar Eidloth, Gerhard Ongyerth, and Heinrich Walgern - 33. Tokyo: A Spatial Anthropology (1995) / Jinnai Hidenobu - 34. Cultural Mapping: A Guide to Understanding Place, Community and Continuity (2013) / Janet Pillai -- Portfolio -- Part V. The Search for Contextual Continuities - 35. The Invention of the Historic Monument (2001) / Francoise Choay - - 36. City Planning According to Artistic Principles (1889) / Camillo Sitte - 37. Patrick Geddes in India (1947) / Patrick Geddes - 38. Ancient Cities and New Buildings (1931) / Gustavo Giovannoni - 39. Assisi: Preservation and Rebirth (1958) / Giovanni Astengo - 40. Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation: Philosophy, Principles and Practice (2008) / Donald Insall - 41. Instructions for the Protection of "Historic Urban Centers" / Charter of Restoration 1972 - 42. Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown (1998) / Roberta Brandes Gratz with Norman Mintz - 43. Historical Systems (2006) / Pierluigi Cervellati - 44. Design in Context: Guidelines for Infill Development in the Historic Environment (2005) / NSW (Australia) Heritage Office - 45. New Uses for Heritage Places: Guidelines for the Adaptation of Historic Buildings and Sites (2008) / NSW (Australia) Heritage Office - 46. Remarks on 21 Works (2010) / Rafael Moneo -- Portfolio -- Part VI. The Search for Values - 47. The Intangible Dimension of Monuments and Sites with Reference to the UNESCO World Heritage List (2001) / Jean-Louis Luxen - 48. World Heritage Historic Urban Landscapes: Defining and Protecting Authenticity (2008) / Gustavo Araoz - 49. Urban World Heritage Sites and the Problem of Authenticity (2009) / John Pendlebury, Michael Short, and Aidan While - 50. Management Guidelines for World Cultural Heritage Sites (1998) / Bernard M. Feilden and Jukka Jokilehto - 51. Community Participation and the Tangible and Intangible Values of Urban Heritage (2013) / Michael Turner and Tal Tomer - 52. Remembering African Cities: Rethinking Urban Conservation as Radical Public History (2017) / Senam Okudzeto - 53. The Death and Life of the Shanghai Alleyway Houses: Re-thinking Community and Historic Preservation (2015) / Non Arkaraprasertkul and Matthew Williams - 54. Revitalizing Effective Memory Cues in a Chinese City: Urban Conservation Principles for Huizhou (Guangdong) (2002) -- Carmen C. M. Tsui - 55. Process over Product: Case Studies of Traditional Building Practices in Djenne, Mali, and Sana'a', Yemen (2003) / Trevor H. J. Marchand -- Portfolio -- Part VII. The Sustainability of Urban Conservation - 56. Cultural Capital and Sustainability Concepts in the Economics of Cultural Heritage (2002) / David Throsby - 57. A Macroeconomic and Strategic Perspective on Historic Conservation (2013) / Christian Ost - 58. Devising Financial Tools for Urban Conservation (2015) / Donovan Rypkema - 59. Civic Engagement Tools for Urban Conservation (2015) / Julian Smith - 60. Planning for Heritage Places: Reconciling Conservation, Tourism, and Sustainable Development (2003) / Noha Nasser - 61. Beyond Gentrification: Strategies for Guiding the Conversation and Redirecting the Outcomes of Community Transition (2014) / Stephanie Brown - Portfolio -- Part VIII. Managing Historic Cities - 62. Approaches to Managing Urban Transformations from Historic Cities (2002) / Herbert Stovel - 63. The Governance of Urban Heritage (2016) / Matthias Ripp and Dennis Rodwell - 64. The Conservation of the Urban Heritage: A Sustainable Development Opportunity for Cities (2017) / Eduardo Rojas - 65. Conclusion: The Way Forward: An Agenda for Reconnecting the City (2015) / Ron Van Oers - 66. Interview with Branka Sekaric (2013) / Jukka Jokilehto - 67. A City Is Not a Computer (2017) / Shannon Mattern -- Portfolio -- Appendix: Key International Conventions, Recommendations, and Charters Related to Urban Conservation / by Francesco Siravo -- About the Editors - Index |
| Summary |
"This book presents a comprehensive selection of important writings on urban conservation, as distinct from both heritage conservation and urban planning. There are more than sixty-five texts, ranging from early polemics by Victor Hugo and John Ruskin to a generous selection of recent scholarship, covering North America, Europe, India, China, Japan, Africa, and the Islamic world"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Historic preservation
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Cities and towns
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City planning
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| Author |
Cody, Jeffrey W., editor
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Siravo, Francesco, editor
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| LC no. |
2018042061 |
| ISBN |
9781606065938 paperback |
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1606065939 paperback |
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