Title The Challenge to our cultural heritage : why preserve the past? : proceedings of a Conference on Cultural Preservation, Washington, D.C., 8-10 April, 1984 / edited by Yudhishthir Raj Isar ; co-sponsored by United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Smithsonian Institution in cooperation with the United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS) and the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Published Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986

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Description 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Is there a collision course between preservation and modernization? -- Collision course : heritage preservation versus the demands of modernization / Yudhishthir Raj Isar -- Preservation versus modernization : realities in Islamic architecture / Ronald Lewcock -- Challenges to heritage preservation in industrially developed countries / Bernard M. Feilden -- Mobilizing resources for preservation -- International assistance for the conservation of cultural property / Hiroshi Daifuku -- Financing the adaptive reuse of culturally significant areas / Ismail Serageldin -- Harnessing science and technology : realities and paradoxes -- Science and technology in architectural conservation : examples from Nepal and Bangladesh / John Sanday -- Saving Indonesia's Borobudur : a high-tech triumph in international cooperation / W. Brown Morton III -- Science and technology in architectural restoration : an American perspective / Maximilian L. Ferro -- ICCROM : an international clearinghouse and training centre / Cevat Erder -- Evolving concepts and practices -- Architectural conservation : the triumph of an idea / Stephan Tschudi-Madsen -- The common heritage of the Americas : regional cooperation / Roberto Etchepareborda -- Historic preservation in the United States : a historical perspective -- The preservation of Haiti's national heritage / Albert Mangons -- The press and cultural heriatge preservation : a Canadian perspective / Andrée G. Paradis -- The Canadian experience in heriatge preservation / Jacques Dalibard -- Facing the challenge : the monumental heritage of Egypt / Gamal Mokhtar -- The scourge of illicit traffic in cultural property -- A threat to national art treasures : the illicit traffic in stolen art / Ekpo Okpo Eyo -- National legislation to encourage international cooperation : the cultural property export and import act of Canada / Ian C. Clark and Lewis E. Levy Analysis Architecture Conservation and restoration Cultural property Protection Historic sites Conservation and restoration Historical preservation Notes Proceedings of a conference on cultural preservation, Washington, D.C., 8-10 April 1984 Bibliography Includes bibliographies Subject Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses. Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction -- Congresses. Cultural property -- Protection -- Congresses. Historic preservation -- Congresses. Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Author Isar, Yudhishthir Raj. Smithsonian Institution. Unesco. LC no. 86600111 ISBN 0874745438 (paperback: alk. paper)

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