Main entry:

Bandarin, Francesco, author.

Title & Author:

The historic urban landscape : managing heritage in an urban century / by Francesco Bandarin and Ron van Oers.

Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley Blackwell, [2014]
©2012

Description:

xxvii, 236 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (unnumbered pages 217-228) and index.
1 Urban Conservation: Short History of a Modern Idea 1 -- The Origins of Urban Conservation: Between Engineering and Romaticism 1 -- The Historic City as Heritage 10 -- Fracture: Modern Movement versus the Historic City 15 -- Out of Modernism: New Approaches to Urban Conservation 23 -- 2 Urban Conservation as International Public Policy 37 -- Urban Conservation Policies after the Second World War 37 -- Urban Conservation in International Charters and Standard-Setting Instruments 39 -- Regional Charters 50 -- Rethinking Urban Conservation 61 -- Towards a New Urban Conservation Paradigm 65 -- The Historic Urban Landscape Approach 72 -- 3 The Changing Context of Urban Heritage Management 75 -- Introducing External and Internal Forces of Change 75 -- Exponential Increase in Urbanisation on a Global Scale 76 -- Environmental Concerns and the Sustainability of Urban Development 81 -- The Impact of Climate Change 89 -- The Changing Role of Cities as Drivers of Development 93 -- The Emergence of the Tourism Industry 99 -- Broadening Perceptions and Urban Heritage Values 105 -- The Management of Change 108 -- 4 New Actors and Approaches to Urban Heritage Management 113 -- The Contemporary Context of Urban Heritage Management 113 -- The Emergence of a New Urban Strategy 114 -- Urban Strategies of International Institutions 134 -- 5 Expanding the Toolkit for Management of the Urban Environment 143 -- Urban Heritage Management: Actors and Tools 143 -- Regulatory Systems 145 -- Community Engagement Tools 154 -- Technical Tools 159 -- Financial Tools 171 -- 6 The Historic Urban Landscape: Preserving Heritage in an Urban Century 175 -- The Historic City Meets Globalisation 175 -- The Contemporary Reflection on the City 182 -- Integrating Heritage Conservation and Urban Development 186 -- Historic Urban Landscape: a Tool for the Management of Change 188.

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. Book jacket.

ISBN:

9780470655740 (hardcover)
0470655747 (hardcover)
9781118932728 (paperback)
1118932722 (paperback)

Subject:

World Heritage areas Conservation and restoration.
Historic districts Conservation and restoration.
Historic sites Conservation and restoration.
Historic buildings Conservation and restoration.
Architecture Conservation and restoration.
Urban landscape architecture Conservation and restoration.
City planning.
Cultural policy.
Urban policy.
Cities and towns Growth Social aspects.
Sites du patrimoine mondial Conservation et restauration.
Quartiers anciens Conservation et restauration.
Lieux historiques Conservation et restauration.
Monuments historiques Conservation et restauration.
Architecture Conservation et restauration.
Paysage urbain Conservation et restauration.
Politique culturelle.
Politique urbaine.
Villes Croissance Aspect social.

Added entries:

Oers, Ron van, 1965- author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316440
Call No.: 316440
Copy: 1
Status: Available