The Historic Urban Landscape Managing Heritage in an Urban Century

by Bandarin, Francesco; Van Oers, Ron

• ISBN13: 9780470655740
• ISBN10: 0470655747
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-19
• Publisher: Wiley

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 critique 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.

Author Biography

Francesco Bandarin is the Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO and formerly was Direct of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Secretary of the World Heritage Committee. He trained as an Architect (Venice 1975) and as an Urban Planner (UC Berkeley 1977) and has pursued an academic career as Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Venice (IUAV) and a professional career as consultant for international organizations in the field of urban conservation and development. Ron Van Oers is Programme Specialist for Culture at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre where he coordinates a Trust Fund of the Netherlands the World Heritage Cities Programme, and the World Heritage Programme for Small Island Developing States. He trained as an Urban Planner (Delft 1993).

Table of Contents

Preface: Anew approach to urban conservation	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. xxi
Abbreviation and Acronyms	p. xxiii
Urban Conservation: Short History of a Modern Idea	p. 1
The Origins of Urban Conservation: Between Engineering and Romaticism	p. 1
The Historic City as Heritage	p. 10
Fracture: Modern Movement versus the Historic City	p. 15
Out of Modernism: New Approaches to Urban Conservation	p. 23
Urban Conservation as International Public Policy	p. 37
Urban Conservation Policies after the Second World War	p. 37
Urban Conservation in International Charters and Standard-Setting Instruments	p. 39
Regional Charters	p. 50
Rethinking Urban Conservation	p. 61
Towards a New Urban Conservation Paradigm	p. 65
The Historic Urban Landscape Approach	p. 72
The Changing Context of Urban Heritage Management	p. 75
Introducing External and Internal Forces of Change	p. 75
Exponential Increase in Urbanisation on a Global Scale	p. 76
Environmental Concerns and the Sustainability of Urban Development	p. 81
The Impact of Climate Change	p. 89
The Changing Role of Cities as Drivers of Development	p. 93
The Emergence of the Tourism Industry	p. 99
Broadening Perceptions and Urban Heritage Values	p. 105
The Management of Change	p. 108
New Actors and Approaches to Urban Heritage Management	p. 113
The Contemporary Context of Urban Heritage Management	p. 113
The Emergence of a New Urban Strategy	p. 114
Urban Strategies of International Institutions	p. 134
Expanding the Toolkit for Management of the Urban Environment	p. 143
Urban Heritage Management: Actors and Tools	p. 143
Regulatory Systems	p. 145
Community Engagement Tools	p. 154
Technical Tools	p. 159
Financial Tools	p. 171
The Historic Urban Landscape: Preserving Heritage in an Urban Century	p. 175
The Historic City Meets Globalisation	p. 175
The Contemporary Reflection on the City	p. 182
Integrating Heritage Conservation and Urban Development	p. 186
Historic Urban Landscape: a Tool for the Management of Change	p. 188
Epilogue	p. 191
Note on the Development of the Historic Urban Landscape Approach	p. 195
The 2005 Vienna Memorandum	p. 203
The UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape	p. 209
Bibliography	p. 217
Index	p. 229
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