This book contributes to a better understanding of why historic cities and sacred sites are important, and how cultural roots may influence and improve urban futures. It emphasises the need to include social and cultural dimensions in economic development and offers cases of best practice.

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

xi

Ismail Serageldin

Ephim Shluger

Part I Preserving Historic Cities and Sacred Sites: The Problematique

1

(32)

Editors' Note

1

(2)

The Spirit of the Cities

3

(8)

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Synagogue-Church-Mosque: A Comparison of Typologies

11

(7)

Bezalel Narkiss

Resources for Sustaining Cultural Identity

18

(4)

Stefano Bianca

The Grand Shrine of Ise: Preservation by Removal and Renewal

22

(8)

Isao Tokoro

Stewardship: An Architect's Perspective

30

(3)

Norman L. Koonce

Part II Governance: Planning and Management of Heritage Preservation

33

(56)

Editors' Note

33

(2)

Brazil: Challenges of a Multiethnic and Multicultural Society

35

(6)

Francisco C. Weffort

Policies of Historic and Cultural Heritage Preservation in Brazil

41

(5)

Pedro Taddei Neto

Preservation Policies and Financing in the Netherlands

46

(6)

Alle Elbers

Strategies for Preserving the Historic Identity of Bergen

52

(7)

Siri Myrvoll

Protecting Architectural Heritage in Expanding Metropolises

59

(8)

Michael Sorkin

At the Cutting Edge: Cultural Patrimony Protection through Development Projects

67

(22)

Michael M. Cernea

Part III Rescuing Heritage at Risk: Reconstruction, Transformation and Adaptation

89

(40)

Editors' Note

89

(2)

Reconstructing the Basilica of Assisi

91

(7)

Giorgio Croci

Adaptive Reuse of the Arsenale Complex, Venice

98

(4)

Maurizio Sabini

Post-Earthquake Reconstruction and Urban Heritage Conservation in Lijiang

102

(13)

Geoffrey Read

Katrinka Ebbe

Adaptive Reuse of Mexico's Historic Architecture: Tampico and Tlacoltapan

115

(9)

Alfonso Govela

First Synagogue in the Americas: Kahal Kadosh Zur Israel Synagogue in Recife

124

(5)

Carlos Alberto Vieira

Part IV Economic Transition and Urban Heritage Preservation

129

(64)

Editors' Note

129

(2)

Strategies for Sustainable Urban Preservation

131

(7)

Michel Bonnette

St. Petersburg's Pasts Compete for Its Future

138

(9)

Blair A. Ruble

Development and Preservation of the Historic Center of St. Petersburg

147

(3)

Victor E. Polishchuk

Strategic Plan of St. Petersburg

150

(4)

Leonid Limonov

Bazaars in Victorian Arcades: Conserving Bombay's Colonial Heritage

154

(11)

Rahul Mehrotra

Economics of Investing in Heritage: Historic Center of Split

165

(15)

Maha J. Armaly

Stefano P. Pagiola

Alain Bertaud

Models of Transformation in Saudi Arabia

180

(6)

Ali Shuaibi

Addressing the Social Context in Cultural Heritage Management: Historic Cairo

186

(7)

Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Part V New Approaches to Sustainable Preservation of Natural Resources and Built Heritage

193

(52)

Editors' Note

193

(2)

Brazil's Monumenta Program: Sustainable Preservation of Historic Cities

195

(7)

Arthur Darling

What Happened to Main Street?

202

(8)

Kennedy Smith

Involving the People and Municipal Bonds in Development and Preservation in Ahmedabad

210

(8)

Keshav Varma

Treatment of Cultural Landscapes in the United States

218

(13)

Charles A. Birnbaum

Investment Impacts of Tourism in Historic Districts

231

(6)

Maurice Desthuis-Francis

Preserving a Historic City: Economic and Social Transformations of Fez

237

(8)

Mona Serageldin

Part VI Technical Applications: Surveying, Valuing, and Documenting Heritage Assets

245

(88)

Editors' Note

245

(2)

Listing as an Instrument in Managing Change to Historic Buildings

247

(11)

Martin Cherry

Heritage Surveying and Documentation in Japan

258

(3)

Takeshi Nakagawa

Preserving the Cultural Significance of Landscapes

261

(6)

Achva Benzinberg Stein

Establishing Priorities for the Preservation of Historic Cities

267

(7)

Lauro Lage-Filho

Arthur Darling

Quilombos: Preserving Afro-Brazilian Roots

274

(4)

Dulce Maria Pereira

Cost-Efficient Virtual Preservation of Synagogues

278

(8)

Aliza Cohen-Mushlin

Computer Reconstruction of German Synagogues

286

(4)

Marc Grellert

Preserving Jewish Heritage The Center for Jewish Art of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

290

(28)

The Synagogue and Its Sacred Space Bezalel Narkiss the Index of Jewish Art

318

(7)

Analysis and Reconstruction: The Residence-Church in Wurzburg and the ``Temple of Jews'' in Worlitz

325

(8)

Harmen Thies

Part VII Preserving the Sacred Sites and Cultural Roots

333

(50)

Editors' Note

333

(2)

Sacred Sites in Traditional American Indian Culture

335

(9)

Patricia L. Parker

Traditional Kuarup Rituals of Alto Xingu, Pantanal, and Southwest Brazil

344

(4)

Marcos Terena

Sacred Spaces and the Search for Authenticity in the Kathmandu Valley

348

(10)

Eduard F. Sekler

Axum: Toward the Conservation of Ethiopia's Sacred City

358

(7)

Joseph King

The Art of Convivencia in Spain and Morocco

365

(10)

Vivian B. Mann

Sacred Places and Historic Cities: Preservation Governance and Practicalities

375

(8)

Laurent Levi-Strauss

Part VIII Partnerships in Action

383

(35)

Editors' Note

383

(2)

The Partnership for Mostar

385

(6)

Lawrence M. Hannah

Revitalization of Historic Cities with Private Sector Involvement: Lessons from Latin America

391

(10)

Eduardo Rojas

Historic Cities: The Sense of Place, Sacred and Secular

401

(5)

Harold Williams

Cultural Institutions: Between History and the Avant-Garde

406

(5)

Luis Monreal

The Role of the Private Sector in Cultural Heritage Preservation

411

(7)

Marilyn Perry

Illustration Credits

418

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