Defence Sites
Heritage and Future
Published on 6. June 2012
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-1-84564-590-8 (ISBN)
Description
The conference aims to raise the knowledge of the scale, design and functions of military, naval and air force sites. It will bring a better understanding to the issues raised by their redundancy, and the implications of different disposal processes for state owned land. It is also important to understand the interaction of different stakeholders and their influence on the outcome. They include government agencies, developers, planners, architects, historians and members of local communities. Special issues related to historical naval ships and other maritime infrastructure will also be discussed. This book presents case studies, highlighting examples of good practices that can help to transfer knowledge between different partners across the world. The papers in this book are grouped in the following subject areas: Military Heritage History; Castles and Fortresses; Risk Assessment; Simulations and Modelling; Case Studies; Transition from Military to Civilian Life; Community Involvement.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Southampton
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84564-590-8 (9781845645908)
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Content
Contents Section 1: Military heritage history The Naval Dockyards Society: the first fifteen years; Klaipeda (Memel) naval fort - museum; Bordj Hamza, description, pathology and restoration Section 2: Castles and fortresses Castle Pinckney; Conservation and protection of the Bosnian kingdom: medieval military fortifications and interventions on it Section 3: Risk assessment Structural assessment of heritage buildings; Present day problems with historic innovations; Protect and survive Section 4: Simulation and modelling Use of laser-scanner as an intervention tool in fortifications: Santa Barbara Castle in Alicante; Visual screening for a potential evaluation of seismic vulnerability of the historical building: Palace of the Dey (Citadel of Algiers) Section 5: Case studies The future of fortifications in the city of Cadiz: opportunities and strategies for an urban regeneration; Regeneration of part of the historic fortified town of Moncao, Portugal; The fortifications of Sydney, Australia: adaptive re-use and issues around public access; A unique journey in preserving nuclear industrial heritage; The positive impact of the Airborne and Special Operations Museum on the surrounding civilian community Section 6: Transition from military to civilian life Reinventing the Brooklyn Navy Yard: a national model for sustainable urban industrial job creation; Transforming from a cold war military heritage site into a new tourist destination: the case of Matsu Archipelago; Dora I: from submarine pen to cultural bunker; Concealment or spectacularisation: analysing the heritagisation process of old prisons; Learning from experience: defence disposals in the UK contrasted with sustainable redevelopment in four US east coast navy yards Section 7: Community involvement All that you leave behind: the territorial relationship of heritage defence sites and military bases; Community involvement and military heritage conservation: a case study of the demolition of the Antwerp sixteenth-century fortifications