Reconnecting the City
The Historic Urban Landscape Approach and the Future of Urban Heritage
Published on 24. October 2014
376 pages
978-1-118-38397-1 (ISBN)
Description
Historic Urban Landscape is a new approach to urban heritage management, promoted by UNESCO, and currently one of the most debated issues in the international preservation community. However, few conservation practitioners have a clear understanding of what it entails, and more importantly, what it can achieve.
* Examples drawn from urban heritage sites worldwide - from Timbuktu to Liverpool
* Richly illustrated with colour photographs
* Addresses key issues and best practice for urban conservation
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"I highly recommend the comprehensive and landmark book TheHistoric Urban Landscape: Managing Heritage in an Urban Centuryby Francesco Bandarin and Ron Van Oers, to any architects, urbanplanners, surveyors, engineers, policy makers, business leaders,and urban conservation societies who are seeking a completeoverview of the intellectual developments in urban conservation.This book provides a thoughtful and practical approach that willbenefit the urban conservation efforts around the world in thetwenty-first century." (Blog Business World, 29May 2012)More details
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Francesco Bandarin was UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Culture from 2010 to 2014 and is now Professor of Urban Planning at the University Institute of Architecture of Venice. He was formerly Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Secretary of the World Heritage Committee. He is trained as an Architect (Venice 1975) and 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. He has been actively involved in the Venice Safeguarding Project and in the preparation of Rome for the year 2000 Jubilee. As Director of the World Heritage Centre he has promoted the revision of the UNESCO recommendations on historic cities and has contributed to development of the debate on the role of contemporary architecture in historic cities, on the management of their social and physical changes and on the role of communities in the conservation of historic values.
Ron van Oers is Vice Director, World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for Asia and the Pacific (WHITRAP). He was formerly Programme Specialist for Culture at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, coordinating the World Heritage Cities Programme and the international effort to develop new guidelines for urban conservation, which were adopted as the 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape. He is trained as an Urban Planner (Delft 1993) and received his doctorate (PhD, Delft 2000) on a research into the principles of Dutch colonial town planning (published as book). He is the Founding Editor (together with Dr. Ana Pereira-Roders) of the Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development (JCHMSD), published by Emerald Group Publishing (UK) and a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Change Over Time: International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment, published by Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania's School of Design (USA).
Content
Acknowledgements
Preface
Francesco Bandarin and Ron van Oers
Introduction. Urban Conservation and the End of Planning
Francesco Bandarin
SECTION 1. The Layered Dimensions of Urban Conservation
Chapter 1. Archaeology: Reading the City through Time
Tim Williams
Chapter 2. How Geology Shapes the Urban Environment
Claudio Margottini and Daniele Spizzichino
Chapter 3. Morphology as the Study of City Form and Layering
Stefano Bianca
Interview. Searching for a Chinese Approach to Urban Conservation
Wang Shu
Case study. Bologna: From Urban Restoration to Urban Rehabilitation
Patrizia Gabellini
Chapter 4. Historic Cities and Climate Change
Anthony Gad Bigio
Interview. Looking at the Challenges of the Urban Century
Filipe Duarte Santos
Chapter 5. The Intangible Dimension of Urban Heritage
Rohit Jigyasu
Interview. Interpreting Cultural Landscapes as Expressions of Local Identity
Lisa Prosper
Case study. The Traditional Chinese View of Nature and Challenges of Urban Development
Feng Han
Chapter 6. Planning and Managing Historic Urban Landscapes
Francesco Siravo
Interview. The Challenge of Urban Transformation
Mohsen Mostafavi
Chapter 7. Cities as Cultural Landscapes
Ken Taylor
SECTION 2. Building the Toolkit
Chapter 8. Evolution of the Normative Framework
Jukka Jokilehto
Chapter 9. Civic Engagement Tools for Urban Conservation
Julian Smith
Interview. Listening to the People, Promoting Quality of Life
His Highness the Aga Khan
Case study. Valuing Cultural Diversity
Richard Engelhardt
Chapter 10. Knowledge and Planning Tools
Jyoti Hosagrahar
Case study. Reading the City of Tokyo
Hidenobu Jinnai
Chapter 11. The Role of Regulatory Systems
Patricia O'Donnell
Interview. Constructing Cultural Significance
Rahul Mehrotra
Chapter 12. Devising Financial Tools for Urban Conservation
Donovan Rypkema
Case study. A User's Guide for Heritage Economics
Christian Ost
Case study. The World Bank's Tools for Urban Conservation
MV Serra
Chapter 13. Researching and Mapping the Historic Urban Landscape
Michael Turner and Rachel Singer
Interview. Heritage and the Metropolis
Rem Koolhaas
Conclusion. The Way Forward: An Agenda for Reconnecting the City
Ron van Oers
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