ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook on Historic Urban Landscapes in the Asia-Pacific sheds light onto the balancing act of urban heritage management, focusing specifically on the Asia-Pacific regions in which this challenge is imminent and in need of effective solutions. Urban heritage, while being threatened amid myriad forces of global and ecological change, provides a vital social, cultural, and economic asset for regeneration and sustenance of liveability of inhabited urban areas worldwide.
This six-part volume takes a critical look at the concept of Historic Urban Landscapes, the approach that UNESCO promotes to achieve holistic management of urban heritage, through the lens of issues, prospects, and experiences of urban regeneration of the selected geo-cultural context. It further discusses the difficult task that heritage managers encounter in conceptualizing, mapping, curating, and sustaining the plurality, poetics, and politics of urban heritage of the regions in question. The connective thesis that weaves the chapters in this volume together reinforces for readers that the management of urban heritage considers cities as dynamic entities, palimpsests of historical memories, collages of social diversity, territories of contested identities, and sites for sustainable liveability. Throughout this edited collection, chapters argue for recognizing the totality of the eco-cultural urban fabric, embracing change, building social cohesion, and initiating strategic socio-economic progress in the conservation of Historic Urban Landscapes.
Containing thirty-seven contributions written by leading regional experts, and illustrated with over 200 black and white images and tables, this volume provides a much-needed resource on Historic Urban Landscapes for students, scholars, and researchers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |26 pages
Introduction
part I|102 pages
Conceptualizing Historic Urban Landscapes
chapter 6|16 pages
Historic landscapes in rapidly transforming Asian cities
part II|101 pages
Mapping tangible urban heritage
chapter 7|18 pages
Evolution and repercussions of the heritage designation process in Sindh, Pakistan
chapter 8|17 pages
Urban morphology and Historic Urban Landscape management
chapter 10|18 pages
Creating information management systems for cultural World Heritage
part III|95 pages
Safeguarding intangible urban heritage
chapter 14|13 pages
Ghats on the Ganga in Varanasi, India
chapter 15|14 pages
Safeguarding ritual landscape of living urban heritages
part IV|97 pages
Fostering sustainable urban heritage
chapter 20|17 pages
Erasure and appearance
chapter 22|15 pages
Regeneration of a Historic Urban Landscape with pedestrian-oriented streetscape design
chapter 24|18 pages
Rural development
part V|101 pages
Localizing heritage stewardship
chapter 25|18 pages
Community-focused urban regeneration
chapter 28|14 pages
Conserving the historic port town of Tomo, Seto Inland Sea, Japan
chapter 29|18 pages
Understanding community-based heritage values
chapter 30|18 pages
Wurundjeri-al Narrm-u (Wurundjeri’s Melbourne)
part VI|117 pages
Assessing urban heritage policies