ABSTRACT
More than half of the world’s population now live in urban areas, and cities provide the setting for contemporary challenges such as population growth, mass tourism and unequal access to socio-economic opportunities. Urban Heritage, Development and Sustainability examines the impact of these issues on urban heritage, considering innovative approaches to managing developmental pressures and focusing on how taking an ethical, inclusive and holistic approach to urban planning and heritage conservation may create a stronger basis for the sustainable growth of cities in the future.
This volume is a timely analysis of current theories and practises in urban heritage, with particular reference to the conflict between, and potential reconciliation of, conservation and development goals. A global range of case studies detail a number of distinct practical approaches to heritage on international, national and local scales. Chapters reveal the disjunctions between international frameworks and national implementation and assess how internationally agreed concepts can be misused to justify unsustainable practices or to further economic globalisation and political nationalism. The exclusion of many local communities from development policies, and the subsequent erosion of their cultural heritage, is also discussed, with the collection emphasising the importance of ‘grass roots’ heritage and exploring more inclusive and culturally responsive conservation strategies.
Contributions from an international group of authors, including practitioners as well as leading academics, deliver a broad and balanced coverage of this topic. Addressing the interests of both urban planners and heritage specialists, Urban Heritage, Development and Sustainability is an important addition to the field that will encourage further discourse.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|113 pages
Implementing international frameworks at the local level
chapter 2|14 pages
In the slipstream of development
chapter 3|20 pages
Conserving a World Heritage Site in Mozambique
chapter 7|20 pages
Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in the urban environment
part II|97 pages
Reconciling urban heritage conservation and development?
chapter 8|14 pages
The impacts of culture and heritage-led development programmes
chapter 10|21 pages
Corporate visual impact on urban heritage
chapter 11|18 pages
From zero sum game to arranged marriage
chapter 12|18 pages
Entrepreneurial heritage
part III|75 pages
Grassroots heritage and bottom-up approaches