ABSTRACT
Dealing appropriately with the valued legacy of the past is a challenging problem for many cities. Since the 1970s, historic areas and quarters of cities have undergone a re-evaluation of their importance. The first wave of historic preservation policies protected individual buildings, structures and other artefacts. Such preservation was often nationalist and/or religious. Buildings and other artefacts were preserved because of their relation to the great figures from the nation's history or, as in Britain and France, the cathedrals and churches of established religions. These initial preservation policies were significantly limited in effect. A particular concern was the damage caused by inappropriate development close to the protected building. Adam Ferguson (from Appleyard, 1979, p. 16) noted that in Bath although the set piece monuments such as the Royal Crescent, the Circus and the Pump Room had been preserved, their contexts were in danger of destruction like mountains without foothills, Old Masters without frames’. An example of this is the Hilton hotel which disrupts the historic setting of Buda (Figure 1.1).
