ABSTRACT
This chapter continues, from Chapter 1, the topic of changing perspectives and extensive rethinking on heritage conservation over the last forty years. In doing so, it focuses reflectively and in depth on an extensive examination of the values-based approach to caring for cultural heritage, doing so under the umbrella of suggesting an overall planning model for heritage places. It examines typologies of values and arguments for and against a values approach in the context of analysing significance of places and for whom, and why, they are significant. It notes negative commentary towards a values-based approach from some sources but, tracks, nevertheless, how the application of values continues to permeate heritage conservation processes, and will continue to do so, thereby creating and a solid framework for conservation.
