Managing built heritage : the role of cultural significance / Derek Worthing, Stephen Bond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Worthing, Derek.

Contributor:

Bond, Stephen, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public buildings--Preservation.

Public buildings.

Historic preservation.

Historic buildings.

Cultural property--Preservation.

Cultural property.

Architecture--Conservation and restoration.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

vi, 220 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

Summary:

This book examines management of the built cultural heritage through the use of the concept of cultural significance. It considers how and why cultural significance is assessed and how it can be used as an effective focus and driver for management strategies and processes.

Effective management of the built cultural heritage requires a clear understanding of what makes a place significant (and how that significance might be vulnerable) but the book also emphasises that this understanding of cultural significance must inform all activities in order to ensure that what is important about the place is protected and enhanced.

The book was written in the midst of much fundamental rethinking, both nationally and internationally, on approaches to the conservation of our built cultural heritage. Managing Built Heritage: The Role of Cultural Significance is analytical and reflective but also draws on real life examples to illustrate particular issues, looking at current approaches and drawing out best practice.

Contents:

1 Introduction to the Concept of Managing through Significance 1

2 Asset Types, Their Managers and Management Implications 5

Heritage assets and their management implications 6

Buffer zones and urban settings to major heritage assets 36

Intangible heritage 43

Owners, managers and management approaches 43

3 Cultural Significance 47

Benefits of conservation 48

Understanding value 53

Development in the idea of values 54

Value characterisation - typologies 59

Issues in value assessment 71

Assessing significance - comparisons and relativity 81

Conservation principles 92

4 Conservation Plans 105

Genesis of an idea 108

Undertaking a conservation plan - understanding the site and assessing significance 114

5 Managing Use and Change 141

The management plan 141

Maintenance management 152

Management tools for historic areas 181

Heritage impact assessments 192

Local management agreements 195

Care, design and quality standards guidance 204

6 Epilogue - Sustainability and the Built Cultural Heritage 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781405119788

1405119780

OCLC:

144547738

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