Reconnecting the city : the historic urban landscape approach and the future of urban heritage / editors, Francesco Bandarin and Ron van Oers ; contributors, Francesco Bandarin [and twenty-nine others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bandarin, Francesco, editor, contributor.

Oers, Ron van, 1965- editor.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration.

Historic buildings.

Historic sites--Conservation and restoration.

Historic sites.

Historic districts--Conservation and restoration.

Historic districts.

Cities and towns--Conservation and restoration.

Cities and towns.

Urban landscape architecture--Conservation and restoration.

Urban landscape architecture.

Cultural landscapes--Conservation and restoration.

Cultural landscapes.

Historic preservation.

City planning.

Cultural policy.

Urban policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

Summary:

Historic Urban Landscape is a new approach to urban heritage management, promoted by UNESCO, and currently one of the most debated issues in the international preservation community. However, few conservation practitioners have a clear understanding of what it entails, and more importantly, what it can achieve. Following the publication of The Historic Urban Landscape: Managing Heritage in an Urban Century, the approachis now further elaborated with a more practical slant and translates the notioninto an operational set of management practices. In this follow-up book, theeditors pull togeth

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Contributors; About the Companion Website; Introduction: Urban Conservation and the End of Planning; Post-War Attempts to Reconnect the City; Civic Engagement; Analysis of the Urban Form; Spirit of Place; Urban Values; Natural Processes; Contemporary Views on Urbanism and Landscape; Repositioning Urban Conservation, Reconnecting the City; SECTION 1: The Layered Dimension of Urban Conservation; 1: Archaeology: Reading the City through Time; Introduction; Problems and Issues

Over-simplistic Dichotomy between Preservation and DevelopmentChallenges to Presenting Archaeological Sites in Modern Urban Landscapes; Preservation in situ and Mitigation Strategies; Civic Engagement and Urban Community; Designation; Integration into Strategic Planning; City Services, Infrastructure and Archaeological Impact; Sustainable Development; Approaches and Potential; Strategic Planning; Integrating the Physical Archaeological Remains into the Contemporary Urban Environment; Archaeological Knowledge and Its Potential Impact on Urban Communities

Preservation In situ and Mitigation StrategiesNew Urban Archaeologies; Conclusion; 2: How Geology Shapes Human Settlements; Introduction; Clay-Based Human Settlements; Sun-Dried Bricks for Building; Fired Bricks for Building; Soft Rock-Based Human Settlements; Introduction and Definition; Human Settlements Made up of Soft Rocks; Human Settlements Directly Built up into the Soft Rock Material; Hard Rock-based Human Settlements; Introduction and Definition; Human Settlements Made up with Hard Rocks; Large Size Square Blocks of Hard Rock; Rounded Natural Blocks of Hard Rock

Time Variability and Complex Urban EnvironmentsConclusions; 3: Morphology as the Study of City Form and Layering; Introduction; Origins and Implications of the Term Morphology; The Scope of Urban Morphology; Methodology and Procedures; Advantages and Problems of the Urban Morphology Approach; Relevance within the Historic Urban Landscape Concept; 4: Historic Cities and Climate Change; The Emerging Challenges; Exposure of World Heritage Cities to Multiple Hazards; Historic Cities and Urban Resilience; Historic Cities and Climate Change Mitigation

Historic Cities and Climate Action Plans: The Case of Edinburgh, ScotlandRisks; Actions; 5: The Intangible Dimension of Urban Heritage; Introduction; Defining Intangible Values in Historic Urban Landscapes; Urbanisation Processes and Impacts on Intangible Values; Recognition of Intangible Values in Existing Urban Management Systems; Documentation and Impact Assessment of Intangible Heritage Values; 'Heritage' - Elitist or Inclusive?; Role of Intangible Heritage in Building Disaster Resilience of Cities; Integrating Intangible Heritage Values in Urban Planning and Management

Mainstreaming Intangible Heritage Through Sustainable Livelihoods and Cultural Tourism

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118383940

111838394X

9781118383964

1118383966

9781118383971

1118383974

OCLC:

894170755