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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bond, Stephen, 1955- author.

Worthing, Derek, author.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration.

Historic buildings.

Historic sites--Management.

Historic sites.

Historic buildings--Management.

Cultural property--Management.

Cultural property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

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

Summary:

This new editionexamines management of built heritage through the use of values-led decision making, based on an understanding of the significance of the cultural asset. It considers how significance is assessed and used as an effective focus and driver for management strategies and processes. The authors consider key policies and procedures that need to be implemented to help ensure effective management. The book will be useful for specialists in built heritage - conservation officers, heritage managers, architects, planners, engineers and surveyors - as well as for facilities and estates managers whose building stock includes protected or designated structures or buildings in conservation or other historic areas. * describes management strategies and tools for a wide range of built heritage assets * a reflective and informativeguide oncurrent conservation management * explains how understanding and using conservation values (significance ) is essential to the protection of the built heritage * uses real-life examples to draw out best practice

Contents:

Managing Built Heritage; Contents; About the Authors; 1 Introduction; Note; References; 2 Heritage Assets: Their Nature and Management Implications; Introduction; Some introductory thoughts about heritage assets; Heritage assets and their management implications; Buried archaeology; Archaeological sites and monuments; Individual historic structures and buildings; Cultural landscapes; Landed estates; Historic areas and urban landscapes: towns and cities; World Heritage Sites and Cities; Buffer zones and urban settings to major heritage assets; Intangible heritage

Owners, managers and management approachesReferences; 3 Heritage Values and Cultural Significance; Benefits of conservation; 1 There are significant benefits to the social, psychological and political well-being of individuals, groups and nations - or indeed collections of nations; 2 There are significant educational benefits: that we can understand aspects of past societies not only through analysis of the physical remains of the past but also the historic environment is a focus and an opportunity for a less 'expert' engagement with the lives and experiences of previous generations

3 As existing buildings, they are a resource that should be reused for (environmental and financial) sustainability reasons4 The historic environment contributes to a sense of place through its character and its visual aesthetic; 5 Historic buildings and areas attract significant tourist revenue and make significant contributions to local, regional and sometimes national economies and employment; Understanding the cultural significance of a heritage asset; Development in the idea of values; International charters; Value characterisation: typologies; Categories of values; Aesthetic

Scenic and panoramicArchitectural/technological; Historical; Associational; Archaeological; Economic; Educational; Recreational; Artistic; Social; Commemorative; Symboliciconic; Spiritual and religious; Inspirational; Ecological; Environmental; Some examples of assets and their values; References; 4 Assessing Significance; Establishing and analysing the origins and development of an asset; Gathering evidence about significance; Research and types of evidence; Documentary evidence; Primary source material; Illustrations, including paintings

Registrations of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials/cremationsCorrespondence, reports, minutes of committee meetings, specifications of work, contractors invoices, etc.; Census returns; Trade directories; Maps; Plans; Photographs and postcards; Surveys; Local newspapers and journals; Secondary material; Example: a North of England church; Interpreting the building/physical remains; Establishing and analysing the character, dynamics and setting of the asset; Assessing community values; Analysing significance; Assessing significance: comparisons and relativity; Comparisons

Some issues in value assessment

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118298749

1118298748

9781118298732

111829873X

OCLC:

945137795