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The historic urban landscape : managing heritage in an urban century / by Francesco Bandarin and Ron van Oers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bandarin, Francesco.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World Heritage areas--Conservation and restoration.
- World Heritage areas.
- Historic districts--Conservation and restoration.
- Historic districts.
- Historic sites--Conservation and restoration.
- Historic sites.
- Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration.
- Historic buildings.
- Architecture--Conservation and restoration.
- Architecture.
- Urban landscape architecture--Conservation and restoration.
- Urban landscape architecture.
- City planning.
- Cultural policy.
- Urban policy.
- Cities and towns--Growth--Social aspects.
- Cities and towns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester [England] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book offers a comprehensive overview of the intellectual developments in urban conservation. The authors offer unique insights from UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the book is richly illustrated with colour photographs. Examples are drawn from urban heritage sites worldwide from Timbuktu to Liverpool to demonstrate key issues and best practice in urban conservation today. The book offers an invaluable resource for architects, planners, surveyors and engineers worldwide working in heritage conservation, as well as for local authority conservation officers and managers of heritage sites.
- Contents:
- Preface: A New Approach to Urban Conservation
- Glossary
- Urban Conservation : Short History of a Modern Idea
- Urban Conservation as an International Public Policy
- Changing Context of Urban Heritage Management
- New Actors and Approaches to Urban Heritage Management
- The Historic Urban Landscape : Heritage as a Resource for the Urban Century
- Annex 1: Note on the development of the Historic Urban Landscape approach
- Annex 2: The 2005 Vienna Memorandum
- Annex 3: The Draft Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613446350
- 9781119968092
- 1119968097
- 9781283446358
- 1283446359
- 9781119968115
- 1119968119
- 9781119968085
- 1119968089
- OCLC:
- 785776749
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